LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST The day after Obama called for investment in infrastructure and cutting the corporate tax rate in his State of the Union speech, he travelled to Manitowoc, Wisconsin – our JOHN NICHOLS was there and will report. John of course is Washington Correspondent for The Nation and [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Jared Loughner’s Glock: KATHA POLLITT says “it used to be that after a spectacular killing there would be a lot of hopeful/ rueful talk about keeping in from happening again.” But now the Democrats have abandoned gun control — even though “it was the gun.” Katha [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST HAROLD MEYERSON says the lesson of the attack on Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Arizona is that “conservatives promote a paranoid culture that makes America a dangerous land.” Harold’s new op-ed for the Washington Post cites Glenn Beck as exhibit number one. Plus: Obama goes [...]
The Arizona legislature is considering a proposal to authorize the carrying of weapons on campus by faculty members. The idea is simple — in case of trouble in the classroom, somebody needs to be able to blast away at problem students. But the question arises, should all faculty members be armed? . . . continued [...]
LISTEN ONLINE TO THIS SHOW – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Abolish the filibuster: JOYCE APPLEBY is one of nine historians, political scientists, and law profs sponsoring of a petition urging the senate to get rid of Rule 22 permitting the “invisible filibuster” for which they gathered 332 signers. Joyce, professor emerita at UCLA, wrote about the [...]