By making a deliberate effort to reward Those Who Got It Right, Obama not only sends a message that the days of Bush Darwinism are over, he makes it far more likely that the next Eric Shinseki will be willing to step forward and speak up.
You're being forced to watch a commercial at the movies for a war there's a 50% chance you despise. And Kid Rock is in it, and he's browbeating you about how he's a better citizen than you are.
The bold factory take-over by the Republic workers in Chicago may be a fluke, or it just could be the opening salvo of a new wave of grassroots activism inspired by Obama's campaign.
We need to not only tap the power, the knowledge, the wisdom of age; we need to do that in a way that works for older adults across all economic, social, racial and ethnic lines.
I know what it's like to witness the inequitable trade of a beautiful soul's precious life for a relatively small prison sentence. Payback for 1995, some say? Who cares.
Well, the Cheney's final holiday card is now available and it makes for an interesting comparison to George and Laura's.
No need to hunt down the most distinctive artisanal cheese: Your new gastronomic thrill will be finding pork at 49 cents a pound. Agonizing over whether to get divorced? Don't bother, you can't afford it.
It's always nice to own part of any failing automotive giant from the last century, if the companies are still not viable three, six or even twelve months from now, what will taxpayers' ownership be worth?
Did you know that some of the greatest talents are in the GOP and/or Bush administration? Help us discover these unsung heroes and shatter the myth that liberals are the only creative ones.
On Sunday, Obama once again waded into the treacherous waters of U.S.-Iran relations without the benefit of some understanding of who Iranians are, and how they might respond to a certain kind of language.
Sunday, where issues of the week are determined, and policy influenced, remains the most segregated hours of television.
I refuse to contribute to the gloom by suggesting that you scribble gift cards for free backrubs to your loved ones.
Reminiscent of 1965, the tenet that we must send additional troops to Afghanistan is axiomatic in U.S. news media, on Capitol Hill and -- as far as can be discerned -- at the top of the incoming administration.
Despite the remarkable life that she has lived, we have to sit and listen to members of this Beltway fraternity bluster that she might not be qualified to become 1 of 100 in the Senate. Seriously?
At times over the last year, Twitter has rivaled the biggest news and information portal sites in the industry. Further, I would argue that Twitter could soon do what Digg had promised and failed to do years ago: to democratize the news industry.
Things are going so well for AT&T that it can spend $2 billion each quarter simply to buy back stock and boost its stock price.
As energy czar in the Obama administration, Al Gore would have a powerful voice over everything from mileage standards to conservation requirements. It would be an electrifying choice.
For Dennis Yost, there may be no Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, right or wrong, but there ought to be some measure of appreciation for a lovely voice that probably touched you whether you know it or not.
The true sign of the times in the media industry: It was announced today that, for the first time, Web-only news outlets will be eligible for Pulitzer Prizes.
