Category: Politics

Cass Ingram has turned his attention to the 2012 US election. His latest book, Rigged, examines the fraud and dirty tricks being used to keep health freedom advocate Dr. Ron Paul off the Republican Presidential ticket and out of the Oval Office.

Senator Tony Strickland is the Republican contender for the US House of Representatives from the newly formed 26th Congressional District that includes much of Ventura County—excluding Simi Valley. We discuss his platform and his campaign.

Niels Nielsen is a professor emeritus at Rice University in Religious Thought. He’s examined the role of religion and ethics among the Presidents of the United States. We discuss his latest book God in the Obama Era.

Jacques Ferraris lived under tyrannical rule in France in the 1930s and 40s. He worries that America is moving backwards while the rest of the world progresses. He sees a 2nd term by President Obama as the solution that will put America on the right track for the future. We discuss his findings in his book Obama 2012 for a Compassionate America.

Rob Walter is the challenger for the 35th Assembly District in the California State Assembly, which includes over half of the Santa Barbara County, as well as nearly a quarter of Ventura County. We discuss his bid to unseat the incumbent in the fall.

David Johnson is a political consultant who will break down presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s decision to select Representative Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate. We examine Gov. Romney’s selection and discuss its merits.

Stanley Kurtz argues there is a redistribution of wealth from suburbanites to city dwellers directed by the Federal Government to involuntarily amalgamate all suburbs into the inner cities they surround. We discuss how President Obama is robbing the suburbs to pay for the cities from his book Spreading the Wealth.

Brendan Miniter is the senior editor at The George W. Bush Institute is the policy research arm of the Bush Presidential Center and Library in Dallas, Texas. He’s polled a variety of scholars to solve the economic malaise the United States is suffering. We discuss what he learned in his book The 4% Solution.

Das Williams represents the 35th Assembly District in the California State Assembly, which includes over half of the Santa Barbara County, as well as nearly a quarter of Ventura County.

Assemblymember Williams lashes out at the Tri-Counties Central Labor Council for their allegations in the Ventura County Star.

David Wessel simplifies the complex—and often confusing—subject of the Federal Budget. He explains where the trillions of dollars come from, where they go and why inaction over the budget imperils our future from his book Red Ink.