Call it the law of political gravity: What goes down (an economy, a president’s stature) must go up. So why are we always shocked when it happens?

For some, summer means Paris, and Paris means the "International Herald Tribune." But is the paper slowly being submerged by the flood of global information?

A new bio roughs up the media world's Über-power couple -- no surprise there. But how, exactly, did Tina-and-Harry-bashing become everybody's favorite pastime?

Michael Bloomberg is peddling two myths about himself: that he's a major media mogul and a credible mayoral candidate. For $30 million, we'll believe anything.

Bush and Gore debated with all the wit and subtlety of rhinos. And who was the loser? Actually, there were 46 million of us.

He's smart, he's funny, and he's multitalented. So why is John Hockenberry parked in network purgatory instead of saving the news?

Contrarian market watcher James Grant spent the last decade sticking to the fundamentals -- and being wrong! Now the Fed's on his side, so will he become a bull?

Suddenly, the turn-of-the-millennium lust for media-world consolidation seems absurd (just ask AOL Time Warner and Vivendi shareholders). Is it already time for AT&T-style breakups?

Does the ouster of Random House head Ann Godoff signal the death of books? Nah—the publishing business as we know it died a long time ago. It’s just that nobody’s told book people.

Hyped as a great public drama, the Martha Stewart trial was about as exciting as watching an accountant work. Then came Doug Faneuil—Candide in a suit.