Ah, "Survivor." What have you done? We all know the concept of the show was ingenious when it first blessed us with its presence back in 1993.Take a bunch of average Americans. A desert island. Challenges. Teams. A winner. A million bucks. Romance, backstabbing and drama ensue. What more could a TV audience wish for?Plenty, it seems. These days, with everything from "Wife Swap" to "Flavor of Love," reality TV has become t...

The attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon were heart-wrenching and extremely emotional for all Americans. Like the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, most Americans can tell you precisely where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the news that a plane struck one of the Twin Towers or that the towers collapsed. Now, on the fifth anniversary of that tragic day, it seems time to reevaluat...

As the perpetual struggle in Israel rages, many people, worn from the conflict and tired of the bloodied images strewn across their television sets and the front pages of prominent newspapers, are simply shrugging their shoulders with indifference. While this attitude may be a natural response to bombardment of gruesome images, the pain and suffering of millions of people in the Middle East, at the very least, deserves our atten...