Josh Silver, 11.13.2009
Executive Director, Free Press
If President Obama really wants to change the system that green-lighted the bailout of "too big to fail" banks, he will have to overhaul federal antitrust laws so that they actually protect the greater good.
Michael Russnow, 11.08.2009
Screenwriter, former Member Writers Guild West Board of Directors
There ought to be a law preventing the computer hardware and software industry from shortchanging consumers, so that we get the full use of our equipment.
Joseph A. Palermo, 11.04.2009
Author/Associate Professor of History
The election results show that no incumbent governor (or incumbent party) can escape the wrath of an electorate that continues to bleed while it watches tax dollars squandered on foreign wars and Wall Street fat cats.
Stephen Viscusi, 11.03.2009
America's Workplace Guru
By Stephen Viscusi
I am a headhunter ... and the author of the global HarperCollins bestseller "Bulletproof Your Job" ... some people call me th...
Stu Kreisman, 11.02.2009
Emmy award winning writer-producer and author.
Sunday mornings just aren't the same anymore. The days of spending hours leisurely reading the Sunday paper and watching the network news shows are a ...
Glynnis MacNicol, 10.31.2009
Senior Editor, Mediaite.com
So it's the morning of Halloween, and you don't have a costume. You were going to be Kanye West, but the friend you were counting on to be your Taylor...
Matt Osborne, 10.30.2009
Blogs at osborneink.com.
Fox News is all slant, all the time, while MSNBC is absolutely not a liberal mirror-image. The slant is not equal, nor do the two channels offset like penalties in a football game.
Charles Warner, 10.29.2009
Charles Warner is an active blogger at Media Curmudgeon.com and teaches at The New School.
Neither of two news stories made the connection between CNN's rating declines and the drastic change in its position on Time Warner Cable in New York, where 10 percent of America's televisions are.
Linda Bergthold, 10.30.2009
Health policy consultant
Dr. Regina Benjamin has finally been confirmed for the post of Surgeon General. And the reasons for the delay have been varied, contradictory, and byzantine.
Tom Alderman, 10.29.2009
Media, Presentation and Speech trainer, speech writer and founder of MediaPrep
Every news provider and we, as media trainers, whose job is to prep people who talk to news providers, know one essential truth: it's all about story-...
Shan Wells, 10.29.2009
Political cartoonist, "Durango Telegraph," toonblogger, political illustrator
With a few notable exception, broadcast news is a very scary place these days. What Edward R. Murrow would think of the current zeitgeist is unknowable, but we might hazard a guess.
Don McNay, 10.27.2009
Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.
If anyone has ever dreamed of being an office holder, 2010 is the year to do it. There are going to be several situations where voters elect a complete unknown, just to express their anger about the incumbent.
Peter A. Ubel, 10.26.2009
Physician and Behavioral Scientist at the University of Michigan
Human behavior is ultimately the main cause of diabetes. But no person's behavior is completely under their own control. A number of social forces are at play, too.
Robert Amsterdam, 10.26.2009
International lawyer on emerging markets, politics of business, and rule of law
The ungrateful chauvinism of U.S. foreign policy reaches far beyond a rant provided by Joe Scarborough, who at least has the excuse of being in the business of manufacturing polemics.
Jeff Danziger, 10.23.2009
Jeff Danziger is a political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide
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Andy Plesser, 10.22.2009
Executive Producer and Founder, Beet.TV
As an online video news source, msnbc.com has the enormous advantage of the resources of NBC, but opportunities exist for video news producers who fo...
Norman Horowitz, 10.22.2009
Senior executive with almost 50 years of diverse media experience
News as defined by dictionary.com is the presentation of a report on recent or new events [intelligence; information] in a newspaper or other periodi...
Don McNay, 10.20.2009
Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.
You are not doing your children any favors by not allowing them to grow up. I'm OK with parents helping children through college (in four years, not forty), but after that they are on their own.
Andy Plesser, 10.20.2009
Executive Producer and Founder, Beet.TV
Beginning at today (10.20) at 3:00 p.m. ET, Beet.TV will go live from 30 Rockefeller Plaza with an in industry roundtable on the future of online vide...
Huff TV, 10.19.2009
Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC today to talk about the Obama administration's new policy on marijuana prosecutions.
The White...
Linda Milazzo, 10.20.2009
Writer/Educator/Activist
Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.