The accusations against the FBI brought out by the Nunes memo are troubling…and therefore Tom believes a bipartisan investigation is in order.

Super Bowl LII was a memorable one…and has Tom thinking about some past memorable games too.

The University of Iowa displaying memorabilia from Tom’s long and distinguished journalism career causes him to reflect on some of the biggest stories that he’s helped cover over the course of that career.

The release of a classified memo about potential wrong-doing by the FBI seems to Tom to be a long reach by the GOP members of the House Intelligence Committee to undermine the Mueller investigation of President Trump.

A special honor from his alma mater has Tom reflecting on just how far a good education can take you…and just how lucky many of us in this country are to have the opportunity to get one.

Remember when the hottest new technology was a big, clunky home computer that you had to put disks in? So does Tom…and it makes him long for the days when we participated in more face-to-face interactions rather than hiding behind our smartphones and tablets.

If President Trump stays on-message during his first State of the Union address this week, it should resemble his well-received message overseas last week. However, looming over it all is the continuing Russia investigation. Tom argues that regardless, this will be an interesting year for politics.

The immigration debate is likely to heat up in light of President Trump’s State of the Union speech this week…and at least as of right now, Tom feels Trump holds the cards on this issue.

He may be a veteran journalist about to celebrate birthday number 79, but Tom feels that in some ways he’s no different than a twelve-year-old. How? Take a listen!

Tom discusses why he feels the current posturing over immigration will solve nothing. And raises the equally-important topic of needing to do something about all the school shootings in America – 11 so far in January of this year alone.