It's not too soon to start to look for markers that change is not only coming to Washington and politics but to the arts.

They say that artists and designers channel the zeitgeist better than the rest of us, that even if they are not actively talking with each other,...

My computer was at the Apple Store being repaired so I'm cramming in two weeks of columns in one week and I'll try to be less windy than usual. So here goes....

The Best TV Box Set of the Year -- Studio One Anthology ($99.98; Koch/Archive Of American Television) is...

It's been a slow and chilly news week. We got the real scoop from some real Irishmen, talked to a funny man about a little Chihuahua, asked more people about the Obama family dog, and responded to a bag of flour poured on Lindsay Lohan.

This week I had a...

Since cementing her impressive 'runner-up' status in the nearly-too-close-to-call 2008 election, there's been much talk about Sarah Palin receiving the keys to her own shiny new television show. In fact, Internet chatter alone has reached near-Patriot Act proportions!

Now, I know what the liberal pundits are thinking: "Sure Steve,...

Post-election politics have begun to resemble an episode of The Hills lately, with Obama -- who is obviously Lauren Conrad -- reconciling with bitter rival John McCain...

There's been quite a lot written about the shameful passage of Proposition 8 in California, but it's now being reported that James Dobson's ministry, Focus on the Family, which spent well over half a million dollars fighting to take away the right of homosexuals to marry, is being forced...

Slumming at Borders this past week was a pretty rewarding experience for those of us who wandered around the music aisle. There under "S" appeared a new Random House-published book by singer-songwriter and vintage pop icon, Paul Simon, simply titled Lyrics. It is an assembly of just that, ranging from...

I've come to know at least a few of you out there digitally at Huffington Post, and that's a good thing for you. Trust me, as my lovely wife could confirm, I look a whole lot better when I'm not there. But it just struck me that this Wednesday night...

You wanna antagonize me
Antagonize me motherfucker
Get in the ring motherfucker
And I'll kick your bitchy little ass
Punk

I don't like you, I just hate you
I'm gonna kick your ass, oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
...

While most fans look forward with anticipation to the first pitch of the baseball season in April, there are some of us (not many, thank goodness) who enjoy what most folks consider baseball's "off-season." The first pitch of the free agency season was thrown out last Friday when the Yankees...

Gini Reticker is an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker. Her latest effort, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, is a stirring examination of the Liberian civil war and the band of extraordinary women who helped to put an end to it.

The devil in this story is President

Dr. Bill Chameides is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the dean of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. He blogs at www.thegreengrok.com.

Skeptics have been arguing that we should forget about global warming -- a new ice age is imminent. Maybe, some say, it's already...

Best host of the Environmental Media Association's Awards night goes to Jeffrey Tambor who joked after introducing both Toyota, title sponsors of the evening and Tiffany & Co., EMA Corporate Responsibility Award Recipient...

"....and what they forgot to mention is that we're all going home with a Lexus hybrid...," and...

This past September 5th, Stand Up to Cancer launched in a powerful way. Thanks to a landmark broadcast on three major networks, the passion, support and dedication of leading doctors and scientists, and generous contributions from the entertainment community, corporate sponsors and the general public, we raised more than $100...

Come 11/23, we all finally get to hear Chinese Democracy. You know the new Guns N' Roses CD. The one we've been waiting to hear since the television premier of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. I want to know why anyone cares, especially self-respecting Guns N' Roses fans. Axl Rose has...

How do movies get made? I spoke with first-time producer/director Conrad Fink about his recent purchase of the option on a play called Tabletop. I did a documentary about Tabletop and its playwright, Rob Ackerman, a few years ago, and have watched it evolve ever since. A few years from...