For a man who almost single-handedly revolutionized the broadcasting industry and profoundly influenced modern American pop culture, radio personality Howard Stern continues to be spectacularly disrespected by his own colleagues and the media itself that he so radically transformed.

While personalities like Jack Benny and Edgar Bergen popularized radio...

It seems New York City's uneventful mayoral race is putting even Controller Bill Thompson to sleep. He's supposed to be Mike Bloomberg's Democratic challenger, but throughout the campaign, he has kept a relatively low profile and allowed Bloomberg do all the talking. As a result, most voters are still hard-pressed...

Barack Obama's stunning victory to become the first President of color in the United States often obscures the sobering reality of the staggering number of people who voted against him. It is important to remember that, while 69 million people supported his agenda, nearly 60 million others did not.

It would seem that many New York City eateries don't have the stomach for the bad economy. Persistently weak sales, combined with high rents and operating costs, and insurance rates that are among the highest in the country have proven to be a bitter brew. They are sending some of...

From all the media chatter that follows in the wake of her every move, you would think Sarah Palin was the only viable candidate for President against Barack Obama in 2012. But one would be wise to watch a real political pit bull in action: a more savvy, well-connected, and...

The biggest mystery about Sarah Palin's abrupt and droll decision to resign as governor of Alaska is why the media should think there is anything mysterious about it at all. There has never been anything complicated about Palin. She's a simple woman, and usually the first thing that comes to...

No one liked him as an enemy but you might like him as a friend.

While the media obsesses over grading President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office, few realize that former President George Bush is also observing a similar milestone, though in reverse. The latest polls give...

When Peter Pan revived Tinker Bell by declaring, "I do believe in fairies," few would have predicted that the President of the United States would attempt the same principle in an effort to revive a moribund economy. Yet, that was President Obama's strategy in his first speech to a joint...

Even as it slugs its way through the Senate, few doubt that President Obama's massive economic stimulus package will soon reach his desk and be signed into law. When the dust settles, Obama will have finally pushed through his first major piece of legislation of his young presidency.

Yet...

The loneliest man in Washington during Obama's inauguration ceremonies must have been George W. Bush. After all, a record 1.5 million people came to celebrate Obama's arrival at the White House. From another perspective, it meant 1.5 million people were happy to see Bush leave.

Watching him, I was reminded...

As the election of Barack Obama demonstrates, hope is a powerful catalyst for real change. But in the euphoria of anticipation of a new beginning in American politics, it is important to remember that even Jesus Christ was betrayed by his well meaning, but ultimately all-too-human, disciples.

The allegations of...

The 14 people pardoned by outgoing President George Bush during the week of Thanksgiving - not including the two turkeys - are probably just a warm-up for the flood of pardons expected to pour from his pen in the waning light of his presidency. While President-elect Barack Obama swims in...

Many people ask if Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has a future - possibly a presidential run in 2012 - if she loses this election. The answer is no. She really isn't that bright, folks. If she couldn't cram her head with knowledge in 44 years of living, trying harder in...

For John McCain, Sarah Palin has proven to be a bridge to nowhere. She helped him bridge the gap for the support of religious advocates and the conservative right, but it was ultimately a meaningless victory. She won him the battle but may have cost him the election.

It ain't...

The Ecstasy - She's the Republican Party's most effective and dynamic public speaker whose inspirational words can motivate supporters to a point of great passion and fanatic loyalty.

The Agony - She's an effective and dynamic public speaker whose inflammatory accusations about her opponents incite crowds to acts of violence...

When clowns become the single, most powerful influence on the election of the American president, you know that our country has finally come to realize what the rest of the world has always known - our political system is one big joke.

Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin's entry into the presidential...

You can put lipstick on a pit bull, but you can't make it hold an intelligent conversation. Sarah Palin, America's self-described "Number One Hockey Mom," is quickly finding out that reading a highly polished speech prepared by a professional speechwriter and voicing an intelligent opinion of your own are not...

You can put lipstick on a pit bull, but you can't make it hold an intelligent conversation. Sarah Palin, America's self-described "Number One Hockey Mom," is quickly finding out that reading a highly polished speech prepared by a professional speechwriter and voicing an intelligent opinion of your own are not...

Presidential candidate John McCain's refusal to give free and immediate media access to VP nominee Sarah Palin - his decision to present her only under tightly controlled situations and restrictions of his own choosing - reveals a sense of arrogance and contempt for the American democratic process that should be...

No one denies that John McCain's choice of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his VP running mate was an act of desperation - but by an extraordinary stroke of luck, she was precisely what his campaign needed to energize a reluctant base of religious and conservative groups.

Palin's acceptance speech...