After explaining how he and his "Late Show" writers keep their spirits up in part by finding a 'light story' to write jokes about, Colbert quipped, "Do you want to know how messed up things are? The ...

This is a specific example of what turns out to be a broader truth: Doing something you’re bad at can make you better at what ...

Actually, things are bad, very bad. “Why didn’t the grain ripen, dear Comrade Belyaev? I’ll tell you. Eighteen thousand of your tractors did not take part in the spring sowing because they ...