September 25, 2006

Charlie's Show Prep #167

• There's lots of yapping over leaked portions of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that the Iraq War has inspired untold numbers of new terrorists. Here are two things to remember: 1. the NIE isn't God's word sent down from heaven, it doesn't have the greatest track record; 2. there's a reason someone wanted this story, based on a report written in April, leaked weeks before Election Day when the GOP was making headway with voters on the terrorism issue.

• There's much still to learn about the deaths of an East St. Louis mother and her four children, one cut from her mother's womb.

• The Washington Times looks at how affirmative action has twisted Indian society.