Of course they lost the Civil War militarily, but according to Sarah Robinson, senior editor of the Visions page at AlterNet, in 2012 the victory is near total: the cultural and political values of the Southern aristocracy have been adopted in full by …

High speed massive stock trades are something relatively new but are now pervasive on Wall Street. What do they mean for the larger economy? To control any dangerous volatility, Europe is moving quickly to institute a miniscule financial transactions t…

The first world war was anything but inevitable. As we approach the centennial of the start of that unspeakably horrible bloodbath, there’s a new book by author Jack Beatty called 1914; Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began. How much of the war wa…

It was June 28, 2009 that the legally elected president of Honduras was overthrown in a coup. By then we had a new and different president, so what has the US done differently this time? Anything? Guest is Alex Main, senior associate with the Center fo…

Swept into office in the wave of 2010, ask anyone on the street who Frank Guinta is. Practically no one knows. But he is one of New Hampshire’s two members of congress. And he has been named one of the most corrupt of that corrupt bunch. A new group is…

In the first of interviews with candidates running for NH governor, former state senator Jackie Cilley makes her case for why you should hire her.

It could not be more significant. On Sunday June 17th, with a second election in as many months. the people of Greece will have a major say regarding the future of their economy as well as that of all Europe, and that of the US for that matter. The up …

By JIM HADDADIN Tuesday, June 12, 2012 NEW CASTLE — It was in an airport in Chattanooga, Tenn., where former New Castle Sen. Burt Cohen first received the news that he was carrying hepatitis C. It was the summer of

American mainstream media has pretty much ignored the massive uprising which has overwhelmed Montreal. On May 22, there were 400,000 people in the streets, all in violation of a new law banning such protests. The spark was a sudden 75% increase in tuit…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo calls for decriminalizing open posession of up to an ounce of marijuana. Law enforcement veterans of the war are urging an end to the bloody prohibition. A prominent federal judge calls for legalization of medical marijua…

Maybe younger people don’t care, but for those of us who still feel the pain of the sudden, violent change of government, we’d really like to know the truth. And despite Obama’s assurances about new transparency and openness, promises to reveal dosumen…

Americans love free enterprise and both Democrats and Republicans are generally loathe to criticise any entrepeneurs. But the president’s re-election campaign has started off by attacking what Romney considers his strength; his years at Bain Capital. I…

When has an obsession with secrecy ever helped those clinging to power and authority? The hierarchy of the Catholic Church has long come under  fire for covering up child abuse and protecting the abusers. Now add to that the revelations from VatiL…

From a thorough examination of the science of what makes historical change, futurist Sarah Robinson discusses specifically what factors have served conservatives well. Part of it is simple, easy answers to complex, difficult problems, and an ability to…

Remember the film “There Will  Be Blood?” Throughout the 20th century and now well into the 21st, a lot of blood has been shed for the oil powers. Burt’s guest is Professor Michael Klare, author fo the new book The Race for What’s Left: The G…

The world was riveted on March 11, 2011 by the tsunami and nuclear accident at Japan’s Fukushima reactors. But since then we haven’t heard much. Reporter Brad Jacobson did a lot of research and found the danger is anything but past.

One of the worlds top writers, researchers, and speakers on the subject of the rise of wealth inequality, Chuck Collins talks about his new book. Burt and Chuck talk about how and when the rules changed to benefit the top few, and what precedence there…

On May 6, the people of France made a big change: ousting President Nicolas Sarkozy and replacing him with socialist Francois Hollande. One clear statement was a rejection of austerity as imposed by what they called “Merkozy”–Angela Merkel of Germa…

In late April the Vatican issued a decree which clamps down hard on the nuns of America for being “radical feminists.” I’m not kidding.  Mary Johnson, who was a nun for 20 years and a friend of Mother Theresa, is guest on this exceptionally inform…

Under Vermont law  the nuclear plant at Vernon was to close March 21 2012. And even though the owners had agreed to abide by that law, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission trumped that law, and today the plant still runs. The debate over stat…

Drones are not just for Pakistan anymore, they are coming soon to a neighborhood near you. There is now a large supply, and thanks to grants from Homeland Security, there’s also a growing demand for the domestic use of small, weaponless surveillance ai…

On one hand, it’s an increasingly valuable commodity. On the other hand, it’s necessary for all life. We’re talking about water. While some countries are selling their water assets to private interests, there are also cities taking over private water c…

Fear replaces rational thinking; FDR knew this. Most Americans don’t personally know any Muslims but we do know that those who caused 9/11 claimed to be Muslim. So today in 2012, we are in the grips of Islamophobia. The Institute for Policy Stu…

In exchange for giving up their rights to water in 1969, the Navajo and Hopi were promised they’d be returned to them in fifty years. As we approach that deadline, Arizona Senators Kyl and McCain are rushing a bill through the senate to keep control in…

One the first half hour, Professor Noam Chomsky discusses his area of expertise,  the situation in the Middle East. As you might expect, he’s not real optimisitic for avoiding war against Iran. And on the second half hour, 1972 presidential nomine…

Americans cheered last spring as the people of Egypt overthrew the dictator Hosni Mubarak. Temporary military rule was accepted by all as a way to ensure stability until democratic elections could be held. However now the military is ruling with a heav…

The beginning of the culture war, made famous by Pat Buchanan, can be traced to American art emerging in the fifties and sixties. Everything from Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol to Mad Magazine and the Yippies arises from an aesthetic sensibility scor…

It seems like decades that the right wing has claimed to own the values discussion. But on this show, Karen Greenberg, Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University talks about some of the ways America is betraying its most impo…

You probably never heard of the Federal Arts Project from the 1930s. President Roosevelt understood that artists had to eat, and that the Great Depression needed stimulus to lift the nation out of the despair. There’s a new exhibit of some of this art …

Journalist Ethan Casey has lived in and written books about Pakistan, a much misunderstood country. In this interview, he talks about what’s real and what is not in nuclear-armed Pakistan. Is the government a reliable US ally? What’s likely ahead for…