Trip Van Noppen is the president of Earthjustice, one of the largest non-profit public interest law firms "dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment." As Barack Obama heads towards the...

First there was Gmail, followed by Google Chat (all the cool kids were doing it). Then AOL Instant Message was added inside Gmail. But today, the popular e-mail server is launching a free high quality video and audio component, becoming the first leading webmail service to include video...

A day after the House passed plans to ease the offshore drilling ban, I spoke with prominent environmental lobbyist Martin Hayden on the legislation and his reactions. Hayden is the Vice President of Policy and Legislation for Earthjustice, one of the largest non-profit public interest law firms...

London, England - Charlie Beckett has 20 years of experience under his belt, working in international news, and has recently published his first book SuperMedia: Saving Journalism So It Can Save The World. Part textbook, part history, and part "manifesto," Beckett adds his voice to an ever-crowding dialogue on...

On Wednesday July 9, Melanie Notkin launched SavvyAuntie.com, the first online community for aunts. While moms and women have dominated the online world, Notkin has found a niche untapped: the non-mom. In her first interview since the site launched, the founder and CEO of SavvyAuntie.com spoke with me...

With the long primary season over and the presidential race gearing up, political wonks might need a break from the "real world" this summer. Escapism via a novel is one solution. To ease any separation anxiety from the world politique, I selected the six top new political-fiction books and soon...

LONDON, ENGLAND.

The morning after the final Democratic Primary, I took to the streets of London to see what our friends across the pond thought about the elections....

Here is what the Brits had to say:

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Timothy Sykes turned $12,415 of his Bar Mitzvah money into $1.65 million. From 1999 to 2003 he attended Tulane University, invested in the stock market and made millions. Sykes says that his fellow students always knew something was up when he would buy everyone in the bar drinks. Just prior...

The British tabloids had a story on their hands when, a few months ago, a Member of Parliament (MP) arrived at Westminster limping. What happened? "I was boxing," says Jonathan Djanogly who represents the Huntingdon constituency (centrally located in the United Kingdom). "I was boxing with another MP, tripped and...

Doug Anderson is enjoying an estimated three hundred dollar breakfast on the Discovery Channel. When he joins my conference call, Doug's fighting companion, Jimmy Smith, is making fun of the $13 bran muffin being served in the Los Angeles Four Seasons. It is a far cry from the animal testicle...

My Gchat message one night was simple: "Writing an article for HuffPo on Gchat, any thoughts?" Within minutes people were sending me messages. "It's like AIM for our generation," one recent college graduate wrote. "We use it all the time at work...but don't tell anyone," said one friend who interned...

What a year it has been, 2007

Britney finally divorced Kevin,

Anna Nicole went to heaven

And Rudy continued to talk 9/11.

Socialite Paris went to jail,

Pal Nicole spent 10 grand on bail,

Alas, Sanjaya's rise was a fairy (and...

I sit here writing this in silence. No CNN as my ambiance. For the past six months I worked in television news, surrounded by televisions. Yes - "s" - there were three TVs all for me when I worked in New York over the summer. Sometimes I would only listen...

Conservative Cal Thomas and liberal Bob Beckel have come together to write "Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War that is Destroying America," to be released October 9. Thomas writes a twice-weekly syndicated column that appears in over 600 newspapers across the country, and is a frequent panelist on...

I think I am just one of those people who does not get the Potter mania. I heard kids stayed up ALL night reading that book. You know what I did last night? SLEPT!

I read the first three books and by the time the fourth one came out,...

In 2004, when Howard Stern, announced his departure from Viacom and move to Sirius Satellite Radio, people questioned how old media radio would recover. In fact, they wondered if radio as we knew it was on the verge of dying. The Associated Press reported that NASDAQ shares...

2006 ended in a somber December

As the 3,000th solider died in Iraq, we remember.

Ford passed away leaving people to question his politics.

And Saddam's hanging will soon be a special on Netflix.

Abramoff was jailed for flying politicians on...

On Monday, December 18, Iowa Democrat Tom Vilsack appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He was the first 2008 presidential hopeful to appear on show targeted to those under the age of 35. As a sophomore at Hamilton College (the same one from which Vilsack graduated),...

I spoke with Lou Dobbs, anchor and managing editor of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight and author of The War on the Middle Class on Monday, October 30th. Here is part of our conversation:

Eric Kuhn: I want to start by getting your reaction to something Lynne Cheney said...

Last week was a biggie in the media world: Fox News turned ten years old, Katie fell into third place, Meredith went down in the ratings, and oh yeah, Mark Foley (who I believe is still a Republican even after Fox News had something different to...