A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: September 2, 2021

  Texas Puts Constitutional Rights Up For Sale With a Soviet-Style Regime of Informants We begin with the furious political reaction to the Supreme Court’s efforts to kill the landmark Roe v Wade’s protection for women which President Biden warned...

Background Briefing: September 1, 2021

The Handmaid’s Tale Comes to Texas as SCOTUS Moves to End Abortion Rights We begin with The Handmaid’s Tale now a reality in Texas and the beginning of the end for abortion rights in this country following the Supreme Court’s deliberate failure to...

Background Briefing: August 31, 2021

  We Can’t Blame the Afghans for Corruption We Brought With Our Conquest We begin with President Biden’s vigorous defense of his withdrawal from Afghanistan and discuss the tendency among our politicians and press to blame the Afghans for the rampant...

Background Briefing: August 30, 2021

  Devastation in New Orleans as Superstorms Become the New Normal We begin with the devastation that Hurricane Ida has left in its path across Louisiana with the state’s electricity grid in tatters after powerful winds knocked out all eight electric...

Background Briefing: August 29, 2021

  The Scope and Size of ISIS Inside Afghanistan We begin with the last days of the exit from Kabul amid a growing threat from ISIS-K whose operatives blew up a group of Marines outside of a gate into the Kabul airport killing 13 and wounding 18 along with killing...