Here’s my conversation with former CNN President Reese Schonfeld about how TV newscasts aren’t paying nearly enough attention to the war in Iraq. He believes that we deserve as much coverage of the war as we do Hurricane Katrina, not to mention Natalee Holloway et al, and that it has to be more than just […]
Everyday, there are stories about problems the interim Iraq government is having in designing a one-size-fits-all constitution. When anyone complains that it’s taking longer than it should, the response is something along the lines of, “Yes, it’s taking time, but remember how long it took to write the US Constitution, which still got it wrong […]
This weekend marks the 60th anniversary of the US bombing Hiroshima. What you don’t know is that there was extensive film taken of the aftermath, but that footage was suppressed for decades by the US government, in an effort to keep Americans from knowing the horror and devastating effects of the bomb. Greg Mitchell has […]
Several days ago, after the London subway attacks, I wrote that while America will no doubt suffer another terrorist incident in our near future, St. Louis was unlikely to be the target, and we shouldn’t act like it will be. Today, in an op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, former Senator Tom Eagleton agrees: Atlanta, […]
Random thoughts on the London bombings: During and after horrible events like this, it’s hard to keep things in perspective. But if you take a long-term view, it’s the terrorists who must be frustrated. Yes, they’ve proven that they can strike anywhere, anytime. What they can’t do is accomplish their goal of taking us down. […]
Jack Coughlin was the top-ranked sniper in the US Marine Corps until he retired last month with more confirmed kills than anyone else on active duty in the US military. He served in the Gulf War and the War in Iraq, where he was among the first troops into Baghdad, and was there the day […]