EP 72 SEABLINDNESS

EP 72 SEABLINDNESS

No, that’s not the horse who won America’s heart back in the day.  It’s an old term to sescribe a maritime nation’s forgetfulness of the oceans’ role in its prosperity and security. And it’s the name of Seth Crospey’s new book.  He served as deputy Undersecretary of the U.S. Navy under Ronald Reagan and George …

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EP 71 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT…JUST NOT ENOUGH OF IT

EP 71 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT…JUST NOT ENOUGH OF IT

President Trump proposes to cut the number of green cards issued each year from one million to 500,000 and issuing them based on skill levels.  While our guest, Edward Conard, believes he may be on to something regarding the skills assessment he feels that fewer green cards will not support the economic growth necessary to …

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EP 70 IS GERRYMANDERING WHAT’S BROUGHT GOVERNING TO A HALT?

EP 70 IS GERRYMANDERING WHAT’S BROUGHT GOVERNING TO A HALT?

Operation RedMap is one of the great successes of modern politics and yet it remains a mystery to many. Yet its implications are apparent to all. A Republican House of Representatives guaranteed through 2020 despite more popular Congressional votes going to Democrats. How is this possible? If you can draw the Congressional lines, all things …

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EP 68 CONGRESS UNDERSTANDS THE THREAT FROM AN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PULSE ATTACK, SO WHY DON’T WE?

EP 68 CONGRESS UNDERSTANDS THE THREAT FROM AN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PULSE ATTACK, SO WHY DON’T WE?

Two bi-partisan studies done in 2004 and 2008, by Congress, of the threat of an Electro Magnetic Pulse attack indicate that as few as three weapons detonated over different parts of the country could cripple the nation. Yet, we barely know what the term means. It may mean that the North Korean threat could affect …

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EP 67 ONE NATION UNDER GOLD

EP 67 ONE NATION UNDER GOLD

Recently, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, visited Fort Knox, where we stash the nation’s gold supply. Yet the last time anybody went in to see the gold, other than, workers there,  was in 1974.  And the last time it was counted was in 1953.  This begs the question: how important is gold to a health …

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EP 66 WHY CONGRESS IS DEAD WRONG ABOUT FOREST FIRES

EP 66 WHY CONGRESS IS DEAD WRONG ABOUT FOREST FIRES

Dr. Chad Hanson is a forest fire ecologist from the John Muir Earth Island Institute and he believes the current logging bill before Congress will eliminate forest plan standards and open the forests up to clearcutting without any environmental analysis or public comment.  Is this a sop to the logging industry?  This is an important …

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EP 65 THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC LANDS

EP 65 THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC LANDS

Holly Fretwell Aside from significant financial constraints, America’s public lands have many challenges. Wildfires burn millions of acres every year, costing billions of dollars. We see armed standoffs over grazing rights and conflict over national-monument designations. Given that the federal government owns nearly one-third of the expanse of our country, our political differences are spilling …

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EP 64 HAYWIRE

EP 64 HAYWIRE

That’s a concise one word explanation for the presidential campaign of 2016. It’s also the name of the new book by Dr. Gary Rose, a professor and Chair of the Department of Government, Politics and Global Studies at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. He provides a chronology of events leading up to the astonishing victory …

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