Whereas I applaud the president’s speech last week admitting that government intelligence agencies did not adequately “connect the dots” to prevent the attempted Christmas Day airline terrorist attack, the next most significant news (unemployment) was glossed over by the broadcast media.

We are all pleased that the president has admonished the Department of Homeland Security and the various intelligence agencies to do their jobs, which they should have been doing in the first place. And we hope they follow through on the common-sense collaboration among agencies they shared with the American people, which we thought was already happening. Full Piece