Attorney/activist Kevin Zeese returns to detail the 20-year failure of Justice Clarence Thomas to report his wife’s income from the Heritage Foundation and right wing lobby groups, and invites you to protest in Washington on October 6; Will Durst says the Republicans have a death wish. Continue reading A Lawbreaker on the Supreme Court? Kevin Zeese on Clarence Thomas; Will Durst on ‘GOP Death Wish’
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Paul Craig Roberts, an outspoken former Reagan administration official, joins us for the latest Boiling Frogs interview, co-hosted with Sibel Edmonds. [Be sure to see the update on Gulen’s US charter schools at Boiling Frogs Post.] Will Durst comments on Rep. Anthony Wiener’s Twitter scandal, starting at 1:01:15 Continue reading Boiling Frogs: Paul Craig Roberts on Obama, Osama and the “hoax” of American Democracy; Will Durst on Wiener’s Mis-Tweet
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Estimable journalist Brad Friedman of Bradblog returns to update us on the sordid details of the recount in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election of April 5; Ian Brennan, musician and producer, on his book Anger Antidotes: How Not to Lose Your S#&!, and Gary Chew reviews the new Woody Allen flick, set in Paris. Continue reading Brad Friedman on Wisconsin Recount; Ian Brennan on Anger Management; Gary Chew on Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris”
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American filmmaker Maurice Jacobsen on his documentary Inshallah, about the life & people of Gaza; a tribute to Bay Area DJ and musicologist, Dr. Rock. Continue reading Filmmaker Maurice Jacobsen on Gaza and Peace Process; Dr. Rock, RIP
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Gary Webb, the investigative reporter who broke the story on the CIA connection to the crack cocaine epidemic and later took his own life, is remembered by Jeffrey Klein and Robert Parry; Kevin Kamps, of BeyondNuclear.org, updates us on the nuclear crisis and coverup in Japan. Continue reading Honoring Journalist Gary Webb; Update on Fukushima Nuke Crisis
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Pepe Escobar, the globetrotting correspondent for Asia Times, returns for a Boiling Frogs interview, co-hosted with Sibel Edmonds. Continue reading Boiling Frogs: Pepe Escobar on Arab Spring and bin Laden Death Reports
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Russ Baker, founder of WhoWhatWhy.com and author of Family of Secrets, returns for a wide ranging conversation about the failings of the corporate media and its coverage of the bin Laden raid and other recent events. Will Durst, in a rare burst of self-interest, says “Run, Newt, Run!” Continue reading Journalist Russ Baker’s Not Afraid to Ask the Tough Questions; Will Durst Taunts Gingrich
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Latest installment in the Boiling Frogs interview series, co-hosted with Sibel Edmonds. Our guest is Stephen M. Cohn of the National Whistleblower Center and author of the new book, The Whistleblower’s Handbook. Continue reading Boiling Frogs: Top Whistleblower Attorney Steve Kohn
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President Obama gave a speech at the State Department on May 19, defining US policies toward the Arab uprisings and offering his clearest views to date on Israel/Palestine. We get comments from J. Stephen Zunes, Chair of Mideast Studies and Professor of Politics at University of San Francisco, and US Army Col. (retired) Ann Wright. Continue reading Two Views on Obama’s Speech on Mideast: Prof. Steven Zunes and Col. Ann Wright
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Jason Leopold’s Truthout exclusive: alleged “high-value” detainee Abu Zubaydah had his left eye removed shortly after he was captured in 2002–and doesn’t know why! PBC comments that it wasn’t just the housekeeper who got screwed by Schwarzeneger, and Will Durst comments on the current sex scandals. Continue reading Jason Leopold Excloo: Abu Zubaydah “Lost an Eye”; PBC on Arnold’s Bastards; Will Durst Sez Men Are Pigs
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