If war upsets balances of power, it can also upset the balance of cool. On Sept. 10, fire fighters were not exactly at the epicenter of hip. Foreign news? Puh-leeze! Spying, learning Arabic, worrying about the public-health system? Uncool, uncool, uncool.
And by all prevailing standards the CBS military drama JAG (Tuesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.) was about the least-cool hit show on TV. It lauded the men and women of the Judge Advocate General corps, who investigate, prosecute and defend cases affecting military conduct. The twist was--well, that there was no twist. On JAG, the government really was good, save for...
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