Ezra Levant & Mark Steyn Fight Back for Free Speech in Canada

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Read more at the National Post and also be sure to listen to Rob Breakenridge's interview with Steyn.

Dennis Miller Debates a Wannabe Socialist

Yesterday Dennis Miller had an extended discussion with a fellow on the topic of socialism in America. I took the time to create a 2-part video out of it because I do believe it directly touches upon the heart of what is the real debate going on in America these days, namely what direction should the U.S. be heading?

An alternate title would be: Ayn Rand vs. Karl Marx

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Fascinating Details of the Unfolding ACORN Scandal

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A Few Thoughts About Communists

Charles Adler shares some very personal thoughts about communists (starting at 6:00). Full text here

Mark Steyn Podcast

If you'd like to hear a truly interesting podcast then download this. You'll hear Chicago's Milt Rosenberg talk with Mark Steyn about free speech and the general state of the world today.

John Batchelor Podcasts

If you're interested in staying up to date with world affairs, and in much more detail than what you hear on typical newscasts, then this is THE source. John Batchelor's show has been called "BBC without the accents". I simply call it "Superb!"

The beautiful thing about podcasts is if a given topic is of little interest, you can quickly move onto the next!

"They need fathers who stick around"

Lorrie Goldstein has published a new column that is certain to be controversial; not with me but with the usual crowd who are offended by common sense.

You can listen to him discuss it here @ 34:20.

Interesting Analysis of the Sotomayor Nomination

Listen here

Dennis Miller's Views on the Clueless vs. the Helpless

The Hypocrisy of the Obama Administration

Here's a great podcast about Barack Obama saying one thing but doing something very different.

Mark Steyn Podcast: 75 Minutes of Brilliance!

In a surprise appearance, Mark Steyn guest hosts an Internet podcast. Highly recommended listening!

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Update: Welcome SteynOnline readers! As an ancillary suggestion to listening to his podcast, be sure to fill yourselves in on the travesty of rights that has gone on in Montreal.

Nancy Pelosi: Poster Girl for the Hypocrisy of the Left

Mark Steyn brilliantly cuts Nancy Pelosi to shreds in his latest editorial. Here's a snippet:

It's worth noting that, by most if not all of her multiple accounts, Nancy Pelosi is as guilty of torture as anybody else. That's not an airy rhetorical flourish but a statement of law. As National Review's Andy McCarthy points out, under Section 2340A(c) of the relevant statute, a person who conspires to torture is subject to the same penalties as the actual torturer. Once Speaker Pelosi was informed that waterboarding was part of the plan and that it was actually being used, she was in on the conspiracy, and as up to her neck in it as whoever it was who was actually sticking it to poor old Abu Zubaydah and the other blameless lads.

That is, if you believe waterboarding is "torture."

I don't believe it's torture. Nor does Dick Cheney. But Nancy Pelosi does. Or so she has said, latterly.

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Hugh Hewitt and Steyn discuss the same here.

Obama out of his league

When it comes to the G20, Barack Obama is a mere checker player amongst chess champions. Beginning at 1:30 listen to this stunning podcast.

Dennis Prager's Happiness Hour

I found this podcast to be extremely interesting. Dennis Prager focuses on the images that people have of what their life should be like and if reality doesn't live up to those images then unhappiness often results.

The audio starts at 1:30. When you reach a commercial, you can skip ahead about 5 minutes each time.

The John Batchelor Show

If you'd like to hear what I consider to be the very best, most informative radio program available in North America, then click here (right-click to Save As). Might make an interesting contrast to the usual stuff you carry on your iPod!

More on John Batchelor can be read here and here.

Michael Graham on the Don Imus Show

Too much great stuff here. 11 minutes of hilarity about the election campaign!

More from Michael Graham.

The REAL Reasons For the Current Financial Crisis

For anyone who cares about facts, here's a careful dissection of the current U.S. financial problems - how they started and who is primarily to blame.

David Berner Is BACK!!! Well, Sort Of!

My favourite radio show host anywhere just happens to live in Vancouver. His name is David Berner and he has the ability to interview anyone about everyone, making the discussion both interesting and entertaining.

He has been blogging for some time now and has just gotten into audio podcasts. You can listen to the first one here. His topic is one of my favourites: Modern people so absorbed in their own little lives, with all kinds of electronic gadgetry to keep them aloof from anyone else. Do drop David a line and let him know what you think!

Generation Next

One of my favourite podcasts is from Peter Day's In Business radio programme on the BBC. The latest segment is called "Generation Next" and is all about how marketers are dramatically shifting gears to market [quite differently] to teenagers and 20-somethings. You can listen to it here.

One obvious change revolves around the omnipresence of mobile phones. As one marketer on the show said, "From the perspective of a young person, what kind of idiot would possibly have a landline?" [paraphrasing] I did a double-take when I first heard this, as I grew up in a household with just one phone (a big green one) and only had a second one when I reached my late teens. Nowadays, several people I know only have a mobile phone.