May 22, 2013
Greg Dworkin joined us to discuss Oklahoma's continuing recovery, and some of the factors that stand in the way of more widespread adoption of protective measures like the construction of "safe rooms" and basements in homes in "Tornado Alley." Then we catch up on the day's GunFAIL stories, noting once again the passive...
May 21, 2013
The day's news was obviously dominated by the Oklahoma tornado situation. In addition to providing our morning news and punditry roundup, of course, Greg Dworkin's an expert in disaster preparation, so we dove into that as well. And once again, disaster response reminds us that teachers are often first responders,...
May 20, 2013
Greg Dworkin confirmed for us that the weekend political world was pretty much frozen in place in the middle of last week, so we'd have to look elsewhere for political news not involving Republicans making breathless but unfounded comparisons to Watergate. After a brief detour into the Umbrellacaust, we moved back to...
May 17, 2013
Wrapping up the week with Greg Dworkin, it seems the embers are dying in the "scandal" fires, one at a time. The Sunday shows always run a few days behind, though, because guests and topics are typically locked in by mid-week. On the radar today: Kevin Drum's "It's Official: Those Bogus Email Leaks Came From...
May 16, 2013
During Greg Dworkin's morning roundup, we wondered whether maybe the biggest casualty of this week's scandalpalooza has really been the Benghazi hoopla. Conservative fire remains concentrated on the IRS story, though that seems to be the one that offers the most angles for firing back. But it works as a way of not...