In what may appear to be a scene out of Bizarro World, many congressional Republicans are pushing to give President Obama fast-track trade negotiation authority while the president’s own party is doing its best to make sure that their leader fails in his effort to gain more authority over trade deals. On one level, it’s straightforward…
This week, I interview Dr. Kirby Goidel, political scientist and author of the book America’s Failing Experiment: How We The People Have Become the Problem. Dr. Goidel is a Professor and Fellow in the Department of Communication and the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M. Prior to that, he was Scripps Howard Professor, Director…
This week, the Politics Guys look at the situation in Baltimore: the riots, the causes, and what can be done to reform the police and restore the community. We also discuss Obergefell v. Hodges – the same-sex marriage case heard by the Supreme Court this week. Finally, we talk about Vermont’s Bernie Sanders, the first…
In honor of the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, the Politics Guys focus on the environment. Our air and water are much cleaner than they were in 1970, and there’s no longer a gaping hole in the ozone layer. Today, the big concern is the threat of global warming. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
This Week’s Stories – Ted Cruz: Why he won’t win, but what he could accomplish. – Indiana: Anti-gay or pro-religion? (Both, maybe?) – Bowe Bergdahl: should he be prosecuted, or has he suffered enough already? – The ungodly mess that is U.S. foreign policy. – The mystery man behind California’s “Sodomite Suppression Act” Links –…
This Week’s Stories – The stingy, shortsighted, and essentially meaningless GOP budget plan. – President Obama on mandatory voting (he’s for it). – Starbucks attempt to get us to talk about race with our baristas. – Mitch McConnell to the EPA: I hate you guys so much. – The (not so high) rise and fall of Congressman…
This Week’s Stories – The Senate GOP ‘open letter’ to Iran: secretly brilliant, or not-so-secretly moronic? – Hillary Clinton to the media: I didn’t do anything wrong. Technically. – Ferguson, Missouri: some positive developments, then a tragedy. – Is climate change a belief system or scientific fact? – “It’s never good to be drunk at…