In the 2nd half of our interview with Dr. Walid Phares, he elaborates on our current strategy to fight radical Islam and what he sees as the three ingredients needed for victory.
The Confrontation Part 2
Archives for November 2008
Combatting Crime in the New Administration
President-Elect Barack Obama has plenty of concerns awaiting him after being sworn into office on January 20. But should one of his priorities be to create a special commission to determine how best to fight rising crime rates? What would the commission actually accomplish and what kind of commitment would it want from the new president when it comes to supporting and funding the conclusions? That’s what we ask Ronald Ruecker, President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
The Case Against Immigration
The immigration has raged intensely for a long time – but especially in the past three or four years. Most of the attention is focused on the millions and millions of illegal immigrants. Should they all have to leave and how do we stop the flood of illegals from getting into the U.S.? But in his new book “The Case Against Immigration”, Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, argues for very strong measures against illegals but he also calls for much greater restrictions against legal immigration. Find out why and give us your reaction.
Prude Part 1
Teenagers and even younger kids are bombarded more than ever with a culture that not only encourages promiscuity but brands them as worthless if they don’t give in to peer pressure and media images that suggest they are losers or worthless because they haven’t made meaningless, casual sex a regular part of their formative years. In her new book “Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture is Damaging Girls (and America Too)”, Carol Liebau chronicles just how deep and disgusting the cultural sewer has become. And she explains that the pressure for sex at an erly age is not just coming from teenage boys but from other girls and also the feminist movement which claims to be working on behalf of the best interests of women.
Prude Part 2
In the second half of our interview with Carol Liebau, we discuss the timless value of young people staying abstinent and not succumbing to the tsunami of sleaze in the media and the peer pressure that comes with it. Liebau also examines how responsible kids and their parents can fight back.
Your State vs. Cancer
Everyone wants to win the war on cancer, but some states are taking a more aggressive approach to winning than others. The American Cancer Society has released its reports for 2008 examining the critical factors that determine a state’s commitment to battling cancer and letting us know which states are leading the way and which one have a long way to go. We talk with Dan Smith, President of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network.
Dateline Washington: The Air Tanker and Pentagon Bureaucracy
Military experts are in agreement that the armed forces badly need new air tankers to replace the current ones that have been in service since the 1950s, So why can’t the Pentagon get its’ act together and award a contract to build them? Why has the bidding process started and stopped multiple times? Which company is ready to go right now inn building the tankers?
Dateline Washington: Our Good Name Part 2
In the second half of our conversation with CACI Chairman Jack London, we learn about the most difficult allegationns the firm had to rebut after the Abu Ghraib scandal erupted, how the firm began the difficult public relations campaign to set the record straight and how CACI is faring today – four years after this massive controversy.
Dateline Washington: Our Good Name Part 1
CACI Chairman Jack London joins us to discuss the most difficult allegations the firm had to rebut after the Abu Ghraib scandal erupted, how the firm began the difficult public relations campaign to set the record straight and how CACI is faring today – four years after this massive controversy.
Dateline Washington: The Black Belt Patriotism of Chuck Norris
America is still the greatest country on earth, but ther are some worrisome warning signs. Huge government debts that seemingly get bigger every day, a nation with strong Judeo-Christian foundations moving further away from acknowedging God, national security challenges from the Middle East to our own border…and many additional challenges. Actor, martial arts master and political activist Chuck Norris attacks all of these challenges to the greatness of America and gives his prescription for making this nation better than ever. And his prescription is found in the words of our Founding Fathers and in his new book “Black Belt Patriotism”.