Mar 05 2008
“We are guilty of many errors and many faults but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer ‘Tomorrow.’ His name is ‘Today.’” –- Gabriela Mistral …
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Mar 04 2008
We’ll examine the aftermath of primary elections in Texas, and Ohio: who will be the Democratic nominee, and does it even matter? Plus, a local police shooting that angered the Korean American community in Orange County; and a special in-studio appearance by Antonio Skarmeta, author of the award winning book, The Postman – we’ll discuss his newest book, “The Dancer and the Thief.” …
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Mar 04 2008
GUEST: Khalid Mustafa Medani, Assistant professor of political science and Islamic studies at McGill University
The US military launched airstrikes on Somalia early this week, saying it was a “deliberate and precise strike” aimed at a known Al Qaeda suspect. Three Tomahawk missiles fired from a submarine hit the town of Dobley, five miles from …
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Mar 04 2008
GUEST: Peter Lurie, Deputy Director of the Health Research Group at Public Citizen
Last week, a member of Public Citizen testified before Congress on what is being called a “growing crisis” at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA is a government agency charged with overseeing safety regulations for most types of foods, dietary …
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Mar 04 2008
GUEST: Deborah Vagins, Policy Counsel for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the ACLU
More than a dozen inmates are expected to be released this week under retroactive changes to federal sentencing guidelines for crack offenders. An additional 1,500 inmates will also be eligible to petition for immediate release. The changes were approved by …
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Mar 04 2008
GUEST: Dortell Williams, inmate at Lancaster State Prison
Dortell Williams, an inmate at Lancaster State Prison, filed this commentary called Prisons, A Growth Industry. …
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Mar 04 2008
… about the Presidency of Franklin Pierce
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Mar 04 2008
“Pharmaceutical companies will soon rule the world if we keep letting them believe we are a happy, functional society so long as all the women are on Prozac, all children on Ritalin, and all men on Viagra.” – author unknown …
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Mar 03 2008
GUEST: Paul Rogat Loeb, author of the book “Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time” and the editor of “The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear”
Voters in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island, head to the polls tomorrow …
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Mar 03 2008
GUEST: Sujatha Fernandes, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queens College, New York, author of Cuba Represent
In a move that signals real change in post-Fidel Castro’s Cuba, Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque signed two UN agreements: the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Fidel Castro …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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