2007 Guest List

Week of December 09, 2007

THE SINGING REVOLUTION

An interview with: Award-winning American filmmakers Jim Tusty& Maureen Castle Tusty, Producers of The Singing Revolution , their first feature film, four years in the making. After TV commercials for Coca Cola, GE and IBM; Russian-language films; a series on free market economics for Hungarian TV; shooting film in over thirty countries, the Tustys hear a most amazing story slowly emerge as they voyage to Russia and Estonia. They call that story the heart and soul of mankind's irrepressible drive for freedom and self-determination and they put it on film .

In The Singing Revolution, we watch a unique method of soldiering from a country we barely know -- what Brent Bozell describes as a miracle in the making & one of the most extraordinary revolutions in modern history. A tiny Baltic nation of one million people that few of us could find on the map defeated the Soviet Union and helped topple that empire -- with a
song. The movie opens December 7th in Los Angeles. What is Estonia's history?

Week of December 02, 2007

The Late, Great, U.S.A.

An interview with: and Jerome Corsi, author of several books, including Unfit for Command, Minutemen, Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil, and Atomic Iran, a frequent guest on radio & television; his latest book: The Late, Great, U.S.A.

In 2005, during a meeting in Waco, Texas the leaders of the United States, Mexico, & Canada announced the establishment of the innocuous sounding “Security & Prosperity Partnership of North America,” an announcement that was never submitted to Congress for debate. Why? According to my guest, “the security and prosperity partnership lays the groundwork for the unthinkable – a merger of the U.S., Mexico & Canada into a European Union type “North American Union,” complete with a shared currency, a shared judiciary – and no borders”.

In the brave new world they envision, the U.S. will no longer be a sovereign nation, but a market designed for maximum economic exploitation by multinational corporations and foreign governments, American citizens including their rights & freedoms be damned.

Discussion:

· How the state of Texas is seizing millions of privately owned acres of land in preparation for the construction of the NAFTA superhighway—a four football field wide corridor from Mexico across the U.S. & into Canada.

· How globalist business leaders & taxpayer-funded academics are deliberately side-stepping the Constitution & Congress in order to accomplish their goal.

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Week of November 25, 2007

P.J. O’Rourke on The Wealth of Nations

An Interview with: P.J. O’Rourke, author of twelve books, including Parliament of Whores & Give War a Chance; puts his wit & his wits to good use in introducing to us the morality as well as the materiality of The Wealth of Nations.

Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations was first published in 1776. It was recognized as fundamental to an understanding of economics. It was also recognized as being really long; but as P.J. O’Rourke points out, now you don’t have to read this 900 page volume because he has done it for you.

He has slogged through all of Smith’s work, including a 67 page “digression concerning the variations in the values of silver during the course of the four last centuries,” which, says my guest, “to those uninterested in the history of currency supply, is like reading Modern Maturity in Urdu.”

A hilarious and insightful examination of Smith and his groundbreaking work, which even intellectuals should have no trouble comprehending.

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Week of November 18, 2007

Toys to Toothpaste
What’s Going Wrong in China?

An interview with: Jeremy Haft, Chairman of BChinaB; former member of Council on Foreign Relations; former adjunct professor – NYU’s Marketing & Management Institute; author – All The Tea In China - How to Buy, sell, & Make Money on the Mainland.

Mattel, Inc. recalls approximately 21 million Chinese-made toys because of safety issues during a five-week period, and then Mattel apologizes to China.

According to my guest, “We shouldn’t read anything cosmic into Mattel’s apology to China. It was standard operating procedure to restore good faith between two manufacturing partners. There’s no bigger moral here about China’s growing economic might. In fact, America has a significant economic edge over China today – our industries are light-years ahead of theirs and our markets much more efficient – at the exact time when China needs our goods and services more than ever before. That’s why China is America’s fastest-growing export market in the world – and its growing five times faster than any other market for American goods and services.”

“China however remains one of the most complex business environments in the world, and its easy to make costly mistakes as we see in Mattel,” he says, “Pride goeth before the recall. You can make high-quality, reliable, and safe products in China with the proper oversight in place.”

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Week of November 11, 2007

Should We Exercise Our Options
With A Libertarian Candidate?

An interview with: William Redpath, National Chairman Libertarian Party; Presidential candidate? Vice President for BIA Financial Network; former Senior Financial Analyst with NBC-New York; CPA – Virginia & Indiana; former Auditor for a variety of Network Media including NBC & ABC; frequent litigation supporter defending intangible asset valuations.

This can be a tough question as you may have heard many different definitions of the word "libertarian" or maybe you met a few people who identify themselves as such.

Webster's definition:

Pronunciation: "li-b&r-'ter-E-&n
Function: noun
1 : an advocate of the doctrine of free will
2 a : a person who upholds the principles of absolute and unrestricted liberty especially of thought and action b capitalized : a member of a political party advocating libertarian principles.

While many may quibble with the definition, they think it's close enough. Simply put, if you believe that you are responsible for yourself and your family, and not the government, then you may belong with them instead of the somewhat convoluted elephants & donkeys.

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.Week of September 30, 2007

News or Chinese Water Torture?

An Interview with: Dan Gainor, the Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow & Director of the Business & Media Institute; former editor of the Washington Times & the Baltimore News-American. He’s a national columnist with a plethora of opinions & he’s willing to share…

· Monopoly vs. Choice:

The only place that has seen true innovation and advancement in media recently is the Internet. The federal government hasn’t been heavy-handed with Internet regulations or taxes, so that makes sense. Now two major technologies are meeting head-to-head: Cable versus Internet.

· CNN All Wet When It Comes to Economy:

This isn’t news; it’s Chinese water torture style journalism. Each negative report is another drip, drip, drip. For extra effect, CNN could use Dobbs’ crocodile tears that he sheds for working people who earn a fraction of what a major TV anchor makes. Or maybe Lou could afford a bottle of Cristal or Dom Perignon. In any case, that flood of coverage has one intended result—to sway your vote.

· WSJ & the Murdoch Saga:

Behind Murdoch’s bid for the Journal -- bias. Journalists have long claimed they are neutral parties without any political ax to grind. They can’t claim that any more -- ever. The hysterical assault on one of the most successful men in the news business unveils some ugly truths about journalism. The industry is less of a business and more of a culture club. You get to join if, and only if, you say the right things and know the right people.

Week ofSeptember 23, 2007

Is VISA Doing Your Job?

An Interview with: Jason Alderman, Director of Financial Education Programs for VISA USA; Past communication expert for PG&E; Congressional staffer, House of Appropriation’s Committee; Legislative Director for the late Rep. Sidney Yates – Ill.

VISA offers a free “Practical Money Skills for Life”, an award winning money management program to combat our financial illiteracy problem and help encourage kids to manage cash flow. Why?

Because a VISA survey showed that only 5% of adults learned about the vital life skill of money management in schools; of 1000 card holders 48% learned about money management from their parents: 21% were self taught or learned the hard way. Yet 91% of those interviewed said they supported required financial education, in every high school in the nation, currently mandatory in only 15 states.

Questions:

· Are we yet again trying to push the mantle of responsibility off on a school system that can barely manage to teach those same kids to read?

· And what exactly does ‘support’ mean?

· Does it mean that parents are in favor of such a program or are they actually willing to fund it?

· Our government can’t write its own budget & stick to it – are we seriously suggesting that public schools, run by governmental funds teach these skills?

Week ofSeptember16, 2007

Democracy Without America

The Self-Sustaining Spread of Freedom

An Interview with: Michael Mandelbaum, a Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy – Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; author of eleven books- his current release: Democracy’s Good Name: The Rise and Risks of the World’s Most Popular Form of Government.

According to my guest, “What the world of the twenty-first century calls democracy is in fact the fusion of two distinct political traditions. One is liberty -that is, individual freedom. The other is popular sovereignty: rule by the people. Popular sovereignty made its debut with the French Revolution, whose architects asserted that the right to govern belonged not to hereditary monarchs, who had ruled in most places at most times since the beginning of recorded history, but rather to the people they governed.”

Discussion:

· The magic of the market – The key to a working democracy is not weaponry, it is the free-market economy.

· Private property is a form of liberty.

· A functioning market economy makes the citizens wealthier, and wealth implants democracy by subsidizing the kind of political participation that genuine democracy requires.

· Market activity depends far more on trust in others to fulfill their commitments than on reliance on the government to punish them if they fail to do so.

· Democracy came to southern Europe, Asia & to almost every country in Latin America after all of them had gained a generation’s worth of experience, in operating market economies.

Week ofSeptember 09, 2007

Talk - Talk - Talk

An Interview with: Barry Farber, Legendary Award Winning Talk Show Host; Columnist for New York Times, Washington Post, Reader’s Digest and News Max; Author – How to Learn Any Language.

Discussion:

· Defeatism vs. The Criminally Naive.

· The effect a change in the Cuban Government will have on the United States.

· Why the Presidential candidates desire to embrace the world’s slave masters.

· The meaning of Freedom and Democracy today.

My guest is one of the original talk show host’s on WOR, New York City. His news coverage has taken him in and out of trouble spots all over the world. He speaks multiple languages and has been an interpreter, wrestler, steel worker and a representative of American College students in a variety of nations. He’s bound to have some knowledge and an opinion or two that you’ll find very interesting.

Stay tuned.

Week of August 25, 2007

What’s Your Purpose?

An interview with Jim White, President - JL White International & Creator of the Circle of Success; Creator of The Classic Movie Series & The Red Carpet Tour, attracting over 100,000 participants worldwide; Consultant to Fortune 500 CEOs, Management Teams, Entrepreneurs, Governments & Trade Associations; Author – What’s My Purpose?

Week of August 19, 2007~Where Are We Now?

An interview with: Steve Forbes, President & CEO of Forbes; Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine; Author; Commentary - Fact and Comment; Twice a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Presidency.

Discussion:

· Is it all just smoke & mirrors or is there a real mortgage crisis in the U.S.?

· Is the Russian economy growing into a free market system or simply dissolving into its past?

· Has Bernanke managed to speak a sentence he has not had to take back or apologize for? What’s going on with the FED?

· Will we truly have new currency (the Amero) in 2010?

· Is Eminent Domain, the Super Corridor, or a North American Treaty entered into without congressional participation going to be the legacy of this president?

· The Chinese are buying everything they can & re-building their image as fast as possible. Are they slotted to become the new 900 lb. economic Gorilla?

· Are curiosity, courage & character just small, forgotten words or do they still exist anywhere near the beltway?

My guest has his finger on the pulse of the global business & economic community. These are the questions – I know he’ll have some rational answers. Stay tuned.

Week of August 12, 2007~NO! The Only Negotiating System You Need

An interview with: Jim Camp, author of Start with No and No: The Only System Of Negotiation You Need For Work and Home, is chairman of The Jim Camp Group, founder, CEO, and president of Coach2100, Inc., and inventor of Decision-Based Negotiation™. Over 100,000 people have used his negotiation system in more than 500 multinational organizations to complete transactions totaling over $100 billion; featured on CNN, CNBC, radio shows, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Inc.; he is a frequent conference keynoter on negotiation, and has taught his negotiation methods in nine countries on three continents.

Do you settle for less than you're worth because you’re Afraid You Might Lose the Deal? Do You Hate Negotiation? Do you feel nervous, maybe a little out of control when negotiating for money, a project, a new client, or a job? Are you sick of compromising out of fear? Are you tired of losing a negotiation and not knowing why?

The best negotiators:

· Aren't interested in "yes" - they prefer "no"…

· Create a "blank slate" to ensure they ask questions and listen to the answers…

· Always have a mission and purpose that guides decisions during the negotiation

· Don't send so much as an email without an agenda for what they want to accomplish in the negotiation.

· Know the four "budgets" of negotiations for themselves and for the other side; time, energy, money, and emotion.

· Never waste time with people who don't really make the decision.

Week of August 05, 2007~The 48 Hour Face Lift

An interview with: Dr. Zachery Gerut, Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery; Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at Albert Einstein Medical Center. www.drgerut.com

We’ve always thought it was better to burn out, than to rust; that age should be defined by attitude, not chronology. We represent the ageless teenager. There are more of us - 76 million, to be specific, who have no intention of growing old gracefully, or quietly.

This attitude is so pervasive in our generational sub-culture that Plastic Surgeons have replaced Cardiologists as the most commonly sought after medical practitioners.

My guest has invented a new face lift procedure! THE RAPID RECOVERY FACE LIFT; is a revolutionary and exciting new technique that has been used by him since the spring of 2004. he is currently the only plastic surgeon using this technique and he has been featured on NBC, CBS, Good Morning America- ABC, Inside Edition, Univision, WB 11, Fox 5 and many other television and other media outlets.

He states that, "For most patients, within four days, there is no visible bruising and very little swelling. We have 98 percent of our patients returning to their normal life within several days after surgery. And, because there is no deep anesthesia, the patient does not have the usual hangover or complications associated with anesthesia."

Week ofJuly 29, 2007~Missing Information

An interview with: Joseph Farah, veteran newspaper editor; founder of WorldNetDaily, an independent, the top-rated news web site in both traffic and influence, attracting over 8 million unique visitors a month; author of Stop The Presses! The Inside Story of the New Media Revolution.

This is not just one man’s story, but that of a new wave of media superstars who have forever changed the ways we choose candidates, exchange information, and access our news.

Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and Anne Coulter are just some of the new media names The Washington Post and ABC News recently acknowledged “rule our world.” The mainstream media no longer wield exclusive control over the context and flow of information - thereby diminishing their ability to control the lives of millions around the globe.

15 years ago my guest marveled at how plugged in he was to news from around the world, given his direction of a newsroom equipped with wire service access and a crack reporting staff. Today, thanks to the new media revolution, the average American can tap information sources that a younger Farah could only have dreamed about.

It’s an insider’s story about the revolution that has revitalized the role of the Free Press in American society. It’s a story that affects us all, that shapes our destiny, that determines whether or not we will be a people with the knowledge and wisdom needed to govern ourselves today and tomorrow.

Week ofJuly 22, 2007~THE G8 SUMMIT

MY GUESTS:
DR RICHARD EBELING, Teacher, author, world traveler, lecturer; President of FEE (Foundation for Economic Education) in New York, teaching the first principles of freedom: "the sanctity of private property, individual liberty, rule of law, free market, and moral superiority of individual choice."

DR TAWFIK HAMID, Egyptian-born Muslim, author, essayist. He became an extremist Islamic as a medical student in Cairo, learning to heal while "dreaming to die for Allah and commit terrorist acts." Now in hiding he speaks out against fundamentalist Muslim imperialists, & calls radical Islam "a cancer...spreading with frightening rapidity across the globe," by killers who "are wealthy, privileged, educated and free." Their intention? War in Europe and North America, until we all become Muslims.

It's certainly effecting your life and mine.

What freedoms have citizens of this most free republic surrendered to fight terrorism ?

What planning went on at the G8 summit that we don't know about?

What economies do we support with the dollar even when they're determined to harm us?

What do we do about it?

Week ofJuly15, 2007~The Late, Great, U.S.A.

An interview with: and Jerome Corsi, author of several books, including Unfit for Command, Minutemen, Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil, and Atomic Iran, a frequent guest on radio & television; his latest book: The Late, Great, U.S.A.

In 2005, during a meeting in Waco, Texas the leaders of the United States, Mexico, & Canada announced the establishment of the innocuous sounding “Security & Prosperity Partnership of North America,” an announcement that was never submitted to Congress for debate. Why? According to my guest, “the security and prosperity partnership lays the groundwork for the unthinkable – a merger of the U.S., Mexico & Canada into a European Union type “North American Union,” complete with a shared currency, a shared judiciary – and no borders”.

In the brave new world they envision, the U.S. will no longer be a sovereign nation, but a market designed for maximum economic exploitation by multinational corporations and foreign governments, American citizens including their rights & freedoms be damned.

Discussion:

· How the state of Texas is seizing millions of privately owned acres of land in preparation for the construction of the NAFTA superhighway—a four football field wide corridor from Mexico across the U.S. & into Canada.

· How globalist business leaders & taxpayer-funded academics are deliberately side-stepping the Constitution & Congress in order to accomplish their goal.

July 08, 2007~What’s Your Purpose?

An interview with Jim White, President-JL White International & Creator of the Circle of Success; Creator of The Classic Movie Series & The Red Carpet Tour, attracting over 100,000 participants worldwide; Consultant to Fortune 500 CEOs, Management Teams, Entrepreneurs, Governments & Trade Associations; Author – What’s My Purpose?

What’s your Purpose - how do you recognize & use it to grow the successful career you’ve been working at? How will knowing your Purpose benefit you, your family and the people you work with?

“Every once in a while you meet people who are inspired by their work. They exude the enthusiasm…” says my guest. “They express a joy that seems to come from deep within; it’s not forced or superficial…”

Discussion:

· How Passionate are you about what you do?

· How do you get from Logic to Intuition without tripping over yourself?

· How to conquer Fear of Failure or Fear of Success?

· How build your own Goals to Process Bridge.

· How to recognize the Joy of your Journey.

You’ve always worked hard now find out what it takes to work smart & be successful without killing yourself trying - Stay Tuned.

Week ofJuly 01, 2007~Extreme Makeover

An interview with: Bay Buchanan, is former treasurer of the United States; political analyst for CNN - Inside Politics; frequent political commentator for CNBC/MS NBC as co-host of Equal Time; political analyst for CNN’s The Situation Room; author – The Extreme Makeover of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

According to my guest the 2008 election cycle centers on one woman: Hillary Clinton. “Hillary’s not just running a campaign; she’s undergoing a full-scale extreme makeover.”

Questions that should be asked of the candidate:

· How will the cost of your state-funded health care policy play to the taxpayer in concert with your immigration policy?

· Why do you find it so difficult to take a stand & keep it? Is this not the very essence of leadership?

· What have you done to cause your integrity to be so harshly called into question by the left, the right as well as many of your friends?

· Is it not hypocritical to hold your opponents to far higher standards than yourself?

· Why did you believe an extreme makeover was necessary?

Week of June 24, 2007~Invasion of the Party Snatchers

An interview with: Victor Gold, national correspondent-Washington magazine; Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Los Angeles Times, National Review, New York Times, Playboy, Washington Post; former speechwriter & senior adviser to Vice President George Bush; co-authored Looking Forward, The Autobiography of George Bush; author-Invasion of the Party Snatchers;

Talking about his new book seems to be one of the toughest jobs this GOP Insider has ever taken on. In 2001, just prior to the inauguration, as an old friend of the new president’s father, he was asked to write the official bios for the program of George W. Bush & the First Lady, as well as those of Dick & Lynne Cheney.

He thought he knew the two men at the top very well, but argues that under Bush and Chaney the GOP has moved away from the principles of small government, prudent foreign policy and leaving people alone to live their private lives.

Gold describes the leadership at the top in this way: “For all the Rove-built façade of his being a ’strong’ chief executive, George W. Bush has been, by comparison to even the hapless Jimmy Carter, the weakest, most out of touch president in modern times. Think Dan Quayle in cowboy boots.”

He’s even more withering his observations of Cheney. “A vice president in control is bad enough. Worse yet is a vice president out of control.” Quoting Swiss writer Madame de Stael who wrote, “Men do not change, they unmask themselves.”

“He was hiding who he really was,” Gold says, “he was waiting for an opportunity.” Stay tuned!

Week of June17, 2007~Conquering Your Greatest Fear!

An interview with: Jeannette & Roy Henderson, top speaking coaches for Fortune 500 leaders, national political & convention speakers; authors of There’s No Such Thing as Public Speaking – Make Any Presentation or Speech as Persuasive as a One-on-One Conversation.

At one time or another, almost everyone, especially an ambitious person like you, has the need to make a presentation that is critical to your future. Whether it's a major corporate meeting, a job interview, a political campaign, an international convention or an address to the nation, whenever the stakes are too high to take chances on having something go wrong, it's time to call Podium Master.

Week of June 10, 2007~Stop The Presses

An interview with: Joseph Farah, veteran newspaper editor; founder of WorldNetDaily, an independent, the top-rated news web site in both traffic and influence, attracting over 8 million unique visitors a month; author of Stop The Presses! The Inside Story of the New Media Revolution.

This is not just one man’s story, but that of a new wave of media superstars who have forever changed the ways we choose candidates, exchange information, and access our news.

Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and Anne Coulter are just some of the new media names The Washington Post and ABC News recently acknowledged “rule our world.” The mainstream media no longer wield exclusive control over the context and flow of information - thereby diminishing their ability to control the lives of millions around the globe.

15 years ago my guest marveled at how plugged in he was to news from around the world, given his direction of a newsroom equipped with wire service access and a crack reporting staff. Today, thanks to the new media revolution, the average American can tap information sources that a younger Farah could only have dreamed about.

It’s an insider’s story about the revolution that has revitalized the role of the Free Press in American society. It’s a story that affects us all, that shapes our destiny that determines whether or not we will be a people with the knowledge and wisdom needed to govern ourselves today and tomorrow.

Week of June 03, 2007~Shooting Back

An interview with: Charl Van Wyk, author – Shooting Back – The Right & Duty of Self-Defense; associate missionary to Africa - In Touch Mission International; assistant director of front-line fellowship & Director of Africa Christian Action. Resides in Cape Town, South Africa.

This book is an account of a terrifying experience my guest had while worshiping, with his daughter, at his church with some 1400 people in attendance. Armed terrorists entered the church through a side door & began to release grenades that exploded in flashes of light, & a sea of bullets from automatic weapons spraying a congregation in mid-prayer.

According to my guest he was just an ordinary Christian man until the day that would become known as the St. James massacre. It was on the state that he shot back at the terrorists who were attacking his church, saving many lives in the process.

More than just a remarkable story of courage under fire, he deals with the consequences of his actions that day, while addressing the concerns that plague so many people in these times.

Week of May 27, 2007~Will A Real Journalist Please Stand Up

An interview with: L. Brent Bozell, President – Media Research Center, the largest media watchdog organization in America; syndicated columnist.

As might be expected my guest has a plethora of opinions on

almost any subject:

· TV Sitcoms:

“…Is this the comedy your family pines for when you gather around the TV for an evening of entertainment? Do you know of any family that relishes plot lines about bowel movements? This isn’t a “family comedy,” earthy or otherwise. This is cultural waste for the culturally wasted…”

· Global Warming:

“…Al Gore recently gave a speech in which he declared that providing ‘balanced’ coverage on global warming—providing several perspectives to the issue—was equal to ‘bias’ because the ‘science’ is supposedly already in on this issue. Thus, fair and balanced reporting on climate change is not an option…The MRC study shows that ABC, CBS, and NBC have essentially excluded any skepticism on the global warming debate. That’s not journalism. That’s advocacy…”

· News Coverage at Virginia Tech:

“…NBC has a new definition for its initials: the Narcissism Broadcasting Company. How fitting it is that their logo is a peacock. It’s bad enough that this monster gunned down 32 students and teachers at Virginia Tech. But in between murder sprees this vicious, calculating killer calmly went to the post office and sent an Express Mail package of his self-glorifying pictures and videos to NBC News – and they rushed this killer’s propaganda on NBC and MSNBC within hours of receiving this bundle of psychosis…”

Week of May 20, 2007~Back Off, Alarmists - The Sky Is Not Falling.

An interview with: Richard Berman, President - Berman & Company, public affairs; founder of non-profit organizations known for aggressive communications campaigns; consumer advocate - champions individual responsibility and common sense policy.

Back off, alarmists. The sky is not falling. We are unlikely to die from soda, tacos, bird flu, obesity, or mad cow disease. And if MADD had their way there'd be a breathalyzer in every car. Like Casablanca's Bogart, this Rick plays by his own rules and takes on unpopular causes. Unlike Bogie, he is an attorney and Washington lobbyist. He claims our ability to make our own choices is being severely eroded by nanny-ism.

Dr Evil? No, he's no Sherlock Holmes villain or Marvel Comics nemesis. He routs out and stops government controls run amok; He doesn't think much of the Twinkie police, the minimum wage, Mercury levels in fish, mad cows, or any union that ever drew breath. He makes in-your-face million dollar advertising campaigns that get a lot of people mad but do the job.

In a recent Sixty Minutes interview, Berman was read the list of usual epithets directed at him by opponents, ending with "one of the scariest people in America.

When regular businesses outside of the safety cushion afforded to environmental and consumer groups get attacked, they're hit so hard they're "shell-shocked and can't find a voice to fight back." He's that voice.

Week of May 13, 2007~Another Win With Mario Andretti

An interview with: Mario Andretti, often referred to as the greatest race car driver of all time, having proven himself a winner at all levels of competition; Vice Chairman of the Andretti Winery – Napa, California; spokesman for SAM – Smart Auto Management.

Who else would you pick to kick off a brand-new concept in automotive care than the ultimate in racing legends? After all, what is there in any car that he wouldn’t know about or understand? He’s designed, built, raced them and won with them to the delight of fans around the globe.

“It’s a great day for drivers, now that we have Sam,” says spokesman Mario Andretti. SAM: Smart Auto Management taps into a vehicle’s On Board Diagnostic System and prints and easy to understand report that reveals existing or pending problems and provides peace of mind when none exists.

A revolutionary automotive kiosk – SAM scans, analyzes, and then prints reports giving important vehicle information. All that in about 10 minutes, at a very frugal price of about $15. All in all it looks like another winner for both Andretti and everyday drivers across the nation.

Week of May 06, 2007~America Alone : The End of the World as We Know It

An interview with: Mark Steyn, columnist - Chicago Sun-Times, New York Sun, Washington Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The Jerusalem Post, Australian, Wall Street Journal (translated into several languages); author – America Alone - The End of the World as We Know It.

Excerpts from America Alone:

To Be or Not to Be

It’s the end of the world!! Head for the hills!!! No, wait. Don’t head for the hills—they’re full of Islamist terrorist camps. Let me put it in a slightly bigger nutshell: much of what we loosely call the Western world will not survive the twenty-first century…

As clashes of civilizations go, this one’s between two extremes: on the one hand, a world that has everything it needs to wage decisive war—wealth, armies, industry…

Coming of Age: Births vs. dearth’s

The single most important fact about the early twenty-first century is the rapid aging of almost every developed nation other than the United States: Canada, Europe, and Japan are getting old fast, older than any functioning society has ever been and faster than any has ever aged.…

Going…Going…Gone: Demography vs. delusion

So a combination of factors is bringing about a remarkable event: the death of a great nation not through war or devastation but through its inability to rouse itself from its own suicidal tendencies…

Week of April 29, 2007~Big Taxes, Big Government, Big Problems

An interview with: Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D., adjunct scholar with the Ludwig von Mises Institute; economic analyst at Laffer Associates; investment/business analyst, and writer of popular journalism on economic topics; author – The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism.

My guest, a hard-driving economics scholar, fearlessly shatters myths and fashionable socialist clichés to set the record straight on everything from Big Oil’s profits, CEOs’ high salaries to rent control, outsourcing, and labor unions. He exposes countless irrational notions such as: lower taxes cause bigger deficits, capitalism leads to chaos, capitalism supports racism, capitalism caused the Great Depression, and capitalism destroys jobs.

While some are always trying to strangle the free market, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism explains why free market economics support democracy, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy.

Myth No. 1: President Clinton was fiscally responsible. Clinton significantly raised taxes to “balance the budget.” Unfortunately, all he succeeded in doing was increase…you to see how much we get down in

Myth No. 2: The minimum wage saves workers from destitution. Rather than increasing salaries for all workers, companies simply lay off workers, forcing the remaining employee to…

Myth No. 3: Outsourcing hurts our country. Though agricultural and manufacturing employment numbers are dropping, this is evidence of progress, not depression. It’s taking fewer workers to the job,…

Week of April 22, 2007~Blowing Up Russia

An Interview with: Yuri Felshtinsky, Ph.D. at Rutgers; current book - Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror, co-authored with Alexander Litvinenko, the ex-KGB spy who was poisoned last November. Felshtinsky has compiled and edited hundreds of archival documents and five books on Russian history and the Kremlin’s impact on the world.

The U.S. Administration sees Iran as a "rogue state" belonging to what President George W. Bush has termed "an axis of evil," and is determined to stop the Islamic Republic - diplomatically or otherwise - from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It now plans to deploy a national missile defense shield in Central Europe, which it says will help protect its own security and that of its European allies against potential missile strikes from Iran, suspected by the West of pursuing a covert nuclear weapons program.

Yury Baluyevsky, the head of the armed forces' General Staff, said: "Inflicting damage on Iran's military and industrial potential might be realistic, but winning [the war] is unachievable - its reverberations would be heard across the world." He continues, “Washington needs to think twice before launching a military campaign against Tehran as such an attack would have global implications.”

Baluyevsky cautions that when making a decision on Iran, U.S. leaders should bear in mind the negative experience in other countries of the region. "Our strategic partners have already got bogged down in Afghanistan and Iraq, and if the U.S. goes to war with Iran as well, the world may see America decline as the world's mightiest and most powerful state."

Week of April 15, 2007~The Clinton Crack-Up

An Interview with: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., Founder & Editor in Chief of The American Spectator Magazine; Author of NY Times bestseller: The Clinton Crack-Up; Adjunct Fellow - Hudson Institute; contributing editor - NY Sun; syndicated columnist.

My guest follows the ex-president’s trail from Washington to Harlem, from Chappaqua to Hong Kong, from his double-wide official library with the penthouse on top in Little Rock to the moneychangers’ dens of Dubai.

With his legendary investigative style, liberally peppered with contrarian humor he outlines Bill Clinton’s…

· Post presidential emotional depression.

· Surprisingly nonexistent coattails in helping democratic candidates win elections.

· International deal-making.

· Endless jet setting.

· Financial ties to China and the United Arab Emirates.

· Possible future as America’s “First Man”.

Tyrrell is said to reveal a Clinton rarely reported: a man easily distracted, easily seduced, and in the prodigal child of the ‘60s as prone to squander his potential as an elder statesman as he was while ensconced in the West Wing. But still the perpetual life of the party. Stay tuned.

Week of April 08, 2007~Mexifornia - 5 Years Later

An Interview with: Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor emeritus at California University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services.

In the Spring 2002 issue of City Journal, he wrote an essay about growing up in the Central San Joaquin Valley and witnessing firsthand the ill effects of illegal immigration. Controversy raged over his logical, blunt assessment.

Since that time, according to my guest, the debate apparently no longer splits along liberal/conservative, Republican/Democrat, or even white/brown fault lines. Instead, he says we now have “class considerations which more often divide Americans on the issue. It would seem that the majority of middle class and poor whites, Asians, African-Americans and Hispanics wish to close the borders. They see few advantages to cheap service labor, since they’re not so likely to need it to mow their lawns, watch their kids, or clean their houses. Because the less well-off eat out less often, use hotels infrequently or periodically remodel their homes, the advantages to the economy of inexpensive, off the books, illegal-alien labor are not so apparent.”

“But the downside” he continues, “is surely apparent. Truck drivers, carpenters, janitors, and gardeners – unlike lawyers, doctors, actors, writers and professors – correctly feel that their jobs are threatened, or at least their wages lowered, by cheaper, rival workers…”

Week of April 01, 2007~On The Brink

An Interview with: Tyler Drumheller, former Chief of CIA Clandestine Operations, Europe; author of On the Brink, An Insider’s Account of how the White House Compromised American Intelligence.

Week of March 25, 2007~Wow!

An Interview with: Dann Ilicic, Chief Pollinating Officer & Perceptionist – a Founding Partner of WOW! A Branding Company.

Start-up companies spend millions on Super Bowl and high-profile TV ads - then perish. New products launched with glitzy ad campaigns & massive fanfares often end up with short shelf lives. Even proven products and services with long records of success are finding their market share dwindling out of control.

Nifty logos, 'cutting-edge' advertising and super-sized websites don't cut it anymore when it comes to improving the bottom line. Companies still operate as if promotion and packaging alone can create a lasting brand. But they don't realize an actual brand is created by the public and consumer's attitudes.

With 17 years of experience and a number of original branding breakthroughs under his belt, my guest has implemented effective branding strategies for a number of companies to help them successfully attract capital, market share and employees.

Forbes Magazine called him “a talent to experience and appreciate”. Stay tuned.

March 18, 2007~LITTLE OL' WINE MAKER, ME

An Interview with: Peter Click: Vintner, Entrepreneur, Grape Adventurer who focused on Australia and its wines, then came home and founded the Click Wine Group in Seattle. What happened next to Click? Astounding growth: 12 million cases sold here since 1997.

Discussion:

· On the Bottom Line: My Guest has an economist's prospective. Peter Click changed standard retail policies to keep his organization vital & save valuable time.

· On Being Inventive: Keeping Retailers & Customers Happy ($9 - $12 range) with splashy labels like "Goats Do Roam", and racy "Cardinal Zin" (banned in Ohio) and "Fat Bastard" (500,000 cases sold a year here) when fuel prices rise and the marketplace jams.

· On: Why talk about Australian wines, or any wine? Let's try health and romance.

• What about Separation of SCHOOL and State?
  My guest says private funding keeps schools to higher standards and freedom of curriculum.
• The Miracle and the Morality of the Marketplace: Does it works for everyone?
• The Free-Market System: What's the real cost of government partnership and subsidy?
• Globalization: What's a poor country to do?
• Free Trade: What is our heritage of freedom - from the Ancients to the American Republic?
  

March 4, 2007~Step Into A Spy’s Life

An Interview with: Pamela Kessler, former journalist – Washington Post; lecturer; researcher & author of Undercover Washington; frequent interviews discussing espionage on a wide variety of television news shows.

February 25, 2007~P.J. O’Rourke on The Wealth of Nations

An Interview with: P.J. O’Rourke, author of twelve books, including Parliament of Whores & Give War a Chance; puts his wit & his wits to good use in introducing to us the morality as well as the materiality of The Wealth of Nations.

Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations was first published in 1776. It was recognized as fundamental to an understanding of economics. It was also recognized as being really long; but as P.J. O’Rourke points out, now you don’t have to read this 900 page volume because he has done it for you.

February 18, 2007~The Fight for Jerusalem

An Interview with: Ambassador Dore Gold, former Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations; Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Ministers Netanyahu & Sharon; a diplomatic envoy to the leaders of Egypt, Jordan, the Persian Gulf states, & the Palestinian Authority; he has been intimately involved in Arab-Israeli negotiations; author of numerous books & articles on the Middle East, his current release of The Fight for Jerusalem, is creating quite a stir on the global landscape.

Week of February 11, 2007~Doctor, What's In This?

An Interview with: Stuart Tomc consultant to the World Health Organization & integrative physicians worldwide; lecturer referencing scientific research on natural alternative therapies; Educator & Spokesperson for Nordic Naturals.

Discussion: Prescribed medicine using radioactive drugs? One side-effect: You'll set off bomb alerts at the airport!

Arsenic treatments at Sloan-Kettering & Mt Sinai?

Expensive & endless lab tests, intricate machinery, a specialist for every square inch of you?

Does the higher cost of treatment make for better results? Hospitals, drug companies, and health insurers hide the real cost of prescriptions to your pocketbook and health. And the dump-truck approach of backing up to the hospital, unloading your problems and taking off is inappropriate and not cheap.

February 04, 2007~Building a Stable Democracy

An Interview with: Vaclav Klaus, President – Czech Republic; former Finance Minister & Prime Minister –Czech Republic; PhD – Economics & author of 30 books.

January 28, 2007~Analysts, Advocates or Social Arsonists

An Interview with: Dan Gainor, the Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow & Director of the Business & Media Institute; former editor of the Washington Times & the Baltimore News-American. He’s a national columnist with a plethora of opinions & he’s willing to share.

January 21, 2007~Reagan, Thatcher & the Pope

An Interview with: John O’Sullivan, former Thatcher

speechwriter & Special Advisor; veteran journalist; author of The President, The Pope, & The Prime Minister, The Three Who Changed the World.

It was ‘common knowledge’ among those in the political know that Ronald Reagan was too American to be President, Margaret Thatcher was too conservative to be Prime Minister & Karol Wojtyla was much too Catholic to ever be elected Pope. All three were the “middle managers” no one ever imagined would reach the top of their chosen field.

But according to my guest, they managed to form one of the greatest political partnerships in history by combining their unique strengths to overcome the clutches of communism: Reagan’s relaxed self-confidence, Thatcher’s stern abilities, and the pope’s hopefulness and love. My guest believes that now more than ever we could benefit from their lessons of fearlessness, strength & wisdom.

January 14, 2007~Financial Round-up - 2006

An Interview with: Steve Forbes, President & CEO of Forbes; Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine; Author; Commentary - Fact and Comment; Twice a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Presidency.

The financial changes that occurred in 2006 affect us all. As one of the best minds of the century my guest does not lack opinions about the effect of global economics on each of us. Having worked and lived at the pinnacle of American business & politics for several decades he is aware of the real impact which events - like the forced relationship of Shell Oil & their new Russian partner - have on the American consumer.

January 7, 2007~Winning the War on Christmas

An Interview with: Brian Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor - Culture & Media Institute; Former Director – Salem Communications Corporation; Editor of best selling series – Histories of WWII & US Marines Fighting in Iraq; Columnist – Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Baltimore Sun, SF Chronicle, & regular appearances on TV and Radio.

Last year…

the chief grinch in the army of anti-Christmas forces, the ALCU, sued public school systems because it considered children’s Christmas programs to be an illegal act.
A gaggle of major retailers removed nativity scenes, forbidden their employees to say “Merry Christmas”, and removed feature clips from movie theaters.
This year, hope springs eternal…