E-mail a friendJune 8, 2006
Former Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin explains U.S. vulnerability to terrorist attacks. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike says Americans must learn to be more understanding.
Clark Kent Ervin
Clark Kent Ervin
Now Director of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Initiative, Clark Kent Ervin was the Homeland Security Department's first inspector general. A recess appointment by President Bush, Ervin held the position almost 2 years. The Houston native, Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Law grad previously practiced law and served in state government while Bush was Texas' governor. He also served in the first Bush White House. In his book, Open Target, Ervin identifies ways the U.S. remains open to terrorist attacks.
John Updike
John Updike
Writer John Updike has enjoyed success as a novelist, essayist and critic. He's won two Pulitzers and is one of the rare notables to win both the National Medal of Art and National Medal for the Humanities. His body of work also includes poetry and short stories. Encouraged by his mother to write, Updike attended Harvard, where he contributed to and edited the Lampoon. He started his career as a cartoonist, but shifted to poetry and prose. A former staffer with The New Yorker, his new novel is Terrorist.