Quick Question
Regarding the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq, can anyone explain to me the distinction between a "timeline," a "timetable," and a "time horizon"?
Waterboarding Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens once claimed that waterboarding isn't torture. Then he was challenged to try it himself, and came to a completely different conclusion. There's video of the demonstration he endured at the hands of some military professionals, and Hitchens writes...
Tim Russert
I had the chance to talk with Tim Russert many times over the years, so in his memory, I dug up one of my favorite conversations with him from my archives. This is from May, 2004, shortly after an incident on "Meet The Press" where a segment he was doing with Colin...
War Zone At Home
Tens of thousands of our soldiers are returning home from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. So, how does the military treat them? According to the Washington Post, many who are housed at Fort Benning, Georgia, are put up in...
Tim Weiner on CIA Failures
On KIRO/Seattle yesterday, I talked with Tim Weiner, author of "Legacy of Ashes: The History of The CIA." Weiner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent 20 years sifting through CIA archives and talking with 10 CIA directors and hundreds of agents to document...
Crisis In The Night
Interesting piece in the Washington Post about those "3am phone call" commercials the Clinton campaign ran a few weeks ago.According to presidential historians and former White House advisers, the president probably wouldn't be awakened to deal with whatever crisis...
Rep. Jim Guest vs. Real ID
Today on my show, I spoke with state representative Jim Guest, who proposed a bill prohibiting Missouri from complying with the Real ID act, which creates a national identification card. Guest is trying to get his fellow legislators in Missouri and other states to...
More on Veterans Suicide
Todd Bowers was supposed to testify before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs this morning to talk about what can be done about the high suicide rate for soldiers and veterans. Unfortunately, the committee didn't have time for him, but I did on my show this...