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Walter M. Brasch, Ph.D. will be our guest on Dec 20. Dr Brasch is an award-winning former newspaper reporter and editor in California, Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio—is a university professor of journalism and mass communications, and author of a biweekly syndicated newspaper column. He is the author of dozens of magazine articles, several multimedia productions, and has worked in the film industry and as a copy writer and political consultant. He is the author 14 books, most of them focusing upon the fusion of historical and contemporary social issues, including “America's Unpatriotic Acts: The Federal Government's Violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights” and “Forerunners of Revolution: Muckrakers and the American Social Conscience”, and “The Press and the State”. His latest book is Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush”. Dr. Brasch is a co-recipient of the Civil Liberties Award of the American Civil Liberties Union, 1996; and was honored by San Diego State University as a Points of Excellence winner in 1997. You can learn more about Dr. Brasch and his work by visiting his website at www.walterbrasch.com. Not conservative. Not Liberal. American. Our call in line is 347-327-9615.

Dr. Nathaniel Frank is our guest this week. Dr. Frank is Senior Research Fellow at the Palm Center and an adjunct professor at New York University. He first broke the story of the Army's firing of Arabic-language specialists under the ‘don't ask don't tell’ policy. He has been interviewed for national television and radio programs to discuss the topic of marriage and military service rights for gays and lesbians. Dr. Frank's writing has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Chronicle, Lingua Franca, and other publications. Dr. Frank received his Ph.D. in History from Brown University in the spring of 2002. Before that he earned his Masters also from Brown and his Bachelors from Northwestern University in History and American Culture. His book on the U.S. military's gay ban, “Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America”, will be published in 2009 by St. Martin's Press. You can learn more about Dr. Frank by visiting the Palm Center website at http://www.palmcenter.org/people/dr-nathaniel-frank. Not conservative, not liberal, American. Call in. Stand up. Speak out. Our call-in number is 347-327-9615.

Jean Brown, Director of the Wyoming Cathedral Home for Children's Foster Grandparents program, is our guest this week. The Foster Grandparent Program is designed to match low-income seniors with children who would benefit from one-on-one attention. Senior volunteers are placed at schools, non-profit daycare centers, Head Start Programs, and youth centers. Our call-in number is (347) 327-9615