The Fromson File

Tears of nostalgia filled my eyes Monday evening, watching Caroline and Ted Kennedy open the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It reminded me of a reporting assignment I had at the so-called Kennedy Convention that was convened in Los Angeles 48 years ago. The setting was concentrated in the city’s Sports Arena that seated no [...]

The latest campaign twister from John McCain is that he is not questioning Barack Obama’s patriotism, only his judgment. But what kind of judgment has McCain been exercising the past several months by calling for the ouster of Russia from the G-8, the group of economic powers that is essential to global stability? Not only [...]

MOSCOW — This is no time for blustering in the Caucusus, not by the president of Georgia, by Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin or George Bush and Condoleezza Rice in Washington. That’s because everyone can share the blame for what’s been happening in Georgia and South Ossetia. Rice, whose credentials as a Soviet expert have [...]

Thirty-six years ago I was in Georgia and Abkhasia on assignment for CBS News. Last Friday, I was in the network’s Moscow bureau watching the war unfold between Russia and Georgia. In between repetitive scenes of bombing, shelling and chaos, I switched channels to absorb the spectacular unveiling of the Olympic Games in Beijing. Obviously, it was [...]