Saturday Morning Talkies – July 28, 2007
Alberto Gonzales and our constitutional crisis. PLUS: the Clan Sisterhood. With host Kris Welch. Guests: Glenn W. Smith, senior fellow, The Rockridge Institute Wm Poy Lee, attn’y, author (The Eighth Promise)

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What’s in the news, what’s behind what’s in the news, what’s not in the news that should be in the news—and who’s doing what about it, here and now. Celebration and support from our vibrant, diverse community. Hosted by Kris Welch.
Alberto Gonzales and our constitutional crisis. PLUS: the Clan Sisterhood. With host Kris Welch. Guests: Glenn W. Smith, senior fellow, The Rockridge Institute Wm Poy Lee, attn’y, author (The Eighth Promise)
Manhattan steam explosion: the neo-conservative legacy. Plus, a delay in voting reform: good news or bad? With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. Guests: Rick Perlstein, sr. fellow , Campaign for America’s Future Justin Levitt, assoc. counsel, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law
Activists are pressuring Congress is to keep the purse closed, bring the troops home and end the war. We get the details. PLUS: his first court martial ended in a mistrial. Lt. Ehren Watada began facing a second court martial last week. With host Kris Welch. Guests: Leslie Cagan, United for Peace and Justice Betty … Continued
The Supreme Court rules against integration. Now what? PLUS: The Progressive Politics of the Millennial Generation: a new report about the newest voters. Guests: Ruy Teixeira, fellow New Politics Institute, co-author Progressive Politics of the Millennial Generation report Rinku Sen, exec. dir. Applied Research Center, publisher Color Lines magazine
What’s behind the alleged plot to overthrow the government of Laos? We talk with a scholar of U.S. counter-insurgency. With host Kris Welch, nine to ten a.m. Guests: Adam Schesch, PhD, history of S.E. Asia, specialty in 3rd World guerilla movements and U.S. counter-insurgency Dan Hodges, chr. Health Care for All, Calif. re: SB840 (Sheila … Continued
Global warming, nukes, elections 2004-2008 – it’s all on the table with Harvey Wasserman. PLUS: the fight between Democrats in Congress that could scuttle California environmental laws. With host Kris Welch. Guests: Harvey Wasserman, co-founder of NoNukes movement (25th anniv. of massive anti-nuke march in NYC); journalist (The Free Press, Ohio); author (How the GOP … Continued
The Democrats folded – but this isn’t poker. Robert Borosage takes us through this week of wheeling and dealing, of life and death. PLUS: The Radical Performance Fest. And your phone calls! With host Kris Welch. Guests: Robert Borosage, pres. Institute for America’s Future, co-dir. Campaign for America’s Future; past dir. Institute for Policy Studies … Continued