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Democracy, Rebellion and Revolution: Pick Two
Episode 279
Alan Greenspan has argued that the essence of American capitalism is creative destruction. That our tolerance for change, for the new, for being will…
7 years, 6 months ago
Men on the Sidelines of American Life
Episode 278
It is almost axiomatic to say that so many of the problems that plague men in our society today stem from changes in economics. That technology, glob…
7 years, 6 months ago
When They Take Away Your Vote, Who Ya Gonna Call?
Episode 277
For several years now, we’ve been inundated with fake news about alleged voter fraud. Fraud that simply does not exist anywhere in the country. Howev…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Last Time "Nationalism" Was Embraced...Hitler and his American Friends
Episode 276
Last night in Houston Trump declared himself a “nationalist, “with all the baggage that the label implies. That phrase, along with things like “Ameri…
7 years, 6 months ago
Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy
Episode 275
Winston Churchill said of Russia that it was “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Today the same might be said of Russia's interferenc…
7 years, 6 months ago
Is America Now A Fascist Country?
Episode 274
The word fascism gets thrown around a lot in the context of Donald Trump. As if he somehow were its progenitor. But the fact is Trump is merely the m…
7 years, 6 months ago
Marvin Kalb on The New McCarthyism and the Threat to Democracy
Episode 273
The founders understood that a free press was a bulwark against tyranny. In the system they set up, they understood that they created inherent tensio…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Geopolitical Downsides of Fracking Are Downright Scary
Episode 281
I think it’s fair to say that when most of you hear about fracking, the first thing that comes to mind is the potential environmental damage. This ha…
7 years, 6 months ago
Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth.
Episode 272
We hear much loose talk these days about all the things that are supposed to unite us as Americans. But there are far more important and powerful for…
7 years, 7 months ago
Why Adam Smith Still Matters, And What We Have Not Understood
Episode 271
We are ten years out from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the beginning of the worst financial meltdown since the Great Depression. The shock wav…
7 years, 7 months ago