Richard Deitsch: 2010 NFL Broadcasting Guide

There is no programming more valuable in television than the National Football League. Last season an average of 16.6 million people watched regular season NFL games, which was 105 percent higher than the average primetime viewership (8.1 million) for the Big Four networks.

How to Ban Dumb Facebook Comments From Your Life

Dear Anna, I've got several friends who are great in person, but terrible on Facebook. They leave long, unwitty comments that nobody wants clogging their inbox. Is there any way to gently ...

The case against Vatican power

The Catholic Church claims the privileges of statehood, which gives it huge advantages over other religious institutions – and allows the protection of paedophile priests under canon law.

Interview: Project Runway's Tim Gunn

"The advice I give most often is to ‘make it work.’ That’s not just a catchphrase. It’s a philosophy I’ve followed my whole life,” says Tim Gunn, mentor and resident cautionary sounding board for the dueling designers on Project Runway . In his new book Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work , Gunn shares eighteen tried-and-true principles for “making it work” in an age ...

Whole lotta shakin' - part II

In the past I have felt as if I have had to stand up for Christchurch.  Because it's not Auckland.  It's not Wellington.  Put bluntly, Christchurch is generally less exciting and cosmopolitan than either of those cities.  But it has its charms nonetheless.  Most of important of these is that this is where most of the people that I care about are.