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

Background Briefing: April 16, 2023

  Prigozhin’s Call to End the War is Actually a Call to Rise Up From a Temporary Defeat as a “War Monster”  We begin with the essay titled, “Only an Honest Fight: No Negotiations”, from the head of the Wagner mercenaries who appears to be...

Background Briefing: April 13, 2023

The Arrest of the Leaker and the Inordinate and Unnecessary Amount of Widely Circulated Classified Material  We begin with the arrest today of the leaker of classified documents that first appeared online eight months ago on Discord a gaming site where the postings by...

Background Briefing: April 12, 2023

How the FDA Overregulates Mifepristone and Why it Should Decline to Enforce a Ban We begin with the dueling decisions of two federal judges ahead of Friday’s deadline when the ruling by the Texas anti-abortion zealot Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk for a nationwide ban...

Background Briefing: April 11, 2023

  The Manhattan DA Sues Congressman Jim Jordan and the Pentagon Leaks That Have the IC in a State of Alarm We begin with the unprecedented lawsuit filed today in Federal Court by the Manhattan DA against Congressman Jim Jordan, the Republican Chair of the House...

Background Briefing: April 10, 2023

  Damaging Leaks From Inside the Pentagon Embarrass Allies and Demoralize Ukrainian Officials  We begin with the damaging leak of documents from the Pentagon that originated with the Joint Chief of Staff’s intelligence arm J2 and somehow got into the hands...