Call him conservative, but on a scale from 1 to 10, David Gockley gave San Francisco Opera's 87th season opening gala a 9. It leaves room for an even better gala in a better economy next year, you see. The Opera's general director was viewing through the lens...

Whatever the issue may be, it is normally not difficult at all to find verifiable substantiation of the claims I make in my columns.

MEDIA NOTES | Resignation surprised establishment media, but adviser had been focus for Glenn Beck.

Given the media’s ADD, I imagine the discussion on health care will revert to where it was before Ted Kennedy’s death - filled with chatter about whether there are or aren’t death panels in the House bill.

In a dream scenario, it would be sublimely satisfying to let a network programmer get the kind of feedback TV critics do. Whether it's e-mails or getting calls when appearing on radio stations, one of the main complaints normal TV viewers have had through the...

We decided to see if we could get our users more involved in the editorial process by using Twitter to crowdsource headline suggestions. It was a big hit.

On last week's Left, Right, and Center, Arianna Huffington spoke forcefully about Afghanistan. Ridding the country of the Taliban was possible right after 9/11, but...

I was scheduled to give a speech at the Get Schooled conference on education reform hosted by Bill and Melinda Gates and Viacom, and emceed by Stephen Colbert. My speech had been perfectly trimmed to fit the allotted time, and already loaded in the teleprompter. Then I read Erik Eckholm's deeply moving story in the New York Times on the surge of homeless schoolchildren caused by the epidemic of ...

Thank you, Glenn Beck. By helping force the resignation of Van Jones, you have done a great service to your country. But in the exact opposite way than you intended. Your vile and vicious smear campaign has helped reverse one of the worst examples of miscasting since John Wayne took on the role of Genghis Khan in The Conqueror. Don't get me wrong: Van Jones was the best person for the job he ...