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Just Smile And Nod, Guys

February 19, 2010

The 2010 Super Bowl commercials featured an unusual number of henpecked men. New studies show that they have good reason to think they are living in a woman’s world.

Video They Demand

January 7, 2010

For 30 years, cable fought broadcast for a foothold in the media business. Now, the war is over. But the tables have turned.

Soupy And Me

October 28, 2009

Photo Credit: LeftInAboite.blogspot.comSoupy Sales meant more than pies in the face on black and white TV. Here’s a story about an audacious phone call to a kids TV star back in the latchkey era before the word playdate was invented.

Full Disclosure About ‘Sticking With The Union’

October 15, 2009

The same financial disclosure journalists demand from sources should be applied to stories about labor, management and journalists.

Milk or Marijuana?

August 19, 2009

Free enterprize isn’t always free. There are price supports for special interest groups whose efforts have special public interest. But are we supporting the right groups?

2009, Meet 1984

August 3, 2009

In George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother sought to control what you read and what you thought. Who wouldathunk Amazon’s Kindle would have the power to do the same?