But the threat posed by the radical Islamists represents an unusual conflict, unlike any experienced by our nation before: we face an enemy that is not a state.
The Fox News cable channel is doing very well because there is a market for what Fox News has to offer.
Despite being able to demonstrate a very large audience, major advertisers at first wouldn't touch Limbaugh.
In the past, children learned their values at home, reinforced by organizations such as the Boy Scouts and, of course, their church or synagogue, but in all too many families that is no longer the case.
Now the truth is, a president really can't control the economy, although his policies do have some effect on it.
Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.
So along with several very popular Internet sites, talk radio has served as alternative media that gives listeners information that they otherwise would not hear.