Today is Good Friday. The Christian commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Now, many of you (that is, the viewers of this site, who happen to be the six of us who write for it) know that I am a "Universalist": one who believes in the salvation of all humanity regardless of...
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Good Friday for all
April 5, 2009
Alex Fitzsimmons hosts Jin Woo Chung, Tabish Talib, Michael Jaskot, Zeyad Assaf, and special guest Dan Downs.
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Obama: a foreign policy schizophrenic
Barack Obama has been struck with a case of political schizophrenia. On a good day, Obama stands up to menaces like North Korea, calling upon the international community to take action and prescribe punishment. But on a bad day, the president switches into blame-America-first mode, begging for forgiveness at the feet of the G-20,...
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State of Religion
America has always lived in a dichotomy. It has been a nation that preaches freedom of religion, yet the nation still holds firm to its Christian roots. America has been a tightrope walker carefully trudging along the razor thin line, sometimes leaning left where the first amendment reads Congress shall make no law respecting...
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Making sense of the Treasury’s new plan
In a barrage of committee hearings over the next few days, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to propose a plan to expand the governments authority to intervene in failing financial institutions to restructure their operations. Politically, Obama stands to gain just as much as he risks losing.
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Podcast of Sunday, March 8
"Our values are better. They will lose. They will be forced to live in a civilized society..." ~Michael referring to the Taliban and their philistine ways.
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MiniVision of Monday, March 9
"The internationalist policy is: think of anything rational and do the opposite" ~ Alex Fitzsimmons responding to the internationalist policy of "paying off" the Taliban.
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MiniVision of Thursday, March 5
Michael Jaskot is joined by Alex Fitzsimmons for a nice discussion on contemporary world issues.
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MiniVision of February 26, 2009
Michael Jaskot is joined by Tabish Talib and Jin Woo Chung for a debate on contemporary international affairs.
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