George Crile, Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003). Buy a copy. Although dated, this book remains worth reading.

"Charlie's War" provides a serious storyline in a humorous way that will keep the audience laughing. "Charlie Wilson's War" is rated R for nudity, language and drug use. If East Texans only see one ...

Hell of a thing, getting Mike Nichols to adapt the yer-kiddin’-me story of Charlie Wilson, the congressman from Lufkin, Texas, who damn near single-handedly helped the Afghans kick out the Russians in ...

Seems about par for the course for this story, in which everybody knows somebody who can do something to shape the course of something goin’ on in the wide, wide world of sports, politically speaking.

Hell of a thing, getting Mike Nichols to adapt the yer-kiddin’-me story of Charlie Wilson, the congressman from Lufkin, Texas, who damned near single-handedly helped the Afghans kick out the Russians ...