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WALTER M. BRASCH, Ph.D.—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 also 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 (2005); Black English and the Mass Media (1981); Forerunners of Revolution: Muckrakers and the American Social Conscience (1991); With Just Cause: The Unionization of the American Journalist (1991); Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the 'Cornfield Journalist': The Tale of Joel Chandler Harris (2000); The Joy of Sax: America During the Bill Clinton Era (2001); and Sex and the Single Beer Can (2004). He also is co-author of Social Foundations of the Mass Media (2001) and The Press and the State (1986), awarded Outstanding Academic Book distinction by Choice magazine, published by the American Library Association. During the past decade, he has won more than 100 regional and national media awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Society of Professional Journalists, National Federation of Press Women, Pennsylvania Press Club, Pennsylvania Women's Press Association, Pennwriters, International Association of Business Communicators, Pacific Coast Press Club, and Press Club of Southern California.

Sotomayor has been going up against the Senate this week and it has truly been a sight to see. How can a Senate that doesn't follow the Constitution ever hope to correctly vet a Supreme Court nominee? And if none of them follow the Constitution, and they are grilling a judge who has some issues with the Constitution, isn't this like the fox guarding the henhouse?

Dr. Michael Beitler is a business professor, business consultant, and business author with a libertarian internet-radio show called "Free Markets With Dr. Mike Beitler." The Libertarian Party of North Carolina has asked him to be its 2010 U.S. Senate Candidate. Join us as we discuss banking (he was a CFO in banking for 10 years), taxes (corporate and individual), Obama's economic policies, and the Federal Reserve.

Sarah Palin's resignation has fueled a torrent of speculation as to WHY she did it. What possible good could she do for the party if she holds no office? What is the future of the Republican Party, and who are the front runners for the Republican nomination in 2012?

With the passage of Cap and Trade, is Obama's health care plan an inevitability, or can it be defeated? Is there a better solution for our health care problems?