Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. This week Bruce told us […]
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When are we going to get serious about energy independence? On the Republican side, we have drill, drill drill. On the left, we have a planet with a fever. Both sides pay lip service to the national security threat we face because of our dependence on foreign oil. Yet, neither side is doing much about […]
When are we going to get serious about energy independence? We have talked it to death since 9/11, the ultimate wake-up-call. Unfortunately, everyone in Washington, and the American people, have hit the snooze button. This is insane that we allow it to continue. Locally, we have the long delayed Cape Wind project. A $1 billion […]
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Last night I had a really interesting and enjoyable conversation with former Rumsfeld and Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer, who has a highly entertaining new book about his experiences working in the administration. This is essentially the story of a young, principled conservative who left Michigan to puruse the political junkie’s dream in Washington DC. As […]
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Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. This week Bruce told us […]
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I can’t believe that it has been one year since our friend and frequent guest host Dean Barnett passed away after a lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis. I love this picture of Dean and this is exactly how I remember him, laughing, having a great time and making everyone around him feel great. Dean spoke […]
UPDATE: Here is my 45 minute discussion about Too Big To Fail with author Andrew Ross Sorkin New York Times merger and acquisitions reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin has written the insiders account of what was going on in board rooms and the highest levels of government during the worst of the Wall Street meltdown. He […]
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