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stand up Democrats Listen to this week's guests In-depth discussions with the nations top progressive commentators each week. Each show features a common sense commentary from Texan populist Jim Hightower. 
Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be – consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.
Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower believes that the true political spectrum is not right to left but top to bottom, and he has become a leading national voice for the 80 percent of the public who no longer find themselves within shouting distance of the Washington and Wall Street powers at the top… As political columnist Molly Ivins said, ‘If Will Rogers and Mother Jones had a baby, Jim Hightower would be that rambunctious child — mad as hell, with a sense of humor." To read his latest commentaries and subscribe to his monthly Hightower Lowdown, go to www.JimHightower.com.  Hear the host of The Bill Press Show on America'sDemocrats.org! Bill Press is a fierce progressive with insider access to the administration -- he's the only nationally syndicated talk radio host to attend the daily White House press briefings. Listen here for his interviews with lawmakers and prominent Democrats! Visit BillPressShow.com for more. |
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Author and Democratic activist Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is concerned about the injection of religious belief into political campaigns. After Rick Santorum said her uncle John F. Kennedy’s call for separation of church and state made him want to throw up, she says Santorum was being childish and unworthy of [...] Thomas Frank Thomas Frank, who several years ago wrote the best-seller “What’s the Matter with Kansas,” turns his attention to Wall Street in a book called “Pity the Billionaire.” Frank says that the right-wing money machine succeeded in blaming progressives for the financial collapse caused by the billionaires, partly because the public [...] Teresa Ghilarducci Teresa Ghilarducci is an expert on retirement security, and while Republicans continue their assault on Social Security, she has a new idea – let individuals get the same guaranteed-income retirement accounts that employees of the Federal Reserve have. http://teresaghilarducci.org/ Catherine Poe Columnist and regular contributor Catherine Poe makes the case [...] James K. Galbraith Regular commentator James K. Galbraith, author of a new book on inequality and economic instability, says it isn’t that we need new regulations on banks … the laws in place have plenty of teeth, if only someone would operate the jaw behind them. Website Geoffrey Kabaservice Political scientist Geoffrey [...] Richard Bulliet Columbia University Professor Richard Bulliet is an expert on Islam and Iran, and he says there is respect for American institutions among Muslims worldwide, even if there are differences in foreign policy. Website Catherine Poe Catherine Poe is concerned about that doomsday clock that appears on the cover of the [...] |
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