Marvin Kalb, Lecturer in Public Policy, is a Senior Fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy and Faculty Chair for the Kennedy School's Washington programs. Kalb was the Shorenstein Center's Founding Director and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy (1987-1999).

His distinguished journalism career encompasses 30 years of award-winning reporting for CBS and NBC News, as chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Moscow Bureau Chief, and host of Meet the Press. Kalb has authored or coauthored 10 nonfiction books and two best-selling novels. His most recent book, The Media and the War on Terrorism (co-edited with Stephen Hess), explores the interaction between the government and the media during times of war and national emergency. He hosts the Kalb Report, a discussion of media ethics and responsibility at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

Mullfoto of the Day

Ok, Sparky, let's go over this again: You're driving a Cooper Mini which is not exactly a muscle car. And you have a license plate that you paid extra for which indicates you carry an odor.

Are you at all surprised you are sitting home on Friday nights, by yourself, wearing your footie pajamas, eating cold popcorn, watching "Love Monkey"?

Catchy Caption of the Day

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This photograph shows part of a new automated system that Pearland (Texas)School district has begun using in its cafeterias.

This system enables parents to track their children's eating and spending habits and also allows them to place restrictions on certain purchases. A student punches in a identification number on a key pad and their personal information appears on the touch screen.

And they say too much local education money is being wasted on non-classroom spending.

(AP Photo/Jessica Kourkounis)