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Is this the most boring Saturday for College Football yet this season?Honestly, other than LSU vs. Alabama and ASU vs. Oregon, what's to get excited about this morning?As such, what do folks think about the Dodgers hiring Joe Torre? Also, did A-Rod blow it by telling the Yankees to take a hike, or is there some other owner actually willing to pay him $350 Million?Finally, will tomorrow's meeting…

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: How unhappy will you be if Hollywood writers strike on Monday?

George Bush: A Reverse Grinch? "The Early Show" may be last in the ratings for the network morning shows, but the program is no slouch on the bias front. This week, co-host Julie Chen hyperventilated about the recent lead scare over toys from China. She lectured the head of the Consumer Product Safety Board, "American parents are upset, they're frightened, they feel like their Halloween and their…

"Character is destiny." -- Heraclitus, pre-Socratic philosopher Which tells you more about what kind of president a candidate would make: a. Her positions on the nursing shortage, Social Security and internet decency; orb. The way she responds under pressure?I'm guessing that, like me, the great majority of people would opt for "b."Ah, but the sensitive souls of the Boston Globe editoral board…

It appears the good folks at HBO must have been extremely concerned that "Real Time" host Bill Maher was going to lose many of his viewers as a result of his tossing 9/11 truthers from the audience two weeks ago. After all, Maher even admitted at the opening of the discussion segment of Friday's program, albeit almost apologetically, "I'm not going to pretend that we have ideological balance on…

Former Bill Clinton presidential aide Kathleen Willey is set to release a memoir of her time in the White House and the time since she accused Clinton of making gross sexual advances on her.In the book, titled "Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton" and set for release Nov. 6, Willey identifies the mysterious man who threatened her just before she testified against Clinton…

Imagine if you will an editorial from a major American newspaper entitled "The Petraeus Curve: Serious Success in Iraq is Not Being Recognised as it Should Be." Think such a thing would ever be published by the New York Times, the Washington Post, or any of the drive-by media?No, I don't either. Yet, The Times of London, one of the most respected newspapers across the Pond, published such a…

Maybe the finest example of Global Warming Derangement Syndrome to date is the claim by an Australian mammologist and paleontologist that climate change has reduced circumcision rates in Africa. I kid you not. Aside from his other lofty credentials, Tim Flannery is also a global warming activist, or did you guess that from the introduction?Regardless, in his new book, "An Explorer's Notebook…

Well, viewers are in for a treat on NBC this coming week. Okay, maybe not.NBC is taking a “green” gamble to boost sagging ratings as sweeps month begins, by weaving environmental plotlines throughout its programming lineup including many primetime shows throughout “Green Week,” November 4-9.Eco-programming will kickoff, literally, as “Football Night in America” goes dark for the final minute on…

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) participates in a debate at Drexel University in Philadelphia, October 30, 2007. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)

While previewing an upcoming interview with extreme left-wing presidential candidate, Dennis Kucinich, on Friday’s CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith remarked, "I've actually admired Dennis Kucinich for a long -- since he was mayor of Cleveland." In addition to Smith admitting that he admired someone as liberal as Kucinich, who wants to establish a Department of Peace and claims to have seen…