Dear Viewers, From time to time, I like to put some viewer e-mail in this “blog.” So…..here are some recent show e-mails: The first is about the Tony Stewart/NASCAR segment we aired on Friday night. I think this viewer likes Tony (to put it lightly!) Incidentally, we have a NASCAR …

Let’s face it. Reality television is television’s reality. Begrudgingly, I’ve come to accept that fact. The sitcom and the drama, with few exceptions (“CSI,” “Arrested Development,” “Everybody Loves Raymond”), have been relegated to “filler” while the networks debut the next reality flash-in-the-pan. But it’s not only prime time that’s being …

WASHINGTON – With a tough campaign season ahead and division among Republican lawmakers over strategy, many are questioning whether aconstitutional amendment (search)defining marriage has a chance of passing the U.S. Congress this legislative session. Despite polls showing a majority of Americans opposegranting legal rights to same-sex unions andgay marriages (search), …

Do smokers who reduce, but don’t quit smoking, reduce their risk of smoking-related disease? Reminiscent of past allegations of tobacco industry lying, the anti-tobacco industry apparently doesn’t want smokers to know the truth. The situation recalls George Orwell’s book “Animal Farm” in which the leaders of the animal revolt against …

War and the media: That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Millions of Americans have reacted to this video taken in Fallujah (search) where a young Marine shot a wounded insurgent inside a mosque. That Marine is now under investigation. But he is innocent, and that will …

What do peace demonstrators, Martin Luther King and anti-abortion protesters have in common? Washington, D.C., this week. They protest there. They rant there. They pray there. They hold hands and celebrate there. I don’t always agree with everything I see there. But I am grateful that all voices are heard …

And now the most fascinating two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Ratings Peaking for President A new poll shows the president’s approval ratings on the economy are now the highest they have been in more than a year, rising 9 percentage points to 55 percent in …

WASHINGTON – Cast in stone on the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C., is the promise, “To Care For Him Who Bore the Battle.” Steve Robinson, executive director of the National Gulf War Resource Center and an advocate for Persian Gulf veterans,wants to make sure that pledge is …

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday that authorizes more than 1,000 additional military and police personnel for the peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. The resolution follows up on a request by the U.N. secretary-general in January for another 1,030 peacekeepers to …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – An American professor at a university in the United Arab Emirates was one of two people killed when their bicycles were hit by a car in the city of Sharjah, north of Dubai. The American University of Sharjah said Tuesday that associate professor of history …