Michael Russnow

Screenwriter; former member, WGAW Board of Directors; former U.S. Senate aide

I cannot believe that if the public preferred Conan over Dave they wouldn't have switched to NBC from whatever prime-time network they'd been watching.

Michael Russnow

Screenwriter; former member, WGAW Board of Directors; former U.S. Senate aide

It must be great to be an executive like Jeff Zucker and make zillions of dollars, continually getting moved upwards even as you make decisions that have ruined the once top network.

Lee Schneider

Founder, Red Cup Agency; podcasting at TechSmart

Will the new world consciousness, due to arrive in 2012, be the vision of Roland Emmerich or James Cameron?

Stephen Viscusi

America's Workplace Guru

By Stephen Viscusi Although I work on TV now myself, preparing for my own TV show "The Job's Whisperer" I started my career as a headhunter, then ra...

Emma Ruby-Sachs

Attorney

The appointment of Amanda Simpson to the Commerce Department may be the first time that David Letterman's viewers have seen a trans person as anything other than the butt of a joke.

Qanta Ahmed, MD

Author, 'In the Land of Invisible Women'

All this late night entertainment can have a significant impact on healthy sleep, one of our most fundamental biologic needs.

Chris Weigant

Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com

Welcome back to my annual outright theft of The McLaughlin Group's awards categories for the past year in politics.

Qanta Ahmed, MD

Author, 'In the Land of Invisible Women'

We have been on a roller coaster when it comes to how we now sleep and what a ride we have been on.

Michael Maslansky

Author, 'The Language of Trust: Selling Ideas in a World of Skeptics'

We tested 15 of the most public apologies of the year to see what makes for a good apology and a bad apology and what we can learn from our A-list of apologists.

Gary Stager

Teacher educator, education journalist, speaker, school reformer, university professor

There is a great American holiday tradition that flies under the radar annually. It's not only funny, but heartwarming and wildly entertaining. Every December 23rd Late Night with David Letterman celebrates the holiday.

Kari Henley

Writer, virtual events host, founder, Gather Central

Let's leave Tiger with his ghosts, and turn away from stories that humiliate and celebrate infidelity. Let the ghosts of philanthropy, humor and possibility remind us of what is important.

Andy Ostroy

Political & pop culture analyst

Let's set the record straight on something: these tabloid bimbos are not the real secret in Tiger's closet.

Meredith C. Carroll

Columnist, writer, terrorist negotiator

Time magazine had several contenders for its annual Person of the Year issue, including Timothy Geithner, Stanley McChrystal, Usain Bolt and, of cours...

Robbie Vorhaus

Communications Strategist

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Giles Slade

Recovering academic writer

There's much more at play in the recent spate of adulterous liasons made public than simply leering nosiness, and a seemy delight in watching the mighty and the accomplished dragged through the mud.

Ruth Fowler

Author, screenwriter and journalist

There is a huge difference between the woman who snoops on her man because of her own insecurity, and the woman who snoops because she knows something is wrong.