Bill Moyers, a standard-bearer of liberal political values on PBS, is leaving to write a book on Lyndon Baines Johnson, but he leaves U.S. public television at a bad time, writes the Village Voice:

Since "moral values" were reportedly at the core of Apocalypse 2004, you'd think that would be be reflected in people's TV choices. But the Godless Blue State goose and the morally exemplary Red States like ...   more »

Dan Rather has announced he'll step down as anchor of the CBS Evening News on March 23 -- making it 24 years since he succeeded Walter Cronkite. I was shocked by the relatively muted triumphalism ...   more »

Alberta Premier Ralph Klein doesn't have to clean out his office immediately. His Progressive Conservatives, at the time I wrote this, were on track to win 63 seats and 46 per cent of the popular ...   more »