NBC anchorman Brian Williams has been named this year's recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award. ...more

April 7, 2009

Relatives and friends gathered last week to pay final tribute to a man they said served his family, his community and his country. ...more

March 18, 2009

I first saw "A Chorus Line" on Broadway when I was nine years old and loved it - the music, the lyrics, the choreography. Happily, the revival now playing at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center is exactly as I remember and just as terrific. ...more

February 6, 2009

A number of editorials in major and local newspapers repeat the mantra that the collective "we" caused many of the crises facing us today; that the collective "we" allowed our leaders to be corrupt; that "we" kept putting the same corrupt elected officials in government; that the collective "we" were spend thrifts, using credit cards to buy now and pay later, letting the bills pile up. And what about the credit card corporations? ...more

January 25, 2009

President Barack Obama succeeded George W. Bush Tuesday in a moving inaugural ceremony befitting the greatest nation on Earth. The two men, flanked by security, walked shoulder-to-shoulder into the Capitol and, just over an hour later, out again in the peaceful exchange of power so taken for granted here but envied by much of the world. ...more

January 21, 2009

I've been thinking a lot lately about Tom Brokaw's book "The Greatest Generation," that classic about our parents and their incredible sacrifices during World War II. ...more

December 10, 2008

"Meet the Press," NBC's Sunday-morning political forum, has announced that journalist David Gregory will take the helm of the program. ...more

December 8, 2008

Criticizing the White House directly for the first time since November's election, President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday accused President Bush of not doing enough to stem the nation's home foreclosure crisis. ...more

December 8, 2008

David Gregory's new job as moderator of "Meet the Press" is official with the announcement on the long-running NBC television interview program that he will take over starting next Sunday. ...more

December 7, 2008

It's a familiar pattern: When Republicans win dramatic victories, as they did in 1994 or 2004, we are told that the election results prove the country has "moved to the right." When Democrats win, however, we are told that the election revealed no ideological shift whatsoever or even that the public was somehow rejecting progressive ideology as it voted for progressive candidates. ...more

November 16, 2008