Sean Burke Show

Does welfare help those who are on it, or hurt them? What is Islam? What is the Nation of Islam? How does the Boston Tea Party relate to discontent in the black community? How does one handle attacks based on misinformation?

On today's show I interview Tony Muhammad, the Western Region Representative of the Nation of Islam. Listen as he describes what welfare did to his family and why he thinks it's just another form of slavery, who he considers to be the "wickedly wise" and what they're doing to keep blacks down, and what we all can do to help the inner cities of our country.

Come with an open mind and be prepared to be surprised by what you hear.

Why do we only have two parties up on stage during presidential debates? What if a 3rd one has support in the population, shouldn't they be heard too? Today I interview two prominent Libertarians who not only explain the difference between their party and the others, but what they're doing to make presidential debates open to qualified parties outside of the Democrat and Republican parties.

In this 3rd episode on the Federal Reserve, my guest, Professor Bill Greene, talks about the audit of the Fed that Ron Paul was able to make happen and what the audit found, the unwillingness of Congress to better control that organization, how much power it has over our lives, and his solution for what we all can do about it.

What is the electoral college? Why does it exist? Is it old fashioned? Should it be abolished? Professor Robert Natelson walks us through what the founders were trying to achieve with the electoral college, if it has worked, and what changes might be needed to it.

Today I talk about stories that have caught my attention over the last couple weeks: Facebook's heavy reliance on advertising for its revenue, Lion Air crash and how Boeing can survive it, the decline (and rise) of certain retailers, the decline of coal (and why), why President Trump won't act against the Saudis, Bayer getting stung from its purchase of Monsanto, the demographic mix of those elected to Congress in the midterms, and more.

So if we feel our government is off track and Congress won't propose amendments to the Constitution, what are we to do? Article V says that states can call for a convention to propose amendments, and when done, Congress has to grant it. But how would it work? How do we know it won't get out of control? Couldn't they just throw the current Constitution away and start over? Professor Rob Natelson, probably our country's foremost expert on this subject, explains how the convention would work and the extensive legal precedents to guide its actions.

This is the 4th episode in our series on the Constitution and my guest is Mr. Constitution, John Chambers. We talk about the Great Compromise that led to our current form of government, as well as the influence of one woman in Philadelphia - Mrs. Elizabeth Powell. She was one of George Washington's closest friends, and played an important role in the development of our Republic.

Why are we so divided? And what can we do about it? Professor Robert Natelson walks us through what has caused such division in our country and what we can do about it.

Cities across the country are struggling to have affordable housing, but is rent control the answer? Could rent control actual make the problem worse? On today's show we talk to attorney Michael Brennan about what rent control is, how it affects affordable housing, cities that have it vs those who don't, and whether it provides the kind of relief to high rents that local governments who implement it are after.

Can the President just issue an executive order to stop birthright citizenship for illegal aliens? Isn't it Constitutionally guaranteed via the 14th Amendment? What was the original purpose of that amendment anyway? A very hot, important issue to millions of people who've been born in the U.S. to immigrants - both legally in the U.S. and not. This will eventually go to the Supreme Court, and the information being spread via the media is rarely accurate - get the facts here as I interview Constitutional scholar Professor Robert G. Natelson who lays out fact vs fiction on this issue.