Judge Nap on Patriot Act Ruling
Judge Andrew Napolitano was back on my show this afternoon to talk about US District Judge Ann Aiken's ruling that two provisions of the Patriot Act are unconstitutional. As Judge Nap pointed out, the government has now lost every single Patriot Act case in court,...
Ken Burns, “The War”
With his 15-hour documentary series "The War" about to debut Sunday night on PBS, Ken Burns returned to my show today. We discussed the reaction he's had from veterans at early screenings across the country, the difference in media coverage of World War II and the...
Jack Goldsmith “The Terror Presidency”
This afternoon on my show, I talked with Jack Goldsmith, former Assistant Attorney General in the Bush Administration, about his book "The Terror Presidency." As head of the Office Of Legal Counsel, Goldsmith got into heated debates with Alberto Gonzales, David...
Richard Davis, Murdered Soldier
Richard Davis was an American soldier who came back to the US, only to be murdered by some of the men he went to war with in Iraq. It's the basis of the new movie, "In The Valley of Elah," a fictionalized account of Richard's story, starring Tommy Lee Jones as his...
Inside America’s Empire
Today I talked with Robert Kaplan about his PBS documentary "Inside America's Empire." It's a fascinating look at how our military is trying to fight the global war on terrorism with ideas, not just arms, and how the front lines are not just in Iraq and Afghanistan....
Joe Biden
Today on my show, I talked with Senator Joe Biden, who wants your vote for President. With so many current events to talk about in a limited time, we didn't discuss his book, "Promises To Keep," but you can order it by clicking that link. Biden called in as we were...
Carter Andress, Contractor Combatant
I've talked often about the huge number of private contractors who are part of the war in Iraq, in numbers greater than the Americans in uniform. Today on my show, I talked to one of those contractors, Carter Andress, about his experiences in the Red Zone in Baghdad...
Ken Burns “The War”
Ken Burns was on my show this afternoon to talk about his documentary "The War," a 14-hour look at World War II which will air on PBS beginning September 23rd. Burns has once again taken a huge subject and humanized it, personalized it, by showing us The War through...