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Come on, you miserable lefties

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:08:10 -0500

The Daily Mail invites left-wing readers to take issue with Peter Schweizer's findings in "Right-wingers are really nicer people, latest research shows," summarizing the findings in Peter's new book Makers and Takers.

JOHN adds: We interviewed Peter on our radio show last week, and talked about Makers and Takers. It's a fun interview; just click the button below to play it:

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Another Press Secretary Gives A Contrary View

Wed, 28 May 2008 21:55:24 -0500

I noted earlier today that Tony Snow, who succeeded Scott McClellan as White House press secretary and did a far better job, came away deeply impressed by President Bush. As an antidote to today's frenzy over McClellan's hatchet job, here is an interview that I did with Snow in October 2006. He talks about President Bush beginning at around the six minute mark. Just click to play.

Kathryn Lopez notes that Tony appears to be very ill. Please pray for him.

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In Case You Missed It

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:04:18 -0500

Here is the audio clip of my appearance on Bill Bennett's radio show this morning, talking about our post, Are We Safer?. The clip is courtesy of Bill's great producer, Seth Leibsohn. Click to play:

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Our Interview of Doug Feith

Sat, 10 May 2008 18:41:19 -0500

We've written several times about Doug Feith's important new book, War and Decision. Last Saturday, I interviewed Feith on our Northern Alliance radio show. It was a fascinating conversation, I think. Doug Feith was in on most of the key decisions about the Iraq war, and his book, which includes a number of declassified documents, is an invaluable resource.

You can download or just listen to the interview here. Or, as always, you can subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes by going here. I think that still works; I haven't been podcasting much lately, and we've gotten mixed reports on iTunes.

The usual suspects in the media have ignored Feith's book, since it explodes many myths about the Iraq war and generally fails to support the preferred narrative. To find out for yourself, click on the image below to order War and Decision from Amazon:

UPDATE: The link doesn't seem to be working, and I can't figure out why. I'll try to fix it.

FURTHER UPDATE: I fixed it. As usual, the problem was operator error.

Mark Steyn on World War IV

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:50:07 -0500

We've written a number of times about the gala evening in New York when we awarded Norman Podhoretz the Power Line Book of the Year award for 2007, for World War IV.

One of the highlights of the evening was Mark Steyn's speech, in which he highlighted a basic difference between the current war and its predecessors: in World War IV, if that really is what we are fighting, the U.S. has few if any serious allies.

If you haven't ever listened to Mark, you shouldn't miss this; he talks pretty much as he writes, with a great deal of humor and a unique ability to harness that humor in service of a very serious argument.

You can download or just listen to Mark's talk here. Or, as always, you can subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes by going here. Here is a short clip from Mark's speech:

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