To a young kid growing up in Canada, America seemed to be crazy about the future; dazzled by it.

In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book was a horrific downer, an unrelenting account of the administration's actions, bungles, deceptions, half-truths, untruths, and downright corruptions.

The fact is that movie stars are as insecure as the rest of us - if not more so. Many live in a luxurious bubble in which their best friends are their trainer, their hairdresser, their publicist, and their Kabbalah instructor.

My hunch is that pop culture began to stagnate the moment Americans started to love the past more than they did the future.

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

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

Issues such as transparency often boil down to which side of -pick a number- 40 you're on. Under 40, and transparency is generally considered a good thing for society. Over 40, and one generally chooses privacy over transparency. On every side of this issue, hypocrisy abounds.