Chris Kelly, a writer for HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” writes in the Huffington Post: My middle daughter’s name seems to be on the No Fly List. Since she’s only twelve years old, and neither practices nor endorses acts of political violence, I can only assume there’s been some kind of mistake. No one […]
I don’t agree with much of what David Brooks writes, but his column today about overwrought reactions to the undie-bomber is right on the money: In a mature nation, President Obama could go on TV and say, “Listen, we’re doing the best we can, but some terrorists are bound to get through.” But this is […]
The Project On Government Oversight is a non-partisan watchdog group that had some impact in Washington this year. As Marthena Cowart, their Director of Communication, explained to me today on WHAS/Louisville, they were part of finally killing the F-22, an outrageously expensive airplane that couldn’t fly in bad weather but cost taxpayers billions of dollars. […]
A few years ago, we went on vacation to Hawaii, and made the obligatory visit to Pearl Harbor. I wasn’t sure what we’d see or how I’d react, but I got more than I bargained for. As part of the tour of the USS Arizona Memorial, we joined a hundred other tourists in the park’s […]
This morning on KIRO/Seattle, I spoke with Jere Van Dyk about President Obama’s announcement that he’s sending 30,000 more US troops into Afghanistan. Van Dyk — a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council and CBS News consultant — authored “In Afghanistan” based on his many visits to that nation (more than just about any other […]
Leonard Pitts is one of my favorite newspaper columnists, so I was happy to talk with him on KTRS/St. Louis this morning. Our conversation ranged from President Obama’s back-to-school speech to the health care reform attempt to why Democrats can’t seem to work as a team to whether we’re really living in a post-racial society. […]