10-2-13 Expert Guests for Your Show

1. Rabbi D.B. Ganz: Opposing Entitlements and Obamacare is Kind and Wise; Voting for them is Short-sighted and Cruel

2. Kyle Olson: Arne Duncan Uses Sandy Hook to Slam Congress over Federal Shutdown

3. Michael Novak's New Best-selling Book, "Writing from left to Right"

4. Phil Valentine: Opponents' Fight against Obama Climate Plan

5. Carl Schramm: The Real Story of New York's Economic Gap

Opposing Entitlements and Obamacare is Kind and Wise; Voting for them is Short-sighted and Cruel

By Rabbi D.B. Ganz

As a child, I hated going to the doctor for vaccinations. No one could convince me that anything so painful was a good idea. Adolescence brought the ability to see the larger picture: inoculating children is an act of kindness, even though it hurts. When it comes to the need to curb or eliminate entitlements, most of the U.S. seemingly sees the matter the same way a child understands his vaccines. The policy will hurt. It will create great hardship for the millions of people who now depend on government largesse. If so, financial prudence cannot possibly be good. [more...]

Arne Duncan Uses Sandy Hook to Slam Congress over Federal Shutdown

By Kyle Olson

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan used a speech before the National Press Club to deliver a verbal beat down on Congress and critics of Common Core.  "They are creating stress and uncertainty ... at a time when our schools need stability and investment.  Think of all the unfinished business in Congress that actually affects our school children, from comprehensive immigration reform to common sense gun laws,” Duncan said, according to the Washington Examiner.  "If the slaughter of children and teachers and the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School didn’t move them, I honestly don’t know what will," he said. [more...]

Michael Novak's New Best-selling Book

"Novelist, ambassador, vizier, poet: how fitting that some of Michael Novak’s monikers should parallel the rhythms of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," that classic Cold War title by John le Carre.  It is fitting, for starters, because a significant chunk of Novak’s daunting body of writing not only coincided with the years of that long war, but also influenced certain of its seminal events," writes Mary Eberstadt.  His new best-selling book, Writing from Left to Right, presents an intriguing look at how Mr. Novak, an early left-leaning liberal, developed his political views over the course of major events in U.S. history. [more...]

Opponents' Fight against Obama Climate Plan

By Phil Valentine

"Republican lawmakers and industry groups are vowing to fight President Barack Obama's climate change plan and its first-ever emission limits on new power plants. But they're finding their options are limited - at least in the short term," writes Josh Lederman.  My award-winning documentary, An Inconsistent Truth, calls out Al Gore on the lies and deception that have dominated the discussion since the release of An Inconvenient Truth in 2006.  This film not only rights the wrongs of Gore's film; it explores the culture that drives the global warming movement as well as its motivations. [more...]

The Real Story of New York's Economic Gap

By Carl Schramm

The "tale of two New Yorks" looks very different if you look at the bigger picture - at the whole state, and over decades. Then it’s clear that our problem is growth. The story starts the same: It's been the best of recessions for the concentrated rich in Manhattan - income for the top 1 percent has been going up. But for the other 99 percent of New Yorkers it's a different story, especially upstate. [more...]