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.

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

Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I say it - God.

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

Television has the obvious benefits of regularity and intimacy.

Every man in the back of their minds would like to own a bar or a racehorse.

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