Thu, 31 May 2007
Dr. Robert Spencer tells "The Truth About Muhammad" and interprets the findings of the PEW Foundation study of American Muslim attitudes. Lotsa openline. Then, Philip Jenkins says the Muslim sky isn't falling. "God's Continent" isn't really in a demographic crisis after all. |
Wed, 30 May 2007
The politics of negotiation. "It's Ok to be the Boss" how to fight the undermanagement epidemic with Bruce Tulgan. Then, Annie Jacobsen gets a chance to say "I told you so" about a dry run terrorist attack on flight 327. "Terror in the Skies". 888-773-6782 for a discount for WHO listeners. Then, Senator John McCain with campaign issues. |
Tue, 29 May 2007
It's Tuesday, it's time to be silly...at least until we hafta talk about politics.
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Mon, 28 May 2007
A Memorial Day morale booster. "The Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II". Then an encore of "The Day the World Ended and Little Big Horn" and "The Privileged Planet" with Dr. Jay Richards. |
Fri, 25 May 2007
Senator Joe Biden talks Iraq policy. Senator Sam Brownback does the same. Doug Holtz-Eakin from Senator McCain's campaign supports the Senate immigration bill. ISU wants to get Jesus back into sports. Then, a new plasma technology for making money on Iowa garbage. Charlie Kress and Dennis Naughton from Waste Not Iowa. |
Thu, 24 May 2007
"The Idea That is America" Anne-Marie Slaughter and I get into a low-carb food fight. Mike Ferris is the legal rep for home schoolers who will convene shortly in Iowa. Cedar Falls High School graduation is excluding Beethoven's "Joyful, Joyful". Why? Karl Gilbertson is a parent with questions. Andrew Clopton is the VP of the Choir which wanted to sing it. Should the school cave to the ACLU? Not so fast says Jeff Sertize from the ACLJ singing the song could cost us. |
Wed, 23 May 2007
Socks with sandals? WWJD? Cheering your kid at the graduation ceremony? You could get busted. Which of the presidential candidates are "Exceptional Presenters"? Tim Koegel will tell you. How do you kill skunk stink? Then, 60 Minutes will highlight an Iowa reserve unit. Wife of slain Iowan Scott Nisely joins us to talk about it.
OK, by request....the story of the National Anthem. |
Tue, 22 May 2007
Soccer talk. Why soccer should be dropped from the high school level and taken back to clubs. Silly red card rules. Then, how to fix the immigration problem in four easy steps. Lots talk. |
Mon, 21 May 2007
Gregory McClain says some parents take their kids into adult locker rooms at fitness centers. Not a good idea he says. Chess master Josh Waitzkin talks about Tai Chi Chess... yes, the kid in "Searching for Bobby Fischer"... in his book "Art of Learning". Will the new Iowa Board of Regents approve armed campus-based security guards. Bonnie Campbell says "No" cuz guns are just way too symbolic. |
Fri, 18 May 2007
The Annual Political Button Collector's Show coming up Saturday May 19th at the Quality Inn Suites Hotel in Des Moines. Collectors John Olsen and Paul Bengstron with the story. Political Commentator John Lofton remembers Rev. Jerry Falwell. Sometimes nearly fondly. Plus, the "Final Move Beyond Iraq" Mike Evans tries to awaken US about Iran. Suzy. Then, Congressman Steve King gives feedback about the Senate immigration bill. |
Thu, 17 May 2007
Ruth Lycke takes stroke victims to China and "Out of Darkness"....several Iowans return and report on their progress. Dr. Jay Richards co-author of "The Privileged Planet" tries to help his colleague at ISU with tenure. Roy Beck from Numbers USA calls Iowans to action on the senate amnesty bill working its way toward approval. |
Wed, 16 May 2007
Mary and Gayle Brubaker want Iowans help "champion" the cause of Alzhiemers. 800-272-3900 hotline and to help with a walk-about fall fundraiser. 440-2722. Noah Merriil is a Quaker and just back from Jordan and living with Iraqi refugees, telling their stories. Ed Offley says he's solved the mystery of "Scorpion Down"... a cold war era nuclear sub which went down in 1968..with an Iowan on board. Bay Buchanan lambastes the "Extreme Makeover of Hillary Rodham Clinton." Lotsa unintended humor. |
Tue, 15 May 2007
Dr. John West from Discovery Institute comes to the support of ISU's Guillermo Gonzalez who has been denied tenure cuz he bugs atheists. Perhaps a thoughtful letter to ISU's President Geoffroy is in order. Then, Heather Cox Richardson takes us "West From Appamattox...the Reconstruction of America after the Civil War".
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Mon, 14 May 2007
Tama Assistant County Attorney Richard Vander Mey says SF 430 is on the governor's desk. It creates "comity" between Iowa and the Meskwakies. What does gambling money buy? Politicians. Newt Gingrich writes about Pearl Harbor and talks about the cheezy way presidents are selected. Patrick and Henry Ramage fly their whale to Iowa. Saving the Whales. Really. Then, ISU professor of astronomy Dr.Guillermo Gonzalez has been denied tenure. Why? Cuz he thinks ole Earth is a "Privileged Planet"...which really offends the campus atheists. Sigh |
Fri, 11 May 2007
"Retained by the People" Daniel Farber says Americans have rights they don't know they have. The Iowa ACLU wants to sue Urbandale for keeping drunken kids away from football games and the prom. Ben Johnson says the ACLU also protects the rights of Jihadists, they are part of a large open border's lobby. |
Thu, 10 May 2007
Right-lane driver discrimination, high-mileage, granny bashing. Delicious. Then, Custer's last stand from the vantage point of the Lakotas. Joseph Marshall III and "The Day the World Ended at Little Big Horn" a Lakota history. |
Wed, 9 May 2007
Should Al Sharpton be held to the Al Sharpton standard? Delicious. Mark Taylor was shot at Columbine. "I Asked, God Answered"...the Columbine Miracle. Mt. Pleasant head cop suspended while they count the traffic tickets. Then, presidential candidate Congressman Tom Tancredo. |
Tue, 8 May 2007
Nicholas Hagger reveals "The Secret Founding of America" ... and he teaches us the secret handshake. An elementary school principal requires kids to clean up their own messes. Parents want an apology. An the founder of Left Lane Drivers of America has a soft-path solution for left lane cloggers. |
Mon, 7 May 2007
"Forty Days and Forty Nights" Matthew Chapman writes about his great, great grandfather, Charles Darwin. Then, Bishop Harry Jackson says the gay rights movement has hijacked the civil rights movement and it must stop. Then, the taxpayers pony up to pay for gay kids who won't live at home. PLLLLLLLEEEEEEEZZZZZZ! |
Fri, 4 May 2007
The Republican presidential post debate spin room is open. The Iowa Republican hierarchy checks in to opine. Then, Mickelson throws a Royal snit. So does the Iowa Board of Regents...the entrance requirements for Iowa colleges have been stiffened. A big deal? |
Thu, 3 May 2007
Iowans formulate an apology for subjecting the ski mask guy to undue stress. Then, should Iowa welcome gun-building refugee from Illinois? |
Wed, 2 May 2007
The verdict on the Heemstra verdict, the verdict on the Bush veto of the funding bill, the verdict on the new rules for qualifying for presidential debates based upon poll numbers. And how partisan are American war opinions? |
Tue, 1 May 2007
Judie Brown talks about "Saving Those Damned Catholics". Then IA Republican House Leader Chris Rants evaluates the results of the latest session of the legislature. |