Where’s Bernard Shaw When We Need Him?
Some journalist needs to ask Donald Trump a modern version of the question Bernard Shaw asked Michael Dukakis in 1988: If one of your daughters, Ivanka or Tiffany, were raped and became pregnant with the rapist's child, should she be allowed to have an abortion? If...
Air BnB For The Politically Corrupt
Kurt Erickson has a piece in the Post-Dispatch about Missouri lawmakers who rent rooms in Jefferson City houses that are owned by lobbyists: It’s all perfectly legal for lawmakers to have business dealings with lobbyists under Missouri’s wide-open ethics laws, where...
Saudi Arabia’s Continuing Lies And Oppression
About a decade ago, I was offered the opportunity to interview Abdallah bin Yahya Al-Moallimi, the Saudi ambassador to the UN, while he was in St. Louis. I have a long history of speaking out against Saudi Arabia, our "partner in peace," so I agreed to have him in the...
Jann Wenner Explains
Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner loves what Bernie Sanders says, but... I've been watching the debates and town halls for the past two months, and Sanders' righteousness knocks me out. My heart is with him. He has brought the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations to...
I’m Just Asking
Nate Silver doubts that Donald Trump can turn any blue states red, which he would have to do to win the general election. I'd go further than that by asking what demographic Trump has a chance in? He's not going to do well with women, African-Americans, Muslims,...
Katty Kay’s View Of Election Year
For a wider perspective on this bizarre presidential election year, here's my conversation with Katty Kay of BBC World News America. Among the questions I asked her: How much time and money is spent on elections in England (prepare to be shocked!) Have there been...
Wendell Potter, “Nation On The Take”
Wendell Potter was back on my show today to talk about his new book, "Nation On The Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It" (read an excerpt here). Among the questions we discussed: How much time do our elected representatives spend...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
Veteran radio programmer Darryl Parks thinks this year's presidential election will mark the end of right-wing talk radio: Conservative talk radio and the Republican party are connected, once again trying to energize their common “base.” Each are equally disconnected...