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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Saving the Wealthy Class from Itself
(7 comments) It is not enough for the government to assist just the ownership of the financial industry. Now that the government is the effective owner, it must also fund the borrowers and keep the loans on the books to prevent even more of a crisis. The socialization of business that we are experiencing must be accompanied by a safety net socialization of the customer base in order for this plan to work.

Friday, August 29, 2008
Obama Is Surrounded By Too Many Old White Guys
(7 comments) As I am writing this, McCain has just announced the selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. From a tactical point of view that selection will seriously impact many in the electorate who already have gender bias and particularly the Hillary supporters. By comparison, Obama in my opinion picked the worst possible running mate in Joe Biden.

Saturday, June 28, 2008
Is Obama Really A Change Candidate? Perhaps Not
(5 comments) It is not that the recent centrist moves by Obama involve issues that are vital. One can even argue that perhaps politically his vote on FISA, support of the 2nd Amendment, and opposing limits on the death penalty are less important than the need to win in November by appealing to the so-called center. The issue is betrayal to a promise of change.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The Politics of Sexism And Racism
The question arises as to what extent race and gender had an impact on voters and whether that affected the outcome of the primary.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
What's Happening To Obama?
(11 comments) OK. I just wrote the congratulatory article below a month ago and today Obama disagrees with the Supreme Court decision striking down the death penalty in cases not involving murder

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
McBush Is Stupid Or Lying About Offshore Drilling
(10 comments) The recent comments by McCain alias McBush or McSame about offshore drilling are patently absurd. This diversion as a possible solution to our dependence on foreign oil is a nonstarter for those familiar with the problem and its solution.

Saturday, June 14, 2008
Remembering My Father
Ironically Tim Russert died on the 21st anniversary of my father's death. As I wrote in my book, Road To Air America, like Russert, my father was my mentor and guiding force. He witnessed American history since he came to the U.S. in 1920 from a small town in Poland called Nova Miasto. I named our radio network Nova M Radio in honor of his birth place.

Monday, June 9, 2008
Eisenhower "I Shall Go To Korea " Speech
(3 comments) When McCain accuses Obama of surrender, we should all remember that Ike, a Republican, presented a similar promise to end the Korean War and won by a landslide in 1952. Ike arguably was one of our greatest war leaders and a 5 star General.

Friday, May 23, 2008
Speculators And Manipulators In Oil Markets.
(2 comments) The price of oil has risen from $23/B to $131/B, an increase of 500+ percent. Since January, 2008 the price has doubled. Gold has increased over 200% during that same period.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
My Letter To Obama
(11 comments) Now that you are moving into the next phase of your campaign, I strongly advise you to use the same strategy in the national election. There is no reason for you to move to any arbitrary perception of the so-called "center."

Sunday, May 18, 2008
The Sin Of Moses-The Use Of Force
(3 comments) I have often thought about the portion of the Torah that describes the reason why God denied Moses the right to cross into the promised land.

Friday, May 16, 2008
Rehabilitating Hillary Clinton
(5 comments) In order for Hillary to find her "voice" as a Democrat she must listen to the right voices that represent the base of her party and the rational approach to governing based upon principal and not politics.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Rev. Wright's Comments: The "Unintended" Benefits To Obama
(8 comments) The media generally did not attempt to nuance and distinguish between a sermon from a black pastor and a political statement from a politician.

Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Mass Media Reports Massive Distortions
Anyone who saw the ABC debate yesterday know full well how low mass media can go to accomplish their perceived objectives. They believe that audiences will continue to accept the biases that they report for the benefit of their corporate masters.

Monday, April 14, 2008
Welcome Back To Randi Rhodes
(4 comments) I am pleased to report that Randi Rhodes is back on the air on our Nova M Radio network. She is now home with us where we started 4 years ago when we started Air America Radio(AAR). She joins Mike Malloy making Nova the premiere grass roots liberal talk radio network.

Saturday, March 22, 2008
MSNBC's Racial Analysts: Buchanan, Scarborough and Tucker
Now that MSNBC has captured the liberals from CNN they are now going after the conservative bigots that watch Fox. That is why the likes of Buchanan, Scarborough, and Tucker are getting so much air time.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
MSNBC MORNING JOE REPORTING ON REV. WRIGHT: IS THERE A DOUBLE STANDARD? YES!!!!!
(4 comments) The choice of Joe Scarborough by MSNBC to host a morning show is an example of political cowardice by Dan Abrams its program director. Other than Keith Olbermann, MSNBCs lineup is decidedly right of center.

Sunday, March 16, 2008
God Damn America's Media: Rev. Wright's Comment On Hiroshima
(5 comments) Rev. Wright's comment about his belief that Hiroshima was part of America's disregard for human life led to his comment: "The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people"

Friday, March 14, 2008
Super Delegate 911 Alert: We Have An Emergency
(3 comments) I was wondering what new information the uncommitted super delegates need to make their decision now and stop the bleeding. These uncommitted delegates need to show more logic and political courage.

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Hey Super Delegates: The Total Popular Vote Is Meaningless
(1 comments) The latest in the Clinton "shell game" relates to the idea that the uncommitted super delegates should vote for the candidate who wins the cumulative popular vote in the primaries.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Anatomy Of A Sex Crime: The Spitzer Case
(1 comments) The Eliot Spitzer scandal is difficult for many rational people to understand. How could he have been so careless? The real question should be: What is the psychological pathology that caused this self destructive behavior?

Friday, March 7, 2008
The 3 Faces Of Hillary: Which Hillary Will Answer The 3AM Phone Call?
(1 comments) As we have painfully seen, Hillary has exhibited at least 3 personalities in her campaign against Obama:

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Hillary Is In Denial: She Cannot Win Pledged Delegates
(5 comments) The remaining primaries cannot put either one of them over the top to 2,025. Furthermore, Obama's lead in pledged delegates is insurmountable. Of the 4,049 total delegates, about 800 are super delegates.

Thursday, February 21, 2008
Kosovo's Nazi Past
(2 comments) The history of genocide by the Kosovites against the Serbs and Jews is not well known because of the Cold War.

Monday, February 18, 2008
Bill Clinton Is Out Of Control
(36 comments) Bill's behavior this weekend gives me pause. It seems to me that he is in deep emotional trouble. He may realize that he may have destroyed his wife's campaign.

Saturday, February 16, 2008
What's Wrong With The Clintons: The Emperor Has No Clothes
(3 comments) The Clintons have exposed themselves to that reptilian brain which seems to have dominated them. And it now includes Hillary's anything to win strategy.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
White Woman Supporting Hillary: A Paradox
(5 comments) The only major group supporting Hillary are white women baby boomers. The rest of the electorate combined are giving Obama overwhelming support. It is clear that white women over 50 are considering gender over race and character. And white women make up the largest segment of our population so they cannot call themselves a minority. Let's take a closer look.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Hillary Is Not Losing: Bill And The DLC Are
(15 comments) I know the Clinton family pretty well and can speak very highly of her and her capabilities. Unfortunately for her, she adopted the Bill/DLC approach to politics. And I told her that in 2000 when she ran for then Senate.

Monday, February 11, 2008
In Defense Of David Schuster
(12 comments) David Schuster in my opinion is one of the best reporters working for the corporate media. He is a hard-hitting reporter that speaks his mind. He criticizes members of both political parties.

Thursday, February 7, 2008
Fair Solution To Delegate Fiasco
(1 comments) The Democrats in 1972 made the primary system truly democratic with a small D. The landslide loss by McGovern created the ridiculous super delegate category that was supposed to prevent the voters from making a so-called foolish decision.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Hillary Is The Underdog
This analysis is not about who I support. Her win in California had more to do with early voting and the control they have over the process in California.

Thursday, January 24, 2008
Political Strategies And The Democratic Candidates
(2 comments) My analysis of the recent political in-fighting is not a reflection of who I favor in the primary battle. As a student of political science, the recent controversies between Obama and Clinton(s) have an interesting consequence.

Thursday, January 17, 2008
Bush Tax Cuts Made Sub-Prime Fiasco Possible
The Bush tax cuts have created a scenario in which the lions's share of the benefit have gone to rich individuals furthering the gap between the rich and the other economic classes.

Thursday, January 10, 2008
Votergate Redux 2008: A Look At The Exit Polls
(1 comments) This is what I wrote in OpEdNews in 11/04 and was picked up by my friend John Zogby. Votergate 2004; We Don't Need Paper to Prove Fraud, But We Do Need Money and Leadership, NOW.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008
New Hampshire Primary: All About Gender And The MSM
(5 comments) My first comment about the NH primary is that the MSM blew it again. They overstated the Obama momentum and participated in making Hillary into a victim, something women naturally would find offensive. The majority of women in NH voted for Hillary because there was a strong gender sympathy.

Friday, January 4, 2008
Hillary, False Choices, And Friendship
(3 comments) Last night was a triumph for the electorate and represents an important change in the American experience. I hope that Obama is one of those rare politicians whose words match his actions. The jury is still out on that.

Thursday, January 3, 2008
The Cutting Edge: My New Radio Show
In a shameless act of self promotion, I am informing all you bloggers that my new radio show will be on the air on Sundays at 11AM EST on KPHX Phoenix. You can stream it at http://novamradio.com/. The topic for this week will be the Presidential election process and will include a discussion about the wisdom of our Founding Fathers.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Real Hillary: A Problem Of Perception Versus Reality
(12 comments) I know the real Hillary Clinton because of my friendship with her and her family. I am not part of the Clinton inner circle, but have been close to her brother and attended his wedding 2 years ago. I can tell you first hand that she is the most competent of the candidates in the Democratic primary. Her political career is the most impressive. You can check it out on any web site.

Monday, December 10, 2007
Vick Sentenced to 23 Months in Prison: Racism Wins Over Justice
(8 comments) I am a dog lover and strongly believe in animal rights. However, the sentence of Michael Vick is another example of racism in our criminal justice system. Furthermore, the justice system punishes those who are culturally brought up in poverty.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Fitzgeral Should Indict Cheney Or Resign
(2 comments) Yesterday former White House press secretary Scott McClellan took the sand out of Fitzgerald's face. When Fitz indicted Scooter Libby, he used that famous sports metaphor of "kicking sand in his face" and obstructing the investigation.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Subprime Collapse: Was It Predictable?
(2 comments) Deregulation and the lack of oversight led to the collapse of the industry - something that I tried to prevent in a series of speeches and articles to the industry and letters to my senator, Bill Proxmire (then Chair of the Senate Banking Committee) and the Federal Home Loan Bank, now part of the Federal Reserve.

Thursday, November 15, 2007
What The Candidates Should Know: Government Spending
I once wrote a piece about new Presidents and their inability to stop institutional government spending and waste. I could do an audit of government spending and deliver the same services for 50% of what we are spending today.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
I'm Done With The DNC
Will Rogers once said: "I do not belong to any organized political party, I am a Democrat." Never were such words so true.

Friday, November 9, 2007
Impeaching Cheney: What the Democratic Leadership Does Not Get
(33 comments) The Republican leadership in the House has voted to allow for Cheney's impeachment to reach the House floor. They think that the Democrats would be losers in the impeachment process. It is my position that the Democrats would be BIG WINNERS if they understood the constitution and what the public wants. Below are the positive points that would bolster their position with the media and the voters:

Thursday, November 1, 2007
My Advice To Hillary: Stop Playing To The National Election
(8 comments) One of the worst strategies in any competitive arena whether it be sports, politics, or business is to worry about the next "game." Despite the effectiveness of her overall campaign, she is always thinking about the November 2008 election. Playing to that audience has been the fatal mistake of all recent Democrats. Hillary and her staff should know better. It may have worked for Bill in 1992, but it wont work in 2008.

Friday, October 26, 2007
Insanity Is Trump: Bush And The Prudent Man Rule
(4 comments) For many years I used to be able to rely on what is called the "prudent man rule." An alternative to this is referred to as the "rational adversary" concept. In political terms, the USSR was the best example of the "rational adversary." Even totalitarian nations generally have a survival instinct.

Thursday, October 18, 2007
Smoke And Mirrors: From The Cold War To Iran
(1 comments) Most Americans are unaware of world history. The post WW II and Cold War propaganda created several generations of Americans that have either forgotten or never learned about America's role in the world after the War.

Friday, September 28, 2007
BROKEN GOVERMENT: A Must Read
(1 comments) I have read the last three books in John Dean's trilogy of criticism of the Republicans and neo-conservatives. Worse Than Watergate and Conservatives Without Conscience were extremely interesting and informative. Broken Government is the book that really gives the reader startling information about how the Republicans have attempted to destroy the processes that have been the foundation of our constitution.

Monday, September 17, 2007
Bill Maher's Opinion Is Naïve About 9/11
(23 comments) I think that Bill Maher is the most talented political pundit of this generation. Since he decided to exclude the right wing nuts from his show, he speaks with much greater credibility. However, his last show was disappointing to me when he essentially marginalized anyone who has doubts about the official 9/11 story.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Jewish High Holidays and The "Book of Life"
(4 comments) One of the most frequently repeated prayers made over the Jewish High Holidays is the following translated to English: "On Rosh Hashanah it is written and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: How many shall leave this world and how many shall be born into it, who shall live and who shall die......

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
MoveOn.org Made A Mistake
(8 comments) The recent NY Times ad by MoveOn.org was done in poor taste. Instead of evoking the desired result, it put into question the judgment of those who crafted the ad with the corny play on words, General Betray-Us. The ad cost them a reported $70,000 and such an ad does not represent the kind of communication and message that would have been meaningful.

Friday, September 7, 2007
Bin Laden And The Wonderful World Of Disney
(1 comments) Professor Bob McChesney wrote in his book The Problem of the Media: US Communication Politics in the 21st Century that Walt Disney and the Disney Corporation has done much harm to the media message. His explanation was that since the 1930s we have all grown up with the idea of good and evil as distinct lines drawn by cartoon characters. Many of the Disney movies portray a simplistic world in which the evildoer is killed at

Wednesday, September 5, 2007
"In God We Trust": The Worship Of Money
(2 comments) It is no accident that this country adopted this phrase on all U.S. currency. Removing the motto "In God We Trust" from American currency would mark the end of a tradition that began during the Civil War to rescue the country from "the ignominy of heathenism" and was expanded in the 1950s to combat the philosophy of communism.

Friday, August 24, 2007
Onward Christian Soldiers: Christiana Amanpour's Special
(6 comments) The last of the trilogy of fundamentalist followers of the god of Abraham was broadcast yesterday on CNN. The previous two episodes were about Jewish and Muslim fundamentalists. Yesterday's show about Christian fundamentalism was clearly the most disturbing.

Thursday, August 23, 2007
AIPAC Is Hurting Israel, Jews, and Middle-East Peace
(8 comments) At the risk of being called a self-hating Jew I have come to the conclusion that AIPAC is hurting the cause that it was supposed to advance when formed in 1953. While primarily a Jewish organization, I am aware that most liberal Jews hate what AIPAC is doing and the tactics that is using. Since over 70% of American Jews are liberal, I believe that AIPAC is not representing the views of most of the Jewish community.

Monday, August 20, 2007
Do I Believe That Prayer Can Prevent Disasters? N0!
(4 comments) George Stephanopoulos must have thought that he was moderating the Republican debate when he asked the stupid question about prayer. That goes along with the question that Chris Matthews asked the Republicans about whether they believed in evolution. Remarkably, 3 Republicans admitted that they believe in creationism. I wonder what goes on in the heads of these so-called news anchors.

Monday, August 6, 2007
The Democratic Candidates: A Case Study In "Briar Patch" Stupidity
During the 2006 mid-term election campaign, a few House candidates asked me for some advice about dealing with the strong Republican issues concerning so-called social issues and national defense. I told them that it is a losing game to play in their "briar patch." The MSM has skewed falsely those issues in favor of the Republicans.

Saturday, August 4, 2007
AL Gore: Uncle Sam Wants You
(21 comments) It is now time for Al Gore to do his patriotic duty and save the country. This is not a time for him to worry about personal attacks or his effectiveness as a private citizen working on just environmental issues. The Presidency is the place where he can make the difference

Friday, August 3, 2007
Bridges: I35W, Brooklyn, And To Nowhere
(4 comments) The latest tragic disaster now involves bridges. It is now time for the MSM to scare the country into believing that all our bridges are unsafe. They have already done a hatchet job on air safety, subways, and skyscrapers. Next on the list will probably be elevators.

Sunday, July 22, 2007
Barry Bonds Is Fair Game: Why Not George Bush?
(1 comments) Today on Face The Nation, Bob Schieffer had as usual a closing "commentary." The subject was about Barry Bonds approaching record-breaking home-run record. Scheiffer had a scathing criticism of Barry Bonds miserable failure of portraying the necessary elements of leadership to deserve being considered a worthy role model. I agree with that criticism as far as it goes.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
The Consequences of Occupation
(2 comments) Yesterday I was listening to Mike Malloy and he talked about an event in Seattle sponsored by KPTK AM 1090 last Saturday. Mike Malloy, Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller, and Thom Hartmann were the featured speakers at that event. Ed Schultz talked about his support of Israel's right to exist as if he were the only liberal talk radio host who takes that position. The subliminal message to the crowd was that he, unlike his colleagues

Thursday, July 12, 2007
Drobny's 99% Doctrine
In his book, The One Percent Doctrine, Ron Suskind writes that Vice President Dick Cheney forcefully stated that the war on terror empowered the Bush administration to act without the need for evidence or extensive analysis. Yesterday's announcement by the DIA that Al Qaeda is now at the same strength as it was before 9/11 was a follow-up to Chertoff's gut feeling about an imminent terrorist attack the previous day. It is

Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The Mortal Storm
Sometimes an old book or movie moves me in a way that current literature and motion pictures cannot do. One of these movies is The Mortal Storm. I first saw this movie in the 1950s and it forever changed my psyche as a person just entering my teen years. Given the "mortal storm" we are going through today, I find the message of that movie to be equally moving today.

Monday, July 2, 2007
Organized Political Parties: Another Form Of Religion
(4 comments) As the de facto historian of the blogosphere, It is important to recognize what our founders that about political parties as we approach the coming holiday. George Washington, like many of his contemporaries, did not understand or believe in political parties, and saw them as fractious agencies subversive of domestic tranquility.

Saturday, June 30, 2007
The Arrogance Of Power: Fullbright's View Of The Senate
(1 comments) A REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY, wrote John Stuart Mill, has the responsibility "to be at once the nation's Committee of Grievances and its Congress of Opinions; an arena in which not only the general opinion of the nation, but that of every section of it, and, as far as possible, of every eminent individual whom it contains, can produce itself in full light and challenge discussion;

Friday, June 29, 2007
If FDR Had Lived: More Lost History
(3 comments) July 2, 2007 is the 75th anniversary of the nomination of FDR. In my opinion, he and Lincoln were the greatest of the 43 Presidents. And they both represented the true values of the political parties that they represented. In each case however, their early deaths set back America at least 75-100 years.

Monday, April 30, 2007
Benchmarks For Iraqis? Now That's Chutzpah
Chutzpah according to Wikipedia is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The word derives from the Yiddish chutzpah.

Sunday, April 29, 2007
War Is Not An Option And Peace Is Indivisible
(4 comments) With the exception of Dennis Kucinich, the Democratic candidates for POTUS all embraced the military and the Pentagon to solve the problems of terrorism in the world.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Take A MSM Holiday
If you want to get through the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre in a healthier way, don't watch the news for about a week. If you did not need an anti-depressant before this event, you may have to start if you decide to listen to, watch, or read the news. These vultures will do you in.

Sunday, April 15, 2007
The MSM And Hate Radio
(6 comments) With the exception of Keith Olbermann, the MSM has again missed the point on the Imus issue. Imus, as I pointed out in my last post, is not the heart of the problem in racist hate radio. The entire Fox News Channel along with the Limbaugh genre has done the most damage to public discourse and news dissemination in this country.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
IMUS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG
(7 comments) Imus is another example of the degradation of talk radio that has been going on since Rush Limbaugh started this in 1980. Rush was another failed DJ that got lucky in 1980 when talk radio and the AM signal were in deep trouble. So they experimented with a show that had no boundaries as to the kind of racism and hate mongering that could be disseminated in talk radio.

Friday, April 6, 2007
I Should Run For President
The latest report that the Democratic candidates have raised over $100M is mind boggling and impressive at the same time. It is a clear reflection that the smart money from both business and individuals is betting on the Democrats in 2008. And the business community does understand how important politics and business can be.

Monday, September 11, 2006
Terrorism: "The Power Of Nightmares"
(1 comments) On 9/11/01 my immediate reaction to the events of that day was about the same as most people. I was shocked and traumatized by what I had been watching. Today, the 5th anniversary of that event, I have a far different perspective about the events before and after that date.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
The Gates and Buffet Foundation Shell Game
(10 comments) The great problems of the world today are a direct result of the wide disparity between the rich and poor. But, it is hard for the wealthiest to even look at this as an issue of most importance. Catholic Charities do a lot for the poor and I am sure that the Gates Foundation will do a lot for diseases of the poor. But, that is merely a band-aid for one of the symptoms of poverty. The real issue today is poverty.

Saturday, August 12, 2006
Airport Insecurity
The biggest threat to the American citizens is the pain and suffering caused by the increased security measures since yesterday.

Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Dennis Prager Interview Of Me
Interview with Dennis Prager.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Monotheism May Be Uncivilized

Friday, June 16, 2006
TALK RADIO IS THE LAST HOPE FOR DEMOCRACY
It's time for wealthy progressives to fund liberal talk radio. It is the only way that we can start to recaptture the airwaves.

Thursday, April 27, 2006
Drobnys Nova M Radio Starts Broadcasting Air America In Little Rock

Thursday, March 30, 2006
LOST HISTORY, CORPORATIONS, AND WAR.

Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Nancy Skinner For Congress

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
GEORGE W. BUSH IS NOT ALONE
(1 comments) Post World War Two military and political blunders are shared by all post-war Presidents.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Support Dan Seals in the 10th District of Illinois
Winning the House.