OPINION

Josh Brent’s arrest and brief incarceration on charges of driving under the influence and intoxication manslaughter has not inspired any sympathy among football fans or members of the sports media.

John T. Chambers has decided to base his legacy as CEO of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) on the cloud, software, and services.

IBM’s 2012 Black Friday and Cyber Monday reports said Twitter drove 0.0% of online sales over the two big shopping days during the Thanksgiving weekend.

Because there are 24 hours in each day, with hour and half-hour reports broadcast from radio stations from coast to coast, commentators are able to say the words “fiscal cliff” at least 48 times every day.

Microsoft plans to release its Surface Pro tablet in 2013, but it won't be cheap.

In one of our most recent presidential debates, the candidates argued over why it's in the best of interest of the United States to support the idea that cars destined to be sold in China need to be built in China.

Bob Costas was dead wrong to pontificate on gun control during an NFL broadcast.

More American's used food stamps to buy their Thanksgiving dinner than any time in our history, according to US News & World Report.

Far too many people cannot separate reality from fantasy, and they enter into their own delusionary existences.

The ideological divide is huge: If the two sides don’t compromise on fiscal issues, major damage will be inflicted on the U.S. and global economies.

Here are 20 technology questions to ponder before this muddle-through year expires.

For an organization that’s had plenty of low moments -- including providing an annual forum for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to spew his anti-semitic vile to the world -- this week’s General Assembly gathering may represent its most embarrassing moment yet.

The more money poor people waste on the lottery, the poorer they become.

America’s politicians love the imponderable maze that is our tax system. It allows each man and woman in office to constantly berate those who don’t pay their fair share, whatever group that happens to be at the moment.

Cancer strikes without regard to political parties. Over time, one in two men and one in three women will hear the dreaded words, “You have cancer.”

The GOP should campaign to the “melting pot, not through identity politics.

"Liz & Dick" was supposed to be Lindsay Lohan's comeback role, but many found it laughable.

The most feasible budget deal is one that spreads tax increases and spending cuts out over a longer time period.

Thirty years ago, Tom Peters and Robert Waterman praised Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) in "In Search of Excellence." Does HP still belong?

The ‘American Dream’ is dead – or at best, suspended.

A blog from the New York Fed's Research and Statistics Group says the big output drop from the recession isn't cutting wages as much as would be expected.

The summer is past and cooler temperatures prevail throughout the Middle East. What a season for a good fight.

Over the course of just a few episodes in the third season, the show has managed to depict the economic behavior of governments just about perfectly.

Mike Ditka is a throwback to a long-vanished America.

Sans the hysteria, the U.S. budget situation is like a living room getting cooler, not a "fiscal cliff."

We should have known: 2012 has been the Year of the Dragon. Too bad it's followed by the Year of the Snake.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once said: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”

Last week, Californians gave lawmakers permission to stop doing their jobs. They even offered their own cash to keep politicians from having to seek a real solution to the state's economic problems.

Beer played a big part in last week’s presidential election, chiefly because Americans elected the candidate they’d prefer to have one with.