Stop Trading Good Sleep for Great TV: DVR Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report

Qanta Ahmed, MD, 01.06.2010

Board Certified Sleep Physician, International 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.

500 Words On 500 Words

Lee Schneider, 01.04.2010

Founder of DocuCinema, a media production company in Santa Monica

The word count is on, the clock is ticking, and I'm writing about writing about 500 words. But not about 500 words. Exactly 500. So here goes.

Rhode Island to Buck National Organization for Marriage, Override Veto of Domestic Partner Death Rights

David Segal, 01.04.2010

Rhode Island State Rep.

I co-sponsored the funeral rights bill for a constituent whose partner's body went unclaimed for nearly a month. Then our governor's fear of the "gay death-style" landed his mug on Colbert.

Amid Gloom: 8 Fun Media Highlights for 2009

Greg Mitchell, 01.01.2010

Author, "Why Obama Won"

As I get ready to exit my office at Editor & Publisher, I find myself trying to ignore this sad end to the decade by focusing on some wild and crazy stories that I've covered here this past year.

Electronics Changes Books, Bookstores and Publishing for Christmas 2009

Giles Slade, 01.06.2010

Recovering academic writer

On the day before Christmas, I realized I didn't have a present for my friend, Tom Harapnuik, who'd given me a copy of Mark Bauerlein's The Dumbest Ge...

Stephen Colbert's Secret Plan to Defend America

Joe Cirincione, 12.22.2009

President of Ploughshares Fund

Stephen Colbert's plan to string a microscopically thin razor along our entire border is brutal, indiscriminate, dangerous... and smarter than the nuclear defense we now have.

Bill O'Reilly Admits Obama Is Smarter Than George W. Bush

Buddy Winston, 12.15.2009

Bill O'Reilly admitted that President Obama is smarter than George W. Bush on the O'Reilly Factor last night. He also said that the folks at Fox like people who are smart.

Jon, Stephen, You're Off Track Lately

Steve Cobble, 12.15.2009

Steve Cobble is a co-founder of afterdowningstreet.org, an antiwar activist, and a political strategist.

Recently Jon Stewart had right-wing fundamentalist Mike Huckabee on his show--for the third time! They had their usual cutesie conversation which see...

TV Critic's Call: Here Are The Decade's 10 Best Series

Bill Mann, 12.14.2009

TV-Radio Critic, www.dcweasels.com

Here's this critic's holiday "gift" to readers: my Top 10 shows of the almost-past decade, from The Sopranos' uncommon excellence to Jon Stewart's comedy gold.

Pure Insanity: Making Sense Of 'News' And Politics

Dave Hackel, 12.08.2009

TV writer/producer

It keeps happening -- every day the "news" is filled with statements that give me no other choice than to just shake my head and say, "Huh?" These stories and ideas just don't compute.

Stolen Global Warming Emails Show Scientists Snarky Side

John Passacantando, 12.02.2009

Activist, economist, working to create our next economy

A batch of emails were stolen and climate skeptics claim that they cast doubt on the evidence for human induced global warming. The fossil fuel indus...

Colbert Conservatism And The Cost Of Permanent War

David Sirota, 11.30.2009

Newspaper columnist, radio host (AM760), bestselling author

Obama's expected Afghanistan escalation will drive the annual cost of that war alone to about $80 billion a year -- or roughly the annual cost of the health care bill being debated in Congress.

The NYGMen Podcast: Thanksgiving Special

Dan Weiner, 11.25.2009

Lawyer and Giants fan

In this Week 11/12 THANKSGIVING SPECIAL, we add even more to your feast by giving you a healthy DOUBLE-SERVING of "The NYGMen Podcast."

Glenn Beck for Governor

Michael B. Laskoff, 11.22.2009

"...content against obedience..." W.S.

Beck has become a celebrity and the source of much personal conflict for me. On the one hand, he's a legitimate, 'out' ADHD role model. In addition, the condition seems to contribute heavily to his success.

Goldman Sachs' $500 Million Mea Culpa

Joseph A. Palermo, 11.24.2009

Author/Associate Professor of History

It's truly touching that Goldman Sachs' CEO Lloyd Blankfein, who recently said that his too-big-to-fail, Fed-backed holding company is doing "God's wo...

No Grinch will ruin Carrie Underwood's Holiday

Michael Bialas, 11.20.2009

Entertainment and Sports Journalist

Carrie Underwood has been a busy girl. The recent host of the Country Music Association Awards, talks about recent controversy and what it's like to host her own special

Online Hit -- Manny "Philippines" Pacquiao

Jose Antonio Vargas, 11.20.2009

Technology and Innovations editor, Huffington Post

There's more to Filipinos than a man who can throw punches in a ring, of course, but Manny Pacquaio's success, in ways big and small, has unified and validated a sizable minority group from a country that, with 92 million people, is the 12th most populous in the world, just one spot under Mexico.

Friday Talking Points [101] -- Count Me With The Misfits

Chris Weigant, 11.16.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

Whether or not Harry Reid ever gets his act together, the achievement of Nancy Pelosi getting healthcare reform legislation should stand on its own as an admirable political achievement.

Top 10 Reasons This Woman Can't Write for Late Night Comedy Shows

Catie Lazarus, 11.18.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

My lady sensibility is limited to menstruation (hilarious), babies (adorable), and unicorns mating (adorably hilarious).

Sean Hannity's Act of Neo-Contrition

Chez Pazienza, 11.13.2009

Editor of Deus Ex Malcontent, Author, Ex-Network News Producer, New Media Consultant

Fox News host Sean Hannity did something many will call shocking, some will call phony and insincere, and I'll call, at the very least, uncharacteristic. He admitted that Jon Stewart was right

UN Note: The Missing U.S. Ambassador

Phyllis Bennis, 11.08.2009

Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies

Susan Rice, known for her powerful support for accountability regarding war crimes in Darfur, regardless of potential political consequences, had of course reversed herself when the issue was accountability for Gaza.