John Wells' Southland has been canceled. Not because of weak ratings. The second season hasn't even started yet.

It was reported that Wells' was told by NBC that the show was canceled because when compared with a news program like Dateline, the show cost too much. More importantly, NBC...

On last week's "Left, Right, and Center", Arianna Huffington spoke forcefully about Afghanistan. Ridding the country of the Taliban was possible right after 9/11, but now, eight years later, it is folly to continue the fighting. Bush blew an opportunity leaving Obama entangled in a war he cannot win....

The CBS-owned KFWB-AM has jumped the shark. Finding that news doesn't pay any better on the radio than it does in print, KFWB has gone all talk all the time.

Laura Schlessinger was a free ball, so KFWB grabbed the good doctor and decided to go native and jettison all...

August appears to be the cruelest month. With representatives returning home to meet with constituents to talk about the pressing issues of the day, the Right Wing has unleashed a mob to overwhelm every town hall meeting and ambush every member of Congress who dares to support President Obama's healthcare...

Fueled by the books of Michael Pollan and Mark Bittman, among others, and by the recent release of films such as Food, Inc. and Food Fight, a lot of people are talking about food policy in the United States.

With so many people suffering from diabetes,...

For months now pundits have put a spotlight on ex-VP Dick Cheney as he hopped from fireplace-chat to podium accusing President Obama of failing to protect the American people from terrorists. To make his case, he used sweeping generalizations and, according to some, gross exaggerations and misrepresentations of the...

No, no, no, Governor, with all due respect, the special election results DO NOT validate your position. The voters DO NOT want you to slash and burn your way through state services with your famously dull 10%-to-all-departments axe.

With the propositions defeated, what conclusions can be drawn about...

Neil A. Lewis in today's New York Times reports that Republicans are threatening a filibuster to prevent the confirmation of Dawn Johnsen because, according to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, "Ms. Johnsen lacked the 'requisite seriousness' to head the Office of Legal Counsel."

As a law professor at...

Conservative pundits say we should feel the pain. Let the auto makers declare bankruptcy. If homeowners can't pay their mortgages, let the banks foreclose. Let the market decide. Let the weak die. The country has to be strong.

Emotionally callous, intellectual dishonest, the one modicum of truth in these statements...

That's the question of the moment. Ads on TV, in newspapers, on line, in magazines, on billboards, buses, subways, just about everywhere you look, make suggestions about what to give your lover to show how much you treasure her: romantic dinners, cruises, hot air balloon rides, diamonds, earrings, pearl necklaces,...

President Obama believes in civility. His opposition doesn't. Only days after the inauguration, Rush Limbaugh pushed to the front of the pack to say he hoped Obama would fail. At first Republicans were shocked by his bad behavior. But they soon rallied around Limbaugh and through him rediscovered their...

A lot of ink was spilled by many writers, myself included, who were convinced that President Bush would pardon key members of his administration before he left office. We were certain he would protect Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, Gonzales and others who were important architects of his expansion of executive...

Will that be the headline on January 21st? Will this be one of those defining moments that captivates the world like the landing on the moon?

Even with all the crises consuming the planet, we can reasonably expect that everyone who has a TV will be watching on January...

The current administration faces a potential tsunami of lawsuits and indictments once it leaves office. For the past 8 years the Bush administration has used claims of Executive Privilege and the power of intimidation to fend off Congressional and prosecutorial investigations, but once out of office their ability to protect...

With his ABC interview Vice President Dick Cheney put a smoking gun on the table. He admitted that he, along with other top administration officials, personally approved the CIA's waterboarding of prisoners. That he said it unapologetically is merely his low-keyed way of declaring open war.

President Bush...

Bill Maher and Jon Stewart talked about it before the election. They were worried. How would they find comedy when George W. Bush was off the political stage? Barack Obama and his vision of hope wasn't as easy a target. Real Time is on hiatus so the pressure's off Bill,...

As Arianna reported in her Sunday Roundup, many people are speculating whether or not President Bush will grant pardons to members of his administration. Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball in Newsweek suggest that he probably won't, given that he has issued the smallest number of pardons of any...

During the Cold War, pundits who wanted to sound knowledgeable about the leadership of the Soviet Union waited breathlessly for the Kremlin's May Day Parade in Red Square. Then they could analyze the photographs of the reviewing stand where all the political and military leaders stood as the parade of...

Will that be the headline on January 19th, 2009? Before he leaves office, will President Bush use his power to pardon to shield the members of his administration from legal action? If so, his pardons will be a last effort to avoid accountability.

We know that every president grants pardons...

The countdown clock is racing toward January 20th. Nothing can stop the inevitable. George W. Bush will give up power. Barack Obama will become the 44th President of the United States. The Republican administration will pass the reins of power to the in-coming Democratic administration. But there will be unfinished...