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Living in A Dream World?: Dec. 17, 2012
The Bewildering World of Grade Z Movies: Dec. 17, 2012
It's Magic!: Dec. 3, 2012
Hard Times For Political Pundits?: Nov. 26, 2012
Obama-Romney III--How It Went Down: Oct. 22, 2012
Obama-Romney III: Oct. 22, 2012
A Worthy Skirmish: Oct. 15, 2012
Debate #1--An Opinion: Oct. 8, 2012
A Sad Fact of Political Life: Oct. 1, 2012
Dream Team or Nightmare Duo?: Aug. 20, 2012
British Actors Keep Coming to America: Aug. 20, 2012
Do Republicans Blow Smoke Better?: Aug. 6, 2012
Mitt's Many Happy Returns: July 30, 2012
Promises, Promises: July 23, 2012
Marilyn Forever?: June 18, 2012
Bizarro America Unveiled: May 7, 2012
Another G.O.P. Carnival Attraction: April 16, 2012
A Plague of Puns: March 26, 2012
Portrait of An American Hero: March 19, 2012
The Mitt Romney Dilemma: Feb. 27, 2012
A Brokered Convention?: Feb. 6, 2012
TV Faves of Democrats & Republicans: Dec. 19, 2011
Why Gov. Rick Needs Them Boots: Nov. 21, 2011
Where It Pays To Be Ignorant: Oct. 24, 2011
A Little Bit of Fraternostalgia: Oct. 17, 2011
"Mad Men" Shall Return: May 9, 2011
Newt Gingrich, Comedy Relief: March 21, 2011
Mike Huckabee, Mis-Speaker: March 7, 2011
Examining What Went Wrong: Jan. 31, 2011
2012 G.O.P. Free-For-All: Jan. 17, 2011
John Wayne, War Hero?: Jan. 10, 2011
Dumping Santa Claus: Dec. 20, 2010
Stonewallng America: Dec. 6, 2010
The Fine Art of Conceding: Nov. 22, 2010
When the Ludicrous Becomes Acceptable: Nov. 8, 2010
Insiders At Work, Sort Of: Oct. 25, 2010
In Politics, It Still Pays To Be Ignorant: Oct. 11, 2010
Today's Cultural Embarrassments?: Sept. 13, 2010
Mud-Slinging is the Plan!" Aug. 30, 2010 (with Doug Willis)
If You Need Help...:Aug. 9, 2010
Rushing To Bad Judgment: Aug. 2, 2010
GM Moving Forward in Reverse: July 5, 2010
The Political Donnybrook Coming in California: June 28, 2010
Inside the 2008 Presidential Campaign: May 17, 2010
Born That Way?: May 3, 2010
Sexual Shenanigans, Anyone?: April 12, 2010
The Congress You Love To Hate: March 22, 2010
Your Official "Casablanca" Trivia Quiz: Feb. 22, 2010
The Great Ziegfeld: Feb. 22, 2010
The Dumbing-Down of U.S. Politics: Feb. 8, 2010
Sarah Palin, TV Star!: Jan. 18, 2010
The Bi-Partisan Myth: Jan. 18, 2010 (with Doug Willis)
Pardon My Puns: Dec. 21, 2009
The Agony, The Ecstasy and Health Care Reform: Dec. 7, 2009
Confessions of A Technological Noodnik: Nov. 30, 2009
Along the Payback Trail: Nov. 23, 2009
The $250 Bonus For Every 'Mature' Adult: Nov, 9, 2009
How To Be A Good Wife, 1955-Style: Sept. 21, 2009
Joe Wilson, Name Caller: Sept. 14, 2009
For Sale Now--The Harvard Look: Sept. 14, 2009
'Know Nothings' On The Rise?: Aug. 10, 2009
Shopping Malls With Wings?: June 29, 2009
Let's Show A Little Respect for Basil Rathbone: June 1, 2009
Specter the Defector: May 11, 2009
Stop the Presses!: May 4, 2009
What, No Chemicals?: April 13, 2009
How Really Important is How You Look?: April 6, 2009
Culture Clash at the AIG Corral: March 23, 2009
The 'Catch Phrase' Menace: March 9, 2009
with Mary Lou Mangold
A Blowhard Floats To the Top: Feb. 9, 2009
Tieless and Proud of It: Feb. 2, 2009
21 Guns For Obama: Jan. 26, 2009
The Troubled GOP Future: Jan. 19, 2009
The Seer Strikes Again: Jan. 12, 2009
Make Room For Mediocrity: Dec. 8, 2008
The View From A Couple Hundred Columns Later: Dec. 1, 2008
The Epic Stupidity of the Big Three: Nov. 24, 2008
Aftermath--Where Does the GOP Go From Here?: Nov. 10, 2008
Divided America: Oct. 27, 2008
The Final Showdown: Oct. 16, 2008
McCain-Obama 2: Oct. 8, 2008
The Baden-Palin Showdown: Oct. 6, 2008
The Campaign So Far (with Doug Willis): Oct. 6, 2008
Great Debate #1: Sept. 29, 2008
Russia's 'Sarah' Paranoia: Sept. 22, 2008
Sarah Palin--A Mistake That Worked?: Sept. 8, 2008
...And Now the G.O.P.: Sept. 1, 2008 (with Doug Willis)
So, It's Joe Biden: Aug. 25, 2008
What Convention?: Aug. 25, 2008 (with Doug Willis)
Aftermath--The John Edwards Meltdown: Aug. 18, 2008
Nitpicking For America!: Aug. 11, 2008
Our Mysterious New TV Set: July 14, 2008
Candidate McCain, Computer Illiterate: June 23, 2008
L'Affaire Stone!: June 9, 2008
Will the G.O.P. Stoop To Conquer: May 19, 2008
The Awkward Art of Compromise: May 12, 2008
Cairo's Traffic Chaos: April 21, 2008
Fate and the Political Appointee: March 17, 2008
Victoria's Secret Cleans Up?: March 17, 2008
The Confoundingly Impressive William F. Buckley, Jr.: March 3, 2008
The Man Who Found Dr. Livingstone: Feb. 25, 2008
"Cavalcade": Feb. 18, 2008
Pouting At the Polls?: Feb. 11, 2008
An Overdose of Nice?: Feb. 3, 2008
Five Modern American Myths: Jan. 28, 2008
Let's Dream the Impossible Dream (with Doug Willis): Jan. 21, 2008
Real Men 2008: Jan. 7, 2008
2007:
Those Celebrity Endorsements (with Doug Willis): Dec. 17, 2007
Shape Up, Santa!: Dec. 17, 2007
Tough and Stupid: Dec. 10, 2007
Caught in the Web: Dec. 3, 2007
Fashions For Candidates: Nov. 26, 2007
Have A Big, Fat, Happy Thanksgiving!: Nov. 19, 2007
How Life May Change During A Writers' Strike: Nov. 12, 2007
The P.R. Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight: Nov. 5, 2007
A Californian On the Oregon Trail: Oct. 15, 2007
Ken Burns' "The War": Oct. 5, 2007
How the Brains of Liberals & Conservatives Really Work: Sept. 17, 2007
Are We Watching A Magic Show?: Sept. 3, 2007
Be Smart--Stop Eating!: Aug. 20, 2007
Look Who's Talking!: Aug. 6, 2007
More Actors For President?: July 2, 2007
'Tarting Up' the News: June 18, 2007
Feeding Frenzy For New York Tabloids: June 11, 2007
Our News I.Q. Dips Again: May 14, 2007
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys: April 23, 2007
Chuck Does Vegas: April 9, 2007
The 'Law and Order' Candidate?: March 26, 2006
Can He Sew On A Button?: March 19, 2007
Payback For Ann Coulter?: March 12, 2007
A Gun Nut Gets Shot Down: March 5, 2007
"Little Miss Sunshine": Feb. 19, 2007
Notes On Another Scandal: Feb. 5, 2007
Bogart--50 Years Later: Jan. 29, 2007
Did Bush Get Out the Needle?: Jan. 29, 2007
The Incredible Shrinking Models: Jan. 8, 2007
My Wife's Favorite Candidate: Jan. 1, 2007
A Holiday Gift for American Reporters: Dec. 18, 2006
Ready For the Rich Life?: Dec. 4, 2006
Homogenized? O.K. For Milk, But Not Us!: Nov. 20, 2006
Christian Conservatives and The Foley Mess: Oct. 16, 2006
The Plutonian Blunder: Sept. 4, 2006
Canada's Gift to Hollywood: Aug. 28, 2006
Those People Who Buy Their Own Furniture (UGH!): Aug. 21, 2006
The Lieberman Defeat: Aug. 14, 2006
Will the F.C.C. Go To War Against 'The War'?: Aug. 7, 2006
Have We Got A Job For You!: June 26, 2006
Lift A Tab To Open? Not Likely!: June 5, 2006
Epitath For A Great TV Show: May 22, 2006
Vive La French Way?: April 20, 2006
I Guess My Invitation Got Lost in the Mail: March 27, 2006
Chuck Noble, Backstage Husband: March 20, 2006
Our Favorite Comic Book Heroes: March 6, 2006
Another Memoir: Feb. 20, 2006
Bush Rules Out Senate For Laura: Feb. 13, 2006
Razor Wars--2006: Feb. 6, 2006
An Industry Called Influence: Jan. 16, 2006
My Predictions for 2006: Dec. 5, 2005
Coming of Age...at 68: Oct. 10, 2005
Katrina's Big Winners and Losers: Sept. 19, 2005
The DOVE Revolution: Sept. 12, 2005
Katrina--A Bush Nightmare: Sept. 5, 2005
Pat Robertson and His Spooky Values: Aug. 29. 2005
Is 'Intelligent Design' Winning the Word War?: Aug. 22, 2005
First Cars Are Forever: Aug. 15, 2005
Just How Big is 'Rovegate'?: July 18, 2005
Keeping Balance in Our Universe: July 13, 2005
The Scoundrel's Favorite Refuge: July 4, 2005
Can GM Save Itself?: June 20, 2005
Slow Days in Journalism: May 30, 2005
A Future For Journalism?: May 23, 2005
In For the Long Haul: May 16, 2005
Celebrating Mr. Wodehouse: April 11, 2005
CASABLANCA--The Chinese Musical: March 21, 2005
The Shell Game Resurrected: March 7, 2005
The Incomparable David Niven: Feb. 28, 2005
Did I Tell You I Got A New Car?: Feb. 21, 2005
What's In A Word?: Feb. 7, 2005
Bush Privatizes Congress!: Jan. 31, 2005
The Ever-So-Cool Peter Gunn: Jan 17. 2005
The People We Most Want To See Less of in 2005 (with staff): Jan. 10, 2005
Predictions 2005: Jan. 3, 2005
Those Contradictory Voters Out There: Dec. 6, 2004
France Bans Yanks From the Louvre: Nov. 29, 2004
Aftermath--The Cultural Divide: Nov. 8, 2004
Religion Comes to the Voting Booth: Oct. 27, 2004
Bush vs. Kerry--The Final Showdown: Oct. 19, 2004
Bush vs. Kerry, The Rematch: Oct. 11, 2004
Bush vs. Kerry, Round One: Oct. 4, 2004
Should Edwards Be Unleashed?: Sept. 20, 2004
Chuck's Convention Report Cards: Sept. 6, 2004
Here We Go Again!: Aug. 23, 2004
Cherchez le Fone?: June 28, 2004
The Great Bisby Brainstorm: May 10, 2004
London Rolls Out A Welcome Mat: May 3, 2004
The Great Veep Dilemma: April 5, 2004
Ride the Pink Elephant: March 15, 2004
Lucky, Lucky Republicans: March 1, 2004
Beware Martian Saboteurs!: Feb. 2, 2004
How About Some Original Ideas for Hollywood?: Jan. 19, 2004
Literary Deal of the Century: Jan. 5, 2004
Yasir Arafat, Fashion Trendsetter?: Dec. 8, 2003
Governator One--Rise of the New Machine?: Nov. 17, 2003
Trouble Ahead for Ah-Nold and George: Oct. 20, 2003
How To Understand the Recall: Oct. 6, 2003
Welcome to Banishment Island: Sept. 29, 2003
A Sea Change in U.S. Politics: Sept. 15, 2003
How We Look From Mars: Sept. 1, 2003
A Spirited Defense of A Golden State: Aug. 18, 2003
If It's Good Enough for the Boys....: Aug. 4, 2003
The Lesson of California's Recall Earthquake: July 28, 2003
The Twister Heading for Gray Davis: July 21, 2003
McFadden Goes to Russia, Part 3: July 14, 2003
McFadden Goes to Russia, Part 2: July 7, 2003
McFadden Goes to Russia: June 30, 2003
SARS--Look for the Silver Lining: May 19, 2003
In Politics, Pictures Count: May 19, 2003
The Phantom Veep Stalks Again: May 19, 2003
Bill Bennett's 'Book of Hyposcrisy': May 12, 2003
A Toast to the Ultimate Flack: April 21, 2003
Bye, Bye Concorde!: April 21, 2003
Pig Bladder Diplomacy: April 14, 2003
Darn That Republican Guard: April 7, 2003
Shock and Awe For Us All: March 31, 2003
War is Riveting!: March 24, 2003
Testament of An Oscar Slacker: March 17, 2003
The Fundamentalist Things Apply: March 10, 2003
It's All About Control: March 3, 2003
In Defense of France: Feb. 24, 2003
So You Want MORE Reality Shows?: Feb. 17, 2003
Hatred at First Sight: Feb. 3, 2003
WITHDRAW!: Jan. 27, 2003
Rules Are Made To Be Broken: Jan. 13, 2003
Callie--A Woman's Best Friend: Jan. 6, 2003
Here Come the Seven Dwarfs: Dec. 30, 2002
Trent, We Hardly Knew Ye...: Dec. 30, 2002
TV News: It Pays To Be Ignorant: Dec. 2, 2002
Come Again?: Nov. 25, 2002
Greasepaint Comes to Washington: Nov. 11, 2002
The Bracing Breeze of Sexual Scandal: Nov. 4, 2002
Saddamskedaddle: Oct. 14, 2002
Meathead vs. The Terminator: Sept. 30, 2002
Pres. Bush: Bigfoot of Diplomacy: Sept. 23, 2002
Here's to Negative Campaigning: Sept. 16, 2002
The Real Scoop on Amadeus: Aug. 26, 2002
Sex Isn't Selling Products Anymore?: Aug. 5, 2002
Disney Means Security!: July 28, 2002
Coming Clean--Corporate Style: July 21, 2002
Frankensteins & Their Little Monsters: July 14, 2002
The Consequences of Narrow Vision: July 7, 2002
Liars, Liars, Pants on Fire: June 30, 2002
The Patriotism Sweepstakes: June 23, 2002
Cell Phones or Hell Phones?: June 16, 2002
Beware Storm Clouds: June 9, 2002
A Movie Actor's Digital Dream (or nightmare?): June 2, 2002
My Wife, the Hairdo Guinea Pig: May 26, 2002
The Al-Joe Dialogues: May 19, 2002
The Joy of Being James Garner: May 12, 2002
Disinterested in Proper English?: May 5, 2002
Day of the Writer?: April 28, 2002
Ouch! It's His Real Opinion!: April 21, 2002
Impractical at Any Speed: April 14, 2002
Dudley Moore: March 31, 2002
Dark Days for Religion: March 31, 2002
Terror Comes in Color Schemes: March 24, 2002
Smile When You Say That...if You Still Can!: March 10, 2002
Hollywood's Blowing Smoke Again!: March 3, 2002
Is it True What They Say About...?:Feb. 24, 2002
The Myth of Full Disclosure: Feb. 17. 2002
Graft Ain't What It Used To Be in Washington: Feb. 10, 2002
This Just In: Money Does Buy Happiness!: Feb. 3, 2002
Our Enemies Need A History Lesson!: Jan. 27, 2002
Osama for President?: Jan. 20, 2002
Safe and Sane Pretzels?: Jan. 20, 2002
Is A Dumpster Dick Cheney's Manifest Destiny?: Jan. 13, 2002
Are You Ready for Warlord Chic?: Jan. 13, 2002
Gore's Whiskers: Reconsidered: Jan. 6, 2002
2001
Don Rumsfeld, Alpha Male?: Dec. 30, 2001
God's Good News About Flat Earth: Dec. 23, 2001
Americans Love/Hate A Free Press: Dec. 16, 2001
Hollywood's Afghan War Project: Dec. 9, 2001
Bad Day for the Big Guy Upstairs: Dec. 2, 2001
I Love JAG: Nov. 22, 2001
A Yankee Tourist in China, Part 2: Nov. 18, 2001
A Yankee Tourist in China, Part 1: Nov. 11, 2001
Reflecting on Terror 4: Oct. 21, 2001
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes: Oct. 14, 2001
Reflecting on Terror 2: Sept. 30, 2001
Reflecting on Terror 3: Sept. 30, 2001
Reflecting on Terror 1: Sept. 30, 2001
Check Our Guns? Isn't This Still America?: Sept. 9, 2001
The Menace of Familiar Voices: Sept. 2, 2001
All Hail the NEW Al Gore!: Aug. 26, 2001
Why is Public Education Wearing A Dunce Cap?: Aug. 19, 2001
Wake Up Call for Philip Morris?: Aug. 12, 2001
Why Do Republicans Have More Nightmares?: Aug. 5, 2001
Yikes! Our Daughter's Going to be An Intern in Congress: July 22, 2001
Welcome to the Negative News Era: July 8, 2001
With Women, Sizes Count: July 1, 2001
The Curious Case of Mr. David Manning: June 17, 2001
The House That Tom Built: June 10, 2001
Real Men Burn GAS!: May 27, 2001
In The Time of the Great Darkness: May 13, 2001
Governor Arnie: April 22, 2001
George W. on 'General Hospital'?: April 8, 2001
Season of the Hick!: April 8, 2001
Mr. Bush: Man of Changes: March 25, 2001
Are Men Wittier Than Women?: Feb. 11, 2001
Portrait of the Artist As A Teenage Sci-Fi Geek: Feb. 4, 2001
When they turn you off....Get it on!: Jan. 28, 2001
What's in A Word?: Jan. 21, 2001
Doin' the Confirmation Conga!: Jan. 14, 2001
Pres. Bush & 'The West Wing': Dec. 24, 2000
Ins & Outs of the Bush-Gore Administration(s): Dec. 3, 2000
Our Fashion Statement: Take Nothing Seriously!: Nov. 20, 2000
Forecast for the Morning After the Election: Nov. 2, 2000
Do We Want A President... Or A Beer-Drinking Buddy?: Oct. 25, 2000
Understanding the Reporter Americanus: Oct. 16, 2000
Season of the Swing Voter: Oct. 6, 2000
In the Land of Open Mikes: Sept. 29, 2000
Radio Spots Before Our Eyes: Sept. 22, 2000
How To Be A Master Debater: Sept. 4, 2000
Me & My Miata vs. the Mazda Corporate Nannies: Aug. 29, 2000
William Powell: Aug. 22, 2000
How About A 'Survivor' TV Spectacle for 2004 Conventions?: Aug. 14, 2000
Was Ronald Reagan Always the Same Behind the Mask?: July 25, 2000
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