Whether the average person is exposed to 3000-4000 commercial messages a day or 5,000 or some other vague, suspiciously round number, it seems abundantly clear we see damn plenty. They have quietly proliferated across every available surface and airwave our senses can detect; you see them when you're...

There be much loose talk these days, in Publick spaces diverse, about the looming death of Spoken News. It is voiced about that Mr. Gutenberg's new beast, which is called PRINT, and hath spawned a "News-Paper," must in time spelle the eternal Doom of the noble Towne Crier, who doth...

Why is the media page on the Huffington Post orange? Maybe because we're on permanent Serious Threat alert. Look at the tales of woe that trail down the left-hand lane here. Layoffs and closures and furloughs, investors pulling the plug, ad budgets being tucked back in the drawer until better...

Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired.¹ I let my family down, and I let this country down.² I am actually grateful for this opportunity to publicly comment about my crimes, for which I am deeply sorry and ashamed.³ I apologize to the...

My wife and I decided this year to massacre Valentine's Day, that fakiest of all Hallmark holidays. It's been years since V-Day even meant dinner and a card exchange, never mind candy and jewelry, but with America officially eating off our grandchildren's plates now, it was time to stop pussyfooting...

He was young...he was stupid. It was a different culture back then. He was under tremendous pressure to perform at a high level.

No, that's not from the intro to Dubya's upcoming memoirs. This weekend, we were shocked, shocked!! to learn that Alex Rodriguez, baseball's own golden boy, used...

Okay, is everybody happy? Did we get all this figurehead-electing nonsense out of the way? Super...now let's get busy. The country's in the crapper, and there's a whole lot that needs fixing, so let's roll up our virtual sleeves and hop to it.

First order of business: My bailout....

Don't panic — this is just a speed bump. You want to ride this one out. Think long-term. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Keep your money where it is — trust the market. The worst thing you can do is panic.

Reassuring words, which can all be traced,...