The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Wednesday, December 01, 2004  

DOES HE KNOW HIS COLORS?
Tom Ridge Resigns

Tommy, we’ll hardly miss ye.

[Tom] Ridge was best known as the public face for the nation’s color-coded terror alerts, warning for months that another terrorist attack was likely. The government raised the alert to “high,” or orange, status six times on his watch, even as domestic security officials sometimes squabbled with the Justice Department about what they felt were overly dire warnings from Attorney General John Ashcroft.

I’m hoping they keep the whole color thing. It’s been fun for me and informative -- and no doubt life-saving -- for readers.

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