As the American political system negotiated its way through Richard Clarke Week, there is one overarching political lesson: the national media monolith manufactures the "news" any way it desires, a crude daily sculpting of political Silly Putty. It can make someone a household name. It can leave someone utterly unknown in Idaho. Richard Clarke Week was the latest widget of propaganda from the liberal-media assembly line, designed with an extremely partisan purpose -- destroying whatever polling advantage George W. Bush enjoys on protecting the nation from terrorism. Ask this question: if this previously obscure Richard Clarke had come out with...