Mark on Russian TV:The Afghanistan “War Tax”

Religion, Race, and Politics for the Holidays

Special two-hours!*
Mark hosts the Leslie Marshall Show

The "Party of No" Fights Back!

Psychologically unable to handle life in the minority,
Republicans pray for sickness and death
Maybe they just need therapy
and the wisdom to accept the things they cannot change…
Two-hours!*
Mark guest-hosts the Leslie Marshall Show
*The original show was three hours, but the commercials were removed for the archive.

A Crash-Course in Senate Procedure, Global Warming, and Financial Regulation

A Crash-Course in Senate Procedure
And why it matters in the passage of the health-insurance reform bill…
60 votes?  50 votes?
Who decides? And why?
Today, in a special two-hour show*  guest-hosting for Leslie Marshall, Mark not only explains arcane Senate procedures, he debates heath insurance, financial regulation, and global warming with a smattering of callers, most of whom disagree!
*The original show was three hours, but the commercials were removed for the archive.

Health Care Reform and Race: Mark on Air America

Mark first addresses Joe Lieberman’s opposition to the public option and makes clear the battle for health care reform will not be over when the Senate passes a bill this month. The real battle comes in January! Know anyone in Connecticut?
Then we continue our discussion started yesterday on race, and Mark addresses a listener’s perceptive comment on the blog yesterday regarding the attractiveness of black actresses on television and in the movies.