george clooney on evidence he says he has of war crimes. and a look at what we can learn from health care around the world. a preview of a new gps special that premieres tonight at 8:00 p.m. first here s my take. when he was in college in the early 80s as part of a student organization, i invited ronald reagan s defense secretary, casper weinberger, to give a speech on campus. at the time american colleges were hotbeds to the reagan administration especially to its defense policies. sure enough, as he began to speak, a series of students stood up and began to heckle. one after another, they rose and chanted a single line, deterrence is a lie. i was reminded of that turbulent meeting because i have been listening to these debates over iran s nuclear ambitions because it highlights a strange role reversal in today s foreign policy discourse. it used to be the left that refused to accept the idea of deterrence. searching instead for options like the nuclear freeze. and it
been used as journalism. how on earth could this have happened? deja vu on the presidential campaign trail with the pundits again denigrating mitt romney after a pair of victories by rick santorum, and many prodding newt gingrich, again, to quit the race, and what about santorum s charge that fox news is schilling for romney? plus, comedian ali wentworth on her new show. her marriage to george stephanopoulos, and how the president reacted when he heard she would be entertaining at the white house. obama said, ali wentworth, isn t she inappropriate? which in my world is a huge compliment. huge. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it was the most popular episode in the history of this american life. public radio reported on alleged abuses at a chinese factory that makes ipads and iphones. it relied heavily on one-man performance artist mike daisy. hurz hoe ira glass put it. when i saw mike daisy perform this story on stage, when i left the theater, i had a