The good news for the millions of seniors who signed up for Part D prescription drug coverage under Medicare is that they have between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31 to shop around for a better deal from insurers. The bad news is the same as the good news, but outweighs it because seniors who thought, [...]

This is the time of year when the press opens itself to the charge of playing partisan politics by endorsing candidates for office. The Des Moines Register invited the charge with a vengeance Oct. 29 with a remarkable editorial that began, “If ever there was a time to vote the rascals out, this is it.” [...]

New York Times editorial writers figuratively cracked open George W. Bush’s skull, peered into it and in the lead Sunday editorial Oct. 22, “Blowing in the Wind,” revealed why Bush had a “sudden change of heart” and “very publicly consult(ed) with his generals to consider a change in tactics in Iraq.” He is “worried,” the [...]

When Jay Harris quit in 2001 as publisher of the San Jose Mercury News rather than make cuts he believed would harm the paper, he was invited to speak to the annual meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, where he received an enthusiastic standing ovation. When the LA Times publisher and editor recently [...]

Tribune Company CEO Dennis FitzSimons announced recently that a deal had been struck with Chandler family interests that frees the company to pursue alternatives “to further enhance shareholder value.” Additionally, FitzSimons said an independent committee had been created to oversee other steps, perhaps sale of papers and/or TV stations, or taking the company private, to [...]