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Giuliani's Blue State Poll-Vaulting

John Zogby, pollster and president of Zogby International and Liz Benjamin, political columnist and blogger for the New York Daily News, look at Rudy Giuliani's chances among Democrats in the northeast.

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Sure Thing?

Peter Katt, principal at Katt & Co., a fee-only life insurance advising firm, and Daniel Gross, who writes the "Moneybox" column for Slate and contributes to the "Economic View" column of the New York Times, explain annuities' appeal for retiring Boomers. Daniel Gross is the author of Pop!: Why Bubbles Are Great For The Economy (Collins, 2007).

Daniel Gross's website
WSJ: "As Boomers Retire, Insurers Aim to Cash In"

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The Politics of the Sopranos

The Sopranos aired its final episode ever on Sunday and people are still talking about the ending. We look at whether viewers' political leanings have anything to do with their opinion about the ambiguous finale.

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Follow Up Friday

John Dickerson, Slate's chief political correspondent talks about the war of words between Fred Thompson and Michael Moore.

John Dickerson's Video about the Moore-Thompson spat

Talking Iran
Vali Nasr, adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, looks at what Democratic senator Joe Lieberman said about bombing Iran, and what Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback said about encouraging the Iranian labor movement.

Can Bloggers Replace Columnists?
Bob Guskind, blogger for Gowanus Lounge and Brooklyn editor of Curbed, looks at whether blogs can tell the same stories as print journalists did a generation ago.

Listen to former columnist Pete Hamill explain why he thinks blogs can't tell the immigrant stories that print newspapers do.

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