Declaring Independence 08/26/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence:
My guest will be Andrew Restuccia, the energy and environment correspondent for the Washington Independent. We'll be talking about the Gulf oil spill, the Michigan oil spill, the Massey coal mine explosion and why government and industry do little to prevent them.
Declaring Independence 08/19/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence:
My guest will be James Hanley, a frequent commenter here and a professor of political science. We'll be talking about voter behavior, the myth of the rational voter and about the prospects for a liberal/libertarian alliance.
Declaring Independence 08/12/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence:
My guest will be John Bebow, executive director of the Center for Michigan, a non-partisan think tank trying to find common ground for reforms that can bridge the Republican-Democrat divide.
Declaring Independence 08/05/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence:
My guest will be Carl Weimer, executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust. He'll be answering questions about the oil spill in southwest Michigan, how it could have been prevented and who is to blame.
Declaring Independence 07/29/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence:
My guest will be Jane Zehnder-Merrell of the Michigan League for Human Services, a group that advocates for the poor in Michigan. We'll be talking about poverty, unemployment and the government's responses to those in my home state.
Declaring Independence 07/22/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence, we're trying out a new format -- less interview time, more discussion of the news of the day. Most weeks we'll be having one guest for a long interview, then about half the show will be Jeremy and I talking about the hot topics of the day, many of which I will have written about here all week long.
My guest this evening is David Holtz, executive director of Progress Michigan.
Declaring Independence 07/08/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence:
Annie Lowrey will be on to talk about the goings-on in Congress, particularly on the financial regulation bill and the unemployment benefits extension.
Dan Ray will be on to talk about the Sotomayor hearings and some of the rulings the Supreme Court handed down at the end of the term.
Declaring Independence 07/01/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence:
Chris Rodda will be on to talk about Glenn Beck's new campaign of propaganda about the founding fathers and religion.
June Carbone will be on to talk about a new book she has co-authored called Red Families v Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture.
Declaring Independence 06/23/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence:
Jonathan Weiler will be on to talk about how those with authoritarian personalities tend to be attracted to conservative politics in America.
And Bruce Wilson will be on to talk about Sarah Palin, witch hunters, Sharron Angle and the theocrats of the Constitution party.
Declaring Independence 06/10/10
On tonight's Declaring Independence:
Dan Ray will be on to talk about David Souter's recently revealed approach to judging and how it fits into the general categories of legal realism and legal formalism.
Andy Birkey will be on to talk about Bradlee Dean, Michele Bachmann and the various other wingnuts that inhabit Minnesota.
