Thom's blog
May 21 2009 - Thursday
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Topic: "Dick Cheney won?!" Thom mixes it up with Reagan biographer Craig Shirley, President of Shirley & Bannister Public Affairs www.sbpublicaffairs.com
Topic: "News Under the Radar" Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress visits with Thom www.americanprogress.org
Topic: "Geeky Science Rocks" our weekly update from the world of science
May 20th 2009 - Wednesday
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Topic: Are we on the brink of a worse depression or a new revival of the economy?
Topic: "Roll the dice...legalize internet gambling?" Thom confronts Eli Lehrer of the Comepetitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
May 19th 2009 - Tuesday
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Hour 1: "Should the death penalty be abolished?" Thom confronts Dudley Sharp, Founder of Justice Matters www.deathpenalty.procon.org
May 18th 2009 - Monday
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Hour 1 - The Crusades?
Hour 2: "Pregnant? You're fired?!" Thom mixes it up with Carrie Lukas of the Independent Women's Forum www.iwf.org
Arlen Specter Checked A Card
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The irony was hard to miss. Senator Arlen Specter, checking a card changing his party affiliation from Republican to Democratic, saying that he won't support the right of working people to check a card to change from unaffiliated to affiliated with a union.
May 15th 2009 Friday
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Topic: "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom for his weekly nationwide townhall meeting www.sanders.senate.gov
Topic Gov. Don Siegelman here www.donsiegelman.org is here - 20 years in prison?
Today on the air: "Geeky Science Rocks" our weekly update from the world of science
May 14th 2009 Thursday
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Hour One: Has Dick Cheney won?
Hour Two: Should the photos be released or not?
Hour Three: "Torture...prosecute or pardon?" Thom speaks with constitutional law expert, Bruce Fein, an associate deputy attorney general under Reagan www.thelichfieldgroup.com
May 13th 2009 Wednesday
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Hour 1: "Do Corporate Tax cheats...'help' our economy?!" Thom challenges Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute www.businessandmedia.org
Hour 2: Taliban waterboarding US Military prisoners? Says...waterboarding is not torture? Is GPS tracking without warrants OK?
May 12th 2009 Tuesday
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Topic: "Same-sex marriage will crush traditional marriage" Thom confronts Dr. Michael Brown of the Coalition of Conscience www.askdrbrown.org
Topic: "Pension Privateers: Who Ran Away With Your 401K?" Thom talks with investigative journalist/author David Cay Johnston www.motherjones.com
May 11th 2009 - Monday
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Topic: "Health insurance regulation...death to free market capitalism?" Thom mixes it up with Dr. Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute www.aynrand.org