Enron's Kenneth Lay and Global Crossing's Gary Winnick weren't just spreadsheet jockeys, they were the last great heroes of the self-delusional business culture.

In selling out to the French, is Edgar Bronfman surrendering American media hegemony to yet another European media supremo? Or has he just found a greater fool?

To the blinkered Washington press corps, this inauguration is just politics as usual. Does a man who won the election on a technicality really deserve a free ride?

What do Rush Limbaugh, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Karl Rove, and I all have in common? We’re all guilty as charged! (Kidding. Sort of.)

Kobe Bryant’s best hope for fending off the charges against him? Take control of the ball: Wage a media trial that’s not about rape but about the Kobe brand.

The American media has an almost fetishistic interest in Al Jazeera and its correspondents—not least of all because the Arabic broadcaster learned its best tricks from American TV.

Everybody laughed at Microsoft during the trial -- and now the judge has come down against the zealots in Seattle. Could this have been the plan all along?

Yes, he's wonky. But shouldn't our leader know his stuff? Yes, he's stiff. So was Abe Lincoln. Gore has what it takes to be a fine president -- so what if you wouldn't want him to give you a hug?

E-books were a slow train coming until Stephen King put some propulsion behind them. Will clubby, head-in-the-sand publishers catch this ride or tumble from the caboose?

We know this about Howard Dean: He’s an antiwar ex-doctor and ex-governor. But is he the guy to beat Bush—or just a stand-in for the real candidate?