Rabbi Abraham Cooper, 12.28.2009
Associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance
Without a doubt, eBay occupies prime virtual real estate in our digital malls. Out in the real world, malls do not allow the KKK and neo-Nazis to rent space and pedal hate.
Michael Martin, 12.22.2009
A very cool tool has hit the social media scene - JustBought.it. The brainchild of Adarsh Pallian, JustBought.it employs affinity marketing though the...
Jamie Frevele, 12.21.2009
Your biggest fan
So, a couple of weeks ago, after the NY State Senate voted down marriage equality, I put my legal right to marry up for auction on eBay. My symbolic auction had raised $327 for the Point Foundation.
William Bradley, 12.09.2009
California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com
How did former Governor-turned-Attorney General Jerry Brown clear the Democratic field for governor of California over half a year before next year's primary election?
Jamie Frevele, 12.03.2009
Your biggest fan
If "traditional" marriage doesn't include all the people who have loved and supported me throughout my years, then I don't want to be a part of it. That's why I'm selling my legal right to marry on eBay.
Daniel Adler, 11.25.2009
Co-President of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective
Sports teams fall prey to the commitment principle. Frequently, they fail to understand the idea of sunk costs. Once they have committed, they are reluctant to drop a player.
Andy Plesser, 11.24.2009
Executive Producer and Founder, Beet.TV
Earlier this month, eBay launched Inside Source, a style/fashion/shopping guide published by the auction giant. Here's the launch story in The...
Jonathan A. Schein, 11.24.2009
Founder of ScheinMedia
Golden State regulators have found a new toy. The California Energy
Commission has just approved a measure to force television
manufacturers
to produc...
Andy Plesser, 11.20.2009
Executive Producer and Founder, Beet.TV
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Terry Gardner, 11.05.2009
Freelance Journalist
For months (if not years) we've been reading that the State of California is broke. Here are two possible solutions.
Michael Wolff, 11.04.2009
Author of Newser.com's Off the Grid column
I follow entrepreneurial dramas the way other people follow sports (did somebody win the World Series?). In these comedies, tragedies, or farces, peop...
Fortune's Stanley Bing, 11.03.2009
Fortune Magazine Columnist
What do you think? Will "Come to think of it -- eBay" drive you like a hot, dry lemming to the ocean of objects on sale at that worthy destination?
Shelly Palmer, 11.03.2009
President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY
According to many reports, Apple is currently working on a subscription television service for iTunes. Apple is currently shopping the deal, which ...
Chris Kelly, 10.06.2009
Writer, Real Time with Bill Maher
Meg Whitman just proved that she votes using the argumentum ad ignorantiam and the transitivity of implication. Now that's a candidate who values education.
Diane Tucker, 11.21.2009
Writer/producer/director living in Washington DC
A brutal plundering of this rich cultural heritage has been taking place in broad daylight ever since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Shelly Palmer, 11.17.2009
President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY
Twitter is raising money at a $1 billion valuation. The micro-blogging service is hoping to raise approximately $50 million at the $1 billion valuat...
Yvette Kantrow, 11.15.2009
Executive editor for The Deal.
Our obsession with deal leaks and scoops subsided along with the boom that fueled it, resulting in a column that trained its occasionally gimlet eye on everything from basic business reporting to Analystgate.
Steve Parker, 11.13.2009
Journalist/Broadcaster covering the auto industry and auto racing for 35 years.
Another "Hail Mary" from GM? Or the real thing?
Starting today and running through November, General Motors is offering buyers of their Core Four bra...
Shelly Palmer, 10.18.2009
President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY
Google's GMail service went down for a few hours yesterday. The service error sent many into a panic, as millions of people rely heavily on Gmail i...
Alex Green, 10.16.2009
Independent Bookstore Owner
Much about the world we know can be delegated to the barons of tech, but the governance of copyright cannot or we endanger our access to open information and the ownership of our own words.
Steve Parker, 09.27.2009
Journalist/Broadcaster covering the auto industry and auto racing for 35 years.
The CARS law is officially over, but dealers are offering their own versions of the "clunker" program.