2006 -
December 31,
2006
THE POLITICAL YEAR IN REVIEW: IRAQ IN CIVIL WAR? CAN
AMERICA WIN? ELECTIONS PAST AND FUTURE.
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Conservatives
Tom
Roeser (R) and Chris
Varones, along with liberals Eric
Zorn
and Dan
Johnson-Weinberger,. |
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December 24,
2006
A
LOOK AT AMERICA'S "SHADOW PARTY": HOW RADICAL IS IT & DOES
IT THREATEN A VIABLE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM?
ALSO,
HOW GLOBALIZATING IS AFFECTING AMERICA'S ECONOMY.
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Phone
guest Joseph
Stiglitz, author of new book "Making Globalization Work"
and
author David Horowitz on "The Shadow Party.".
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December 17,
2006
HOW DOES THE WWW AFFECT BUSINESS AND POLITICS? AND
WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY OF THE INFO? ALSO, SOME COMMENTARY ABOUT THE SPECIAL
COMMITTEE REPORT ON IRAQ AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS.
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Liberal
Rick Perlstein,
conservative Marty Geraghty (R), and
Rick Levin - Independent.
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December 10,
2006
THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP: WILL ITS CONCLUSIONS IMPACT
THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISIONS ON THE WAR'S FUTURE?
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Arthur
Cyr -
AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College,
Associate
History Professor Guity
Nashat - Research Fellow for the Hoover Institution, and
Edward Odisho, professor of linguistics at Northeastern Illinois University.
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December 3, 2006
DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL FIELDS: HOW
ARE THEY SHAPING UP? CAN SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL) MAINTAIN HIS SUDDEN RISE
TO POLITICAL STARDOM? IRAQ: WHAT RUMSFELD THINKS SHOULD CHANGE.
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Jean
Latz-Griffin (D) of the Strategy Group, R. Craig Sauter - author and professor
at De paul University, and Loyola
University Chicago professor John
Allen Williams. |
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November 26, 2006
WAR IN IRAQ: HAS GONE ON LONGER THAN WORLD WAR II.
WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH OUR STRATEGY?
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Ralph
Conner (R) of the Heartland Institute,
Mary
Hartigan (D) - attorney,
and Brian
Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian. |
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November 19, 2006
NOW THAT THEY WILL HAVE CONTROL, WHAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC
PLAN FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ?
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Molly
Andolina - professor of Political Science at DePaul University,
Roland
Martin (D) - Chicago Defender
and
liberal Dan
Johnson-Weinberger. |
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November 12, 2006
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE AND SENATE: WILL THE RIGHT KNOW WHAT
THE LEFT IS DOING?
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Draft
Rudy Guiliani Organization founder Allen
Fore,
Eric
Adelstein (D) - Democratic strategist,
Richard
Boykin (D) - Chief of Staff for Cong. Rep Danny K. Davis,
and
University of Chicago Professor Charles
Lipson |
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November 5, 2006
KEY RACES FOR THE ELECTION AND HOW THEY ARE SHAPING
UP?
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Tom
Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor,
and Jim Bohannon - national
talk show host.
Hour 2 - Campaign 2006 reports from all around the country. |
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October 29, 2006
STEM CELL RESEARCH: HOW FAR WILL PROPONENTS GO TO
MAKE THEIR POINT?
PUNDITS TALKING ABOUT PUNDITS: WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH?
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James
Wall (D) - Senior Contributing Editor, Christian Century
Magazine,
Lee
Newcom (R),
and
Molly Andolina - professor of Political
Science at DePaul University.
Susan
Estrich talks about her new book about when punditd carry
their feelings to extremes. |
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October 22, 2006
WHO ARE THE FRONTRUNNERS IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS?
PLUS....LOOKING AHEAD TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
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Mary
Anne Carter - Republican Strategist,
Randy Button - Former Chairman TN Democratic Party, Mike Fitzgerald - UT
- Howard Baker Center,
Hallerin Hilton Hill - WNOX-FM Talk Show Host. |
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October 15, 2006
NORTH KOREA: CAN THEY DELIVER A NUCLEAR WEAPON? WILL
SANCTIONS DETER THEM?
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Arthur
Cyr -
AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College,
Richard
E. Friedman - President of the National Strategy Forum, and
Geneive Abdo
- author of
"Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America after 9/11."
Also, phone guest.... author Gregory Copley on his new book "Art of
Victory." |
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October 8, 2006
CAMPAIGN 2006: WHAT WILL MOST AFFECT THE REPUBLICAN
CONTROL OF THE CONGRESS AND SENATE?
HOUR
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Tom
Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor,
University
of Chicago Professor Charles
Lipson,
and
author/reporter Joe
Mathews of the Los Angeles Times. |
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October 1, 2006
SEX SCANDAL AND THE ELECTION: DOES MARK FOLEY PUT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ON THE DEFENSIVE
BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIVITIES? IS THE SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION ADEQUATE?
HOUR
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Conservative,
and liberal Dan
Johnson-Weinberger,
Kevin
McCullough - conservative political talk show host and commentator,
and
Molly Andolina - professor of Political
Science at DePaul University.
Also, phone guest.... author Sidney
Blumenthal - former advisor to Bill Clinton. |
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September 24, 2006
WHAT IS THE STATE OF OUR ECONOMY? STABLE AND ROBUST,
OR A GIANT SUCKING SOUND?
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John
Challenger - outplacement
company
CEO,
Dan
Swinney - director
of the Center for Labor & Community Research, and immigration attorney
Don
Garner.
Second
hour phone guest Joseph
Stiglitz, author of new book "Making Globalization Work." |
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September 17, 2006
WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES FACING THE NATION IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS?
IS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE HEADLINER? Hour
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2 -
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Christine
Dudley (R), Pete
Giangreco (D), and Rick Levin - Independent.
Hour 2 - Patrick Buchanan
talks about illegal immigration and his new book, "State of Emergency." |
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September
10, 2006
SEPT. 11 ATTACK - FIVE YEARS LATER: HOW HAS OUR NATION
CHANGED?
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2 -
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Associate History Professor Guity
Nashat - Research Fellow for the Hoover Institution,
Marty
Geraghty (R) - Conservative, and
Eric Zorn
- columnist, Chicago Tribune. Hour 2 - Author Lawrence
Wright on his new book,
"The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9-11.".
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September
3, 2006
UPCOMING ELECTIONS: WILL REPUBLICANS KEEP THE HOUSE
AND SENATE?
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2 -
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Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com
editor,
Chris
Varones - Conservative, and liberal
Dan
Johnson-Weinberger. |
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August 27, 2006
HIV/AIDS VIRUS: HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THE EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS
IN THE AFRO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY? SHOULD THERE BE SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD IN PRISON POPULATIONS?
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Roland Martin (D) - Chicago Defender
& Ziff Sistrunk - HIV/aids activist.
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- August 20, 2006
DOES THE RECENT FEDERAL COURT DECISION AGAINST WIRETAPPING
ENDANGER AMERICA'S SECURITY PROGRAMS? AND CAN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CAPITALIZE
ON THIS AS A BLOW TO PATRIOTISM? ALSO, A LOOK AT AMERICA'S "SHADOW
PARTY": HOW RADICAL IS IT & DOES IT THREATEN A VIABLE TWO-PARTY
SYSTEM?
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to access
Rosanna
Pulido - Director, Minuteman Project of Illinois, Brian
Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian,
and immigration attorney Don
Garner. Phone
guest David Horowitz. |
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August 13, 2006
ELECTION POLITICS: HAS THE RACE BEGUN? DOES LAMONT'S PRIMARY WIN OVER LIEBERMANN
SEND A SIGNAL?
TERRORISM AND SECURITY: LONDON AND THE PAKISTANI TRAINING GROUNDS
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Tom
Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor,
Eric
Adelstein (D), and
John McGovern (R).
Also, phone guest Gregory
Lee, expert on terrorism. |
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August 6, 2006
IS IRAN BEHIND HEZBOLLAH IN RESISTING ISRAEL?
HISTORICALLY, IS THE MIDDLE EAST ANY DIFFERENT TODAY?
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to access Hour 2
Lee
Newcom (R),
Brian
Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian, and University of Chicago Professor
Charles
Lipson,
Also, UIC Associate History Professor Guity
Nashat - Research Fellow for the Hoover Institution. |
July 30, 2006
ONGOING BATTLES BETWEEN ISRAEL & HEZBOLLAH - THE STATE OF THE GUANTANAMO
TODAY
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for Hour 2
Arthur
Cyr -
AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College,
Dan
Proft - conservative, and
Joe Margulies - Professor of Law
at Northwestern University. |
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July 23, 2006
A rebroadcast of our first program following
the attacks on New York on Sept. 11, 2001.
LEST AMERICA FORGET: REACTION AND ACTION DURING SOME OF AMERICA'S DARKEST
DAYS
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for Hour 2
Arthur
Cyr -
AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, and
Ghada Talhami, Palestinian-American |
- July 16, 2006
Special remote broadcast from affiliate WTAG
Radio in Worcester, MA.
MORE MIDEASTERN CONFLICT: HEZBOLLAH STRONGHOLDS POMMELLED BY ISRAELI AIR
STRIKES.
WHAT ROLE SHOULD AMERICA TAKE?
WHAT FUTURE IS THERE FOR GAY CIVIL UNIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSSETTS
AND
THROUGHOUT THE NATION?
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guests including: |
- July 9, 2006
NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCHES - DO WE FEEL A BIT LESS
SAFE, EVEN ON THE U.S. MAINLAND?
WOULD TERRORISM IN THE HOLLAND TUNNEL BE WORSE THAN AN OVERT STRIKE ON AMERICA?
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Rosanna
Pulido Conservative -
Director, Minuteman Project of Illinois,
civic leader Kathy Posner, and liberal Jessica
Clark - executive editor, In These Times.
Hour 2 - Phone guest: John Stossel - anchor ABC's 20/20, author of "Myths,
Lies and Downright Stupidity." |
- July 2, 2006
FREEDOMS IN AMERICA: ARE THEY COMPROMISED, OR DO OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS PREVAIL?
HOUR
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2 - Click to acces Sean
Healy - McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
Chris Varones - Conservative, and liberal Dan
Johnson-Weinberger.
Hour 2 - Phone guest: author Richard Bookhiser, "What Would the Founders
Do?" |
- June 25, 2006
LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES....WHO ARE THEY
TODAY, AND WHAT DEFINES THEM?
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Peter
Beinhart - liberal, Dan
Proft - conservative, and
columnist Mary
Mitchell - Chicago Sun Times.
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- June 18, 2006
ARE THERE ANY POSITIVE ASPECTS TO THE WAR IN IRAQ?
HAS TROUBLE ON AMERICAN SOIL BEEN AVERTED?
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access
Lee Newcom
(R), Brian
Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian,
and Salim
Muwakkil - Columnist. |
- June 11, 2006
DOES OUR REPRESENTATION DO A GOOD JOB IN WASHINGTON?
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Tom
Roeser (R) -Conservative WLS-Chicago talk show host,
and
Cong. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL). |
- June 4, 2006
TORONTO TERRORIST PLOT:
DID COVERT PHONE TAPPING AVERT A DISASTER?
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Remote broadcast from WOR Radio, AM-710
in New York City
Rob Arnold (R), and
Hank Sheinkopf (D). |
- May 28, 2006
HONORING AMERICA'S WAR VETERANS: SPECIAL
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PROGRAM
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Col. Steven Huber - Iraq War vet,
Lt. Col Rick Mills - Vietnam War vet,
First Lt. Jerry Kykicz - Vietnam War vet and
Jose Martinez - Korean War vet. |
- May 21, 2006
IS THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN FOR IMMIGRANTS A TARGET, OR ON TARGET?
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Lee
Newcom (R),
Richard
Boykin (D) - Chief of Staff for Cong. Rep Danny K. Davis and
Paula Gilovich - Education Director of About Face Theatre. |
- May 14, 2006
WHAT ARE THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS? AND SHOULD OUR BORDERS BE SEALED?
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Rosanna
Pulido - Director, Minuteman Project of Illinois, Ralph
Conner of the Heartland Institute, and immigration attorney
Don
Garner. |
- May 7, 2006
WHAT DOES THE CHANGE OF THE CIA DIRECTOR DO TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY EFFORTS?
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Conservative
Tom
Roeser, Liberal Rick
Perlstein, and BTB Listener Dennis Canfield. Phone guest
in 2nd hour author David
Sirota. |
- April 30, 2006
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: WHAT IMPACT WILL "DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS"
MARCHES HAVE ON GOVERNMENT POLICY FORMATION?
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Remote
Broadcast at ABC-Disney Studios in Burbank, CA
Democratic director Peter
O'Fallon, Republican actor Lance
Frank, and Independent school teacher Virginia Hill.
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- April 23, 2006
TOP SECRET INFORMATION: SHOULD
GOVERNMENT AND JOURNALISTIC INFO LEAKERS BE FIRED, PRAISED OR TRIED FOR
TREASON? WHAT IS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW?
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Chip
Wilkins - Liberal, Marty Geraghty (R) - Conservative,
and Independent Rick Levin |
- April 16, 2006
HOW CAN THE U.S. POSSIBLY DEPORT 11-12 MILLION
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS?
HOUR
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2 - Click to access Rosanna
Pulido - Director, Minuteman Project of Illinois,
Chris Varones - Conservative, and liberal Dan
Johnson-Weinberger. |
- April 9, 2006
DO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REALLY TAKE THE JOBS THAT AMERICANS
D
HOUR
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Dudley (R), Arthur
Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College,
and Dan
Johnson-Weinberger. |
- April 2, 2006
SHOULD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BE CLASSIFIED AS FELONS?
IS GEORGE BUSH A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT?
HOUR
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2 - Click to access Guest
Host: Chicago broadcaster Tom Shaer, University of Chicago Professor Charles
Lipson, Lee
Newcom (R) and Chip Wilkins - Liberal. |
- March 26, 2006
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: HOW DO WE CONTROL THE INFLUX
AND MANAGE THOSE ALREADY HERE?
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Charlie Stone (R)- media producer
& former prosecutor,
IL State Rep. Susana
Mendoza (D)
and Rick Levin - Independent. |
- March 19, 2006
THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ BOMBING....WHERE ARE WE
NOW?
ALSO....FOREIGN PRODUCED PRODUCTS: IS THERE SUCH A THING AS CONSUMER PATRIOTISM?
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access
Tom
Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com
editor,
Chris Robling (R) - political
consultant,
Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian,
and Salim
Muwakkil - Columnist. |
- March 12, 2006
GOVERNMENT EAVESDROPPING: SHOULD THIS ADMINISTRATION
BE CENSURED? ALSO....ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB OF REHABBING THOSE INCARCERATED
TO BE PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY MEMBERS?
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Lee
Newcom (R),
Chip Wilkins - Liberal,
and Richard Boykin (D) - Chief of Staff for Cong. Rep Danny K. Davis. |
- March 5, 2006
PORT SECURITY: A FOREIGN TAKEOVER ATTEMPT? AND...THE
PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO THE MIDEAST
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access
Marty Geraghty (R) -
Conservative,
Charles
Lipson - professor, University of Chicago,
and Rick Perlstein - liberal journalist and historian. |
- February 26, 2006
OUTSOURCING OUR PORT MANANGEMENT: A THREAT TO U.S.
SECURITY?
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Tom
Bevan (R)
- RealClearPolitics.com editor,
John Mc Donough (D) - Television Historian,
and Rick Levin - Independent. |
- February 19, 2006
IRAN, IRAQ AND NUKES....PORT SECURITY AND THE UAE....
THE RHETORIC OF WORLD LEADERS
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Chris
Robling
(R) - political consultant, Jacky
Grimshaw (D) -
Center for Neighborhood Technology board member,
and television producer Matt
Keepman.
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- February 12, 2006
THE STATE
OF THE MIDEAST AND.... IS WIRETAPPING AND OTHER COVERT ACTIVITY BY THE U.S.
NECESSARY AND LEGAL?
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James
Wall (D) - Senior Contributing Editor, Christian Century
Magazine,
John
McGovern (R), Tom Pence (R) - political activist. |
- February 5, 2006
GOVERNMENT
PORK PROGRAMS: CAREER POLITICIANS AND THEIR AGENDAS OF RE-ELECTION AND BRINGING
HOME THE BACON.
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access
Paul Caprio - Conservative political activist,
Kathy
Posner - Retired Public Relations Executive, and
Senator Tom
Coburn (R) Oklahoma. |
- January 29, 2006
HAMAS IN POWER: WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF WORLD RELATIONS?
and THE U.S. POLICY ON IRAN: IS WAR INEVITIBLE?
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Arthur
Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage
College, Roland
Martin (D) - Chicago Defender,
Dan Proft (R) - IllinoisLeader.com
and Assad
Nimer Busool - Professor, American
Islamic College. |
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January 15, 2006
HIS LIFE AND LEGACY: REMEMBERING DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR.
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Marty
Geraghty (R) - Conservative,
Ralph
Conner, of the Heartland Institute
and George O'Hare, Liberal. |
- January 8, 200
SCANDAL IN POLITICAL CIRCLES: IS REFORM A NECESSITY?
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Arthur
Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage
College,
Lee
Newcom (R),
and Charlie Stone (R). |
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- January 1, 2006
THE POLITICAL YEAR IN REVIEW & PREDICTIONS FOR
THE NEW YEAR
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Tom
Roeser (R), Jackie
Grimshaw (D), & Dan Miller - Chicago Sun Times.
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Christine Dudley (R) and John
Mc Govern.and
Dan Johnson-Weinberger. |