In addition to broadcasting, Colmes ran the Liberaland blog and contributed to AOL News. He was the author of Red, White & Liberal: How Left Is Right and Right Is Wrong (2003) and Thank the Liberals For Saving America (2012). During his career, he interviewed many key political figures to include Former President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Steve Forbes, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Ralph Nader and Ken Starr. Alan Colmes hosted his own self-titled late night radio talk show on WEVD-AM as well. Unfortunately, Alan Colmes died on February 23, 2017 at the age of 66 after a brief bout with cancer.