The whole betting-on-terrorism idea at the Pentagon — creating a futures market to predict terrorist attacks, assassinations, and similar grotesque events — was such a horrible and horrifying concept that, as soon as word leaked out and public outrage leaked in, the operation was shut down. But that’s not enough. Heads should roll. If this […]
I have no problem with the Pentagon releasing the grisly pictures of the dead Hussein Boys (am I the only one who, upon first hearing the names Uday and Qusay, thought Saddam must have named them after consulting “The Big Book of Pig Latin Baby Names” — and that Uday would be pig latin for […]
The story of PFC Jessica Lynch’s rescue made us all feel good last week, but it also exposed one of the ironies of war. According to the story, when Lynch and her squad were ambushed, she kept firing her gun until she had used up every last bullet, taking out as many enemy soldiers as […]
Here in St. Louis, the first bulletins of attacks on Iraq coincided with a major thunderstorm. It was eerie seeing reports of cruise missiles falling on Baghdad while hearing the very loud rumble of thunder and flashes of lightning outside our own windows. I knew we weren’t being attacked, but I’ll admit I did go […]
Bob Schieffer, host of “Face The Nation” host and Chief Washington Correspondent for CBS News, was on my show today to talk about current events and tell some stories from his memoir, “This Just In: What I Couldn’t Tell You On TV.” The discussion included what he thought of the duct tape terror alerts, how […]
A long time ago, a President of the United States told us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. If you weren’t gripped with fear last week about an imminent terrorist attack on the US, you just weren’t trying hard enough. Or at least that’s how most of the media made […]