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NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Gay Marriage Ruling Could Be an Opportunity Wasted for GOP Hopefuls By Klaus Marre By taking the issue of gay marriage off the table once and for all, the Supreme Court provided Republican White House candidates with an opportunity to move on. But evangelical Christians will likely remain on the losing […]
By taking the issue of gay marriage off the table once and for all, the Supreme Court provided Republican White House candidates with an opportunity to move on. But evangelical Christians will likely remain on the losing side of history.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Book Excerpt: “Syria Burning” By Charles Glass If you want to know the who, what, why of how things got so bad in the Syria (and, in some ways, the rest of the Middle East)—read this excerpt from Syria Burning by Charles Glass, a book so beautifully written you will hardly […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Last Secret of the Atom Bomb By Paul DeRienzo The search for a dirty-bomb in New York City has uncovered a history of radioactive contamination… and a lingering mystery from the Manhattan Project. WHO American Workers are Burned Out and Overworked MarketWatch is calling it “the 21st Century Paradox.” More than half […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Paid Not to Drill? Not So Fast By Carmelo Ruiz In 2010, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa became the first national leader in the world to rule out drilling for oil in a major petroleum field for ecological reasons. Less than five years later, however, he has backtracked on his promise, and the […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWhoWhatWhy: Push-Button Warfare By Jeff Schechtman As countries launch cyber attacks on each other constantly, online soldiers are becoming increasingly important to militaries around the world. Surprising Facts About Who Threatens Our Safety the Most—Recommended Reading By Maria Adelmann Despite the media’s overwhelming coverage of foreign terrorism, there’s a much bigger […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Classic WHY: Just Asking—Media Outfoxed on Spate of Bizarre Shootings? By Russ Baker In the wake of the Charleston shootings, it’s worth revisiting this discussion about how—and why—the media discourages deeper scrutiny of violence in the US. WHO Obama’s Health Care Legacy Sealed The Roberts Court has spoken and the President’s […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Baker on Jeb! and Michael Hastings’ Mysterious Death By Russ Baker Russ Baker back on with popular Denver radio host Peter Boyles, talking about Jeb Bush dropping his last name for campaign purposes—and the mysterious, fiery death two years ago of journalist Michael Hastings. Statistician: Data Point to “Multiple Agents” Manipulating […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy State Secrets Up for Grabs: How to Shoot Yourself in the Cyberfoot By Victor Kotsev The US government is keeping system security flaws hidden so it can build super viruses based on “zero days”—and in the process, it’s leaving state secrets unthinkably vulnerable and then spending billions trying to protect itself from […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Edward Snowden: Vindicated by the USA Freedom Act? Or Marked For Death? By Andy Roesgen A past presidential administration official weighs in on the complicated view of the NSA whistleblower… or traitor. RadioRuss in Denver: America’s Shameful Secrets By Russ Baker WhoWhatWhy Founder and Editor-in-Chief Russ Baker talks about US and […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWhoWhatWhy: Economic Growth Slows for a Decade. Governments Do Exactly the Wrong Thing By Jeff Schechtman Just how weak is the global economy, how did we get here, and what should governments be doing to rekindle growth? Jeff Schechtman talks to the FT’s economics guy. WHO Is the Pentagon Crying Wolf […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Looking for a Longer Jail Sentence? Cooperate With the FBI! By Jill Vaglica A friend of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to six years in prison—after cooperating with the FBI in its investigation. Other known Tsarnaev associates who did not cooperate were let off without so much as […]