LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ONLINE – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Could McCain win? It’s not impossible: JOHN NICHOLS of The Nation will look at the polls and the undecided voters in the swing states. We’ll also have Your Minnesota Moment: Al Franken’s campaign to retire Senator Norm Coleman, and our new hero, El Tinklenberg, running against Michelle [...]
LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ONLINE – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST MICHELLE OBAMA: AMY WILENTZ explains how right-wing pundits made her into “a Black Power sistuh,” and how they raised the question: “Is she too black for America?“ In fact Michelle is a solid citizen of the black working and middle class, highly educated and motivated—and she’s [...]
LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ONLINE – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST How can we explain the incompetence, the corruption, the waste, the giveaways, the bridges to nowhere and the no-bid contracts in Washington, D.C., today? The Republicans “have not done these awful things because they are bad conservatives,” says TOM FRANK; “they have done them because they [...]
LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ONLINE – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST “In a nation ruled by swine,” Hunter Thompson wrote, “all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely.” Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter [...]