Radio
Debate Tuesday: Mark Debates a Listener on Iraq
December 6, 2005(Archive
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For a couple of years now, Ed Wronka (formerly of New Jersey and now from Buffalo, New York) has listened to THE INSIDE SCOOP, called in occasionally, and commented on the blog. Ed, an engineer whose older brother was an aide to Robert Kennedy, nevertheless supports the U.S. War in Iraq and the decision of the Bush Administration to fight there.
Now Ed is the first listener to challenge me mano a mano on Debate Tuesday. I welcome the debate.
Wal-Mart: Ordinary Capitalism or Sinister Force?
December 5, 2005(Archive)
Guest: Harold Myerson, Editor At Large at The American Prospect
The documentary, Wal-mart: The High Cost of Low Price is showing in theaters nationwide.
Sunday Weekly Review
December 4, 2005(Archive)
Just some of the topics this week:
– Bush’s “Plan for Victory” — as much a “plan for victory” as his “Mission Accomplished” foretold a “mission accomplished.”
– US secret propaganda in Iraqi newspapers — OK, now that we control the Iraqi press, take the oil wealth, and torture innocents who oppose our rule, how again will we convince the Iraqis we’re different from the Saddam Hussein Regime?
– Equal Marriage in South Africa for gay people — a country once behind us in racism leaps ahead of us in equal rights for all. How long until all Americans have equal protection under the law? I say no more than 20 more years, maximum, until marriage is equal nationwide.
– Any other topic YOU wish to bring up
Post-Katrina Suffering
December 1, 2005(Archive)
Guest: LaTosha Brown, a Founder of the SOS (Save Our Selves) Coalition
The suffering continues long after the hurricane is gone.
Bribery in Congress
November 30, 2005(Archive)
Guest: Faiz Shakir, Deputy Editor of the Progress Report at the Center for American Progress
As the Jack Abramoff payoff scandal widens, it seems that many Republican Members of Congress in the highest positions of power were on the take, including the chairmen of powerful committees. It’s not just Former Majority Leader Tom Delay…
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