Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan defended his bombshell book about the Bush administration on Thursday, saying he didn't speak up against the overselling of war in Iraq at the time because he, like other Americans, gave the president the benefit of the doubt. ...more

May 30, 2008

A Department of Homeland Security program to strengthen port security has gaps that terrorists could exploit to smuggle weapons of mass destruction in cargo containers, congressional investigators have found. ...more

May 27, 2008

Presidential politics dominated your electronic mailbag this week. It started on the blog when I wrote about Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean coming to town looking for money. ...more

May 26, 2008

National Public Radio recently reported Chicago Tribune Company Chief Executive Officer Sam Zell's harsh criticism of the chain's Washington news bureau for being unprofitable and covering Iraq too much. ...more

May 9, 2008

I have the highest respect for anyone who ever served in the military, and especially for Col. Donald Myers. ...more

February 1, 2008

Saddam Hussein allowed the world to think he had weapons of mass destruction to deter rival Iran and did not think the United States would stage a major invasion, according to an FBI interrogator who questioned the Iraqi leader after his capture. ...more

January 26, 2008

TAMPA - The final GOP presidential debate before Florida's crucial Tuesday primary proved to be a civil affair, but tested the candidates on topics from the tumbling U.S. economy and the Iraq war to a national catastrophic insurance fund. ...more

January 25, 2008

Refreshing Viewpoint What a refreshing change of viewpoint. I agree that life's joys are best experienced in a conscious state, and heartily with the writer. It's time to just say "no" to drugs and "yes" to life. ...more

January 24, 2008

They say that history repeats itself. I will probably catch a lot of flak from this observation, but look at the facts. Because of a speed boat in the Gulf of Tonkin, we went to war, which cost us 57,000 lives and untold billions. They assassinated President Kennedy because he wouldn't declare war amiss government lies and trumped up facts. So what do we have today, a speed boat incident, government lies and false information. Let's not forget those weapons of mass destruction. ...more

January 16, 2008

Rudy Giuliani marched his way into America's heart when he walked that dusty boulevard to the twin towers after the attacks of 9/11. He became a national hero that day, a leader in a time of crisis. ...more

January 11, 2008