It's time for a change. Next month, I leave ABC News to start a weekly one-hour prime time show with Fox News.

When I announced that on my blog, plenty of viewers said they were happy to have me leave.

"Goodbye. You suck. You have found a much better home for your garbage reporting and backwards politics."

"Congratulations on the move to the network intellectually suited to your quasi-libertarian corporate-apologist hackery!"

Oh well, you can't please everyone. I don't expect that my libertarian beliefs will please everyone at Fox, either.

Years ago, ABC hired me to do consumer reporting. When I wised up, deciding consumer "advocates" usually did more harm than good, that horrified some of my colleagues. Read On

SEXUALLY DEPRIVED According to the popular television personality and psychologist, Dr. Phil —­ who wades through the intimate details of his guests’ as well as his professional clients’ lives — there is an epidemic of “sexless marriages” these days.  His observations coincide with recent articles in popular magazines like Time and Newsweek and in more upscale journals like The Atlantic, Salon, Psychology Today and First Things.  In the midst of a sex-saturated culture, overflowing with dramatic images of the female anatomy, a new phenomenon has developed: men losing interest in sex.

Even the prolific political columnist, Mark Steyn has weighed in, asking, “Do you notice anything shriveling?”  In his essay, he reports that the lack of sexual enthusiasm has even extended to the Netherlands, a place known for sexual permissiveness.   Read On

Incivility It still stuns me when people of great privilege and position choose to behave like spoiled children. You’ve seen it a million times as have I – the boss going out of his way to humiliate an employee with a public criticism; the teacher who purposely degrades a little kid in class; the politician who arrogantly dismisses the opinions of his dedicated staff and the very people he is supposed to represent.

Sadly, this week we saw two of sports greatest stars display the worst of behavior while the whole world watched. When Michael Jordan was given basketball’s highest honor and celebrated with a tribute worthy of a king, he berated and belittled person after person in his acceptance speech. When Serena Williams suffered a bad call from a line judge, she lost both the match and her dignity as she pitched a fit, complete with the “f” word and threats of bodily harm.

While the nation is now abuzz with the latest demonstration of a “star” behaving badly, it’s probably a good idea to examine our own lives too. We all have some level of influence and authority – how are we using – or misusing it? When anyone in a position of authority – including parents – behaves unseemly, how can we expect our children to do otherwise?

If you’re “the boss” – we already know you are in charge. Read On

Strangled A Yale grad student whose body was found stuffed behind a wall in a campus lab was strangled, the Connecticut medical examiner disclosed Wednesday.

Dr. Wayne Carver in a brief statement said an autopsy of Annie Le determined that she was murdered by "traumatic asphyxia" due to neck compression. There were no other details immediately available.

Earlier Wednesday, the Yale lab technician arrested in connection with Le's murder was released after authorities collected DNA samples from him, questioned him and searched his apartment.

Animal research technician Raymond Clark III, 24, said through his lawyer that he wanted to cooperate with the investigation. No charges have been filed against him.

Clark's attorney David Dworski said Wednesday his client is "committed to proceeding appropriately with the authorities." He would not comment further. Read On

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