Mickelson's Podcast

 

Talkin' about everything.    Wide open.    Bay Buchanan  in Iowa to talk about immigration reform from "Team America"...  and who doesn't want to increase the minimum wage? 

 

From the Profit Zone,  Don DeWaay  talks about how to preserve money during economic downtimes.   800-722-9861   Joyce Schulte  is appalled at a Congressman Steve King  political joke...  and a hooligan beats up a cyclist, Dave Lippold,  for slowing him down.   And canceling an AOL account,   how hard can that be anyhow? 

 

This may be the best complete program we've ever done on the state of Iowa's education system.  We deal with just about every cliche and excuse offered up by the education establishment for under-achieving.  From KIPP Academy  in Chicago, Jim O'Conner takes failing inner city minority kids and gets them ready for college.   How do they do it?  Listen.    The National Council on Teacher Quality  measures how well Iowa colleges teach teachers to teach.  Short answer.  They flunk.   Judy Hintz  from Education Resources picks up the pieces when kids don't learn to read.  How?   Everyone with concerns for children's education should hear this segment.

An Iowan who is an expert in Brazilian history.  Who knew?   James Hufferd  with a two-volume set.  888-280-7715    Then, Jeremy Lott   "In Defense of Hypocrisy"  Picking Sides in the War On Virtue.   I violate my own Hip-o-critic  Oath...darn it.    Then,  killed and  mutilated in Iraq...how to respond?

So what did Grover Cleveland have to say about Iowa being turned down for disaster relief?   Then,  Senator Burton Brimely with  SF 3798  Progressive Ammo Act of 2006.   Most other professions get tested,  why not Iowa teachers?

 Rep Jeff Kaufman,  with a  last-ditch call to action on the eminent domain veto over-ride.  (a technical issue abbreviates or sound file,  sorry)  a talk-show over-ride.  :)

Should the Iowa legislature reconvene to over-ride the Vilsack veto of the bi-partisan eminent domain bill?  Scott Bullock who argued Kelo  before the Supreme Court,  and Iowa Senator Bob Brunkhorst  who sponsored the bill agree.    Phyllis Schlafly  exposes "The Supremacists"   judicial tyranny.   Then,  we almost debate atheist Michael Newdow.   Then,  stop-sign politics and the culture war. 

Another attack by the anti-smoking nazis...gawd bless 'em.     NRA guru Wayne Lapierre  says there is a "Global War On Your Guns"    And former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel wants to be president.  And he wants all of us to have a direct vote  on laws.

Senator Paul McKinley  reacts to the Vilsack veto of the pay for teacher performance package passed by the legislature.   Much spirited discussion.  Plus an encore visit by a talented kindergarten teacher  who is a phonics super star.   Dropping test scores.  Education Spending.  Pay comparisons.  Teacher pay and class sizes.     Listener Reaction.

An update on everything,  including pictures of "expended condums" on the MTA.   Michelle Goldberg issues a warning of the "Kingdom  Coming"  The Rise of Christian Nationalism.   ...and other mythical beasts.