Cynicism Is What Passes For Insight Among

I Got Into Journalism Because I Came Of Age In The '60s. It Just Seemed One Way For Me To Get Things Done.

Ever Since John Kennedy, Democrats Have Had A Weakness For Dashing Younger Men Like Bill Clinton And Barack Obama And, I Suppose, Jimmy Carter. They Balance Their Tickets With Senior Statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (al Gore Was Young But Played Ancient).

We`re Facing A Very Different Sort Of Threat Now, A More Amorphous Threat, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, And So On. And So The Military Has Abandoned The Two-war Strategy.

We Should Never Go To War Unless We Have Been Attacked Or Are Under Direct, Immediate Threat Of Attack. Never. And Never Again.

Americans Who Feel The Most Ignored These Days Are Not The Screamers. They Are The Solid Citizens Who Are Sick To Death Of Pols Who Play To The Rant.