Cod is more responsible for the discovery of the New World than almost anything else. Drove the Vikings across the North Atlantic, and John Cabot discovered America by looking for cod.

After the collapse of Wall Street in the 1920s, the culture stopped being all about money, and the country survived and ultimately flourished.

In less than a year, the Bush administration will strut out of office, leaving the country in roughly the same condition a toddler leaves a diaper.

I might wear a dinner jacket once a year to our Oscar party - that's a big thing - but I don't go to parties. I'm social but I'm not a socialite person.

I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform.

Financial institutions like to call what they do trading. Let's be honest. It's not trading; it's betting.

In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint.