By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
Panic is never pretty, and it leads men to say foolish things — even presidents and their friends and flunkies. The wicked flee when none pursue, but sometimes they flee when facts are gaining on them.
Liberals are exploiting the Aurora massacre to advance a political agenda. The tragic mass murder of 12 people is being used as fodder against the right. Within hours of the killing spree, the media establishment was hoping to link the suspected shooter, James Holmes, with the Tea Party, conservatives and -- ultimately -- the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney.
Journalist Bill Moyers retired from weekly TV a year ago but now says he plans to return.
Back from two weeks' vacation and making his first TV appearance since a threat against his life was posted on a jihadist website, David Letterman played it all for laughs during Monday's monologue.
When most of us think of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, we think back to the perfectly coifed first lady of the early `60s in a stylish shift, a string of pearls, a pill box hat. Or the Jackie O of the next decade, the rich widow in huge sunglasses that shielded her from the world.
"I am opposed to the building of the 'mosque' two blocks from ground zero. I want it built on ground zero," says filmmaker Michael Moore. Uh-oh.
Veteran reporter-commentator Daniel Schorr, whose hard-hitting reporting for CBS got him on President Richard Nixon's notorious "enemies list" in the 1970s, has died. He was 93.
Daniel Schorr, whose journalism career over more than six decades landed him in the dark corners of Europe during the Cold War and the shadows of President Richard Nixon's notorious "enemies list" in the 1970s, has died. He was 93.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lady Bird Johnson's wit, wisdom and love of beauty — in nature, in children and in democracy — were remembered yesterday as family, friends and presidents bade farewell at her funeral.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lady Bird Johnson's wit, wisdom and love of beauty — in nature, in children and in democracy — were remembered yesterday as family, friends and presidents bade farewell at her funeral.
"We're fooling ourselves that the law could allow even an inflamed lunatic to easily acquire murderous weapons and not expect murderous consequences," he said. "That's a license for murder and mayhem."
"We are, after all, a country which began with the forced subjugation into slavery of millions of Africans and the reliance on arms against Native Americans for its westward expansion," Mr. Moyers said. "In truth, more settlers traveling the Oregon Trail died from accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wounds than from Indian attacks. We were not only bloodthirsty, we were also inept."
