Kris Allen

As you may have heard, Kris Allen won American Idol last week. This week, the nail-biting continues, as a major American corporation is taking heat for facilitating some irregular voting that may have gotten him the throne.For the entire season, Adam Lambert was the preferred candidate by the...

Are you suffering from Idol Withdrawal Syndrome (IWS)? For those who are not familiar with IWS, it's a seasonal disorder generally most intense in the week after the American Idol finale. Its primary symptom is a feeling of emptiness on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings that eventually goes away as...

American Idol works better than almost any American business I can think of. Last night's finale, with its 100 million votes, presented Idol (it leads the industry with 26.3 million weekly viewers) as an island of success in a sea of business failure. From banks to automobiles, American executives...