On the Death of Osama bin Laden
Sunday night as I was watching television after a long day, I, like much of the nation, heard that there was going to be an upcoming announcement from President Obama. An unplanned late-Sunday-evening announcement from the President is clearly unusual. My immediate thought was that something horrible had happened--horrible, that is, for citizens of the United States and its military. So it was with some joy and relief that I learned that instead of our soldiers or civilians being dead, it was Osama bin Laden. I admit to some immediate partisan joy that this had happened under this particular president's watch. And I shared in some joking about the timing of the president interrupting Celebrity Apprentice . I admit to some joy at him being removed from a position of continued threat, and some relief that this was news of success for our country. These are my first reactions, my gut reactions. They do not necessarily represent my best rea...