2004
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Jack’s Riddle
USA Today reporter Jack Kelley. This story is largely about the fate of an American journalist named Jack Kelley. Let…
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Global Kelley
A case of piling on. Since writing about my former USA Today colleague Jack Kelley, a number of things have…
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Alan Levy, RIP
Alan Levy, 1932-2004. Mourning is a trickster that can fool sentiment into being what it’s not, genuinely devoted. We mourn…
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Unfeeling
Oh, what a feeling… George W. Bush has always been about a broad sense of things, what Italians call “un…
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Mary
Mary McGrory, 1918-2004 The Mary McGrory I knew did not much like drama, unless she was its agent. We met…
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Tentacles
Kennedy in 1963 Berlin: talking to evil Recovery’s the word Or is it? Look at the dollar. Look at the…
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So Cool
When the dirty laundry comes round. Moral authority depends on a public belief in legitimate power. When moral authority goes…
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Abu Ghraib
How do you spell defeat? Abu Ghraib. While the newspaper phrase “eager mayhem” may best portray the mood of American…
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Saviors
South Vietnam’s “savior.” Speak of Ahmad Chalabi and the names Diem, Ky, and Thieu also make the roll call. Chalabi…
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Giorgio Cappon
When America could talk: George C. Marshall beside Harry Truman in 1948. Giorgio Cappon was a capable, honest and decent…
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Taverna
Watching, waiting, relaxing… The Berlin Wall of our age is security run amok. The new Cold War is terrorism anxiety.…
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Unabashed
Lording over a partnership. Heroes and heretics pay close attention. The United States will pursue and arrest American sex criminals…
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Antipathy
But you told me what scared you… Here’s a fiendish little notion to dismiss after reading: terrorism won’t be “fixed,”…
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Self-hatred
1968 is so totally old… Call it the new Domino Effect. First, a smart acquaintance tells me my latest column…
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Poisons
Don’t look now… unless you can’t resist. Democracy is treacherous geography. So is freedom of expression. Public entitlement supplies endlessly…
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