Paul Rieckhoff, Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America
This afternoon, I talked with Paul Rieckhoff of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America about the case of Lt. Ehren Watada, who has refused to go serve in Iraq because he's opposed to the war -- not all war, just this war. We also discussed the VA losing personal...
Reporters in Iraq
In the wake of last week's incident in Iraq that killed two CBS crew members and seriously injured Kimberly Dozier, CNN's Howard Kurtz addressed the issue of how dangerous Iraq has become for reporters trying to cover the war (more journalists have died covering this...
Adrian Cronauer
I talked to Adrian Cronauer on my show this afternoon. You know him as the guy Robin Williams played in "Good Morning Vietnam." Now he works for the Defense Department in the Office of Missing Personnel, which continues to look for American servicemen and women who...
Scott Ritter on Iran & Nukes
I invited former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter back onto my show to talk about developments in the Iran nuclear story, with their President and Deputy Nuclear Chief crowing about their ability to produced low-grade enriched uranium. As always, Ritter explained in...
Give That Soldier A Flag
Roger Studdard is an Army specialist currently serving his second tour in Iraq. While there, he told my KMOX colleague Jon Grayson about a problem he had run into with the office of the Governor of Missouri, Matt Blunt. Roger wanted a little something that would...
Scott Ritter on Iran and Nukes
Scott Ritter, the former UN weapons inspector, was back on my show this afternoon to talk about Iran and the nuclear threat. Ritter said that Iran is nowhere close to having nuclear weapons capabilities, and explained how different that is from having nuclear energy...
NFL Pat-Downs
This afternoon on my show, high school social studies teacher Gordon Johnston explained why he sued the NFL to stop the pat-downs of fans on the way into every game this season -- as a season ticket holder, he contends that's a violation of his constitutional rights....
Ron Harris on Jimmy Massey’s War Lies
Here's my conversation with Ron Harris (no relation), the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who has debunked Jimmy Massey's lies about war crimes by US soldiers in Iraq. I called Ron yesterday to congratulate him on his front page story, and he agreed to discuss it on...