Somebody should remind Capitol Hill Blue's Doug Thompson that actor Charlie Sheen, however randy and hot-headed he may be, is also a concerned American citizen, and has an inherent right -- a duty -- to question his government.

By Sheila Samples

When I first read the March 31 Capitol Hill Blue headline, "9/11 conspiracy theories don't pass the smell test," I thought editor Doug Thompson was pulling an April Fool's joke on us a day early. Buoyed by Thompson's well-deserved reputation for being out there first with "damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead" -- truth no matter where it takes him, I read avidly to the end of the rant, poised to burst into laughter at his "Gotcha!" punch line. It wasn't there.

"I know my government," Thompson ended lamely, "They're just not good enough to pull off something like this."