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  • Fighting Fire With Fire

    Published March 11, 2010

    Right or left, the electorate is done with professionally prevaricating politicians.

  • The Irony of Reconciliation

    Published February 24, 2010

    The Republican minority in Congress is making hay out of a straw issue. 

  • The Balance of Power Starts to Tip

    Published January 06, 2010

    Democrats may be dropping out but does the electorate believe the GOP is ready to lead?

  • NBC and Bon Jovi -- The Shape of What's to Come?

    Published October 26, 2009

    Is NBC's Artist-in-Residence program with Bon Jovi little more than a euphemism for "multichannel promotional deal?" What happens if, in a shrinking media market, the idea catches on?

  • America Created Michael Jackson

    Published June 25, 2009

    In a very real sense, Michael Jackson was not so much the "man in the mirror" as a reflection of America's enduring and embarrassing national obsession with celebrity and fame.

  • Dear Miss California -- You're Not a Bigot, You're You

    Published April 21, 2009

    By Leonard JacobsWriter/Political Commentator/Editor, "The Clyde Fitch Report"

    Dear Miss California:

    I will not scream at you, castigate you for your stupidity or label you "ignorant" for what you said at the Miss USA Pageant.

  • Why This Democrat Is Going to a Tea Party on April 15

    Published April 14, 2009

    Tomorrow there will be anti-tax tea parties held all across the country. These events should be intended to express concern not just over President Obama's stimulus package, which I support, but more broadly our government's bipartisan addiction to spending.

  • Obama's Foreclosure Fix -- What's McCain Thinking Today?

    Published February 18, 2009

    The proactive and progressive nature of President Obama's plan should give Senator McCain a bit of pause, for it was he, let's recall, who placed squarely within the center of the national spotlight his belief that the recovery of economy would not be possible without the immediate stabilization of the housing market.

  • THE FIRST 100 DAYS: Do We Need a Secretary of the Arts?

    Published February 04, 2009

    As of today, more than 224,000 people have signed a petition asking President Obama to create a Secretary of the Arts. I signed the petition, but reservedly: At the federal level, I prefer the arts to stay depoliticized.

  • Wishes, Predictions and Resolutions for Caroline, Bloomberg and Bush

    Published January 02, 2009

    My 2009 Wish List

    1) An end, or at least the beginning of the end, to the recession. My fear, though, is that 2008 is a mere prelude to the real pain of 2009.