Last Monday I had one of the my most dispiriting experiences in a long time. I accepted an invitation to attend a "luncheon forum" sponsored by the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. The topic was "Keeping Our Cool on Global Warming," and the speaker was James Manzi, a senior...

The worst part about watching CNBC to monitor my stocks these days -- even worse than seeing those stocks in free-fall -- is having to listen to many of the reporters and guests wailing about the dangers of President Obama's proposed tax hike on the wealthy and railing against this...

Hit Man
By David Foster with Pablo F. Fenjves
Pocket Books, Simon and Schuster
November, 2008
209 pages

The most entertaining celebrity memoirs have more than a strong central character. They have a star-studded supporting cast. That's what made Barbara Walters' Audition a bestseller. She's hung...

The following is an edited version of the commencement address I gave on May 30 to the 2008 graduates of my alma mater, The Webb School, a college prep school in Bell Buckle, Tennessee.

Forty years ago, I was sitting where you are, about to graduate from Webb School. It...

Now that Celine Dion has ended her wildly successful run of nearly five years in Las Vegas, put out a new album and laid plans for a new world tour, it seems an appropriate time to pose the following question. What should an objective observer say about this megastar, who...

For me, Live Earth was a fantastic concert and a historic, inspiring event. But then I was already part of the choir, a long-time campaigner against global warming. Of course 7.7.07 was going to be one of the greatest days of my life.

But what about the broader audience? Will...

How do I know that the 2008 Presidential campaign is proceeding far too rapidly? I'm no fat cat, and yet I have already received a fundraising letter --from Barack Obama.

Climate change is the most important issue to me, and so that's what I'm looking for as I...

I did not watch Sunday night's premiere of The 1/2 Hour News Hour on the Fox News Channel. I can barely tolerate hearing Jon Stewart make jokes about the sad state of American politics, and so I was sure that the "humor" of Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter on Fox...

Dear Peyton,

You were my hero for a long, long time. I grew up in Tennessee cheering for the UT Volunteers. I rooted for you in the Gator Bowl, the Florida Citrus Bowl and the Orange Bowl. I stuck with you through all those brilliant but ultimately frustrating years...