With silly season in full swing it is important to examine our past and determine if our country is walking down a familiar path today In this week's boralogue John looks back to the stock market crash in and our government's unhelpful reaction to it What lessons can we learn from this More importantly with politicians offering free goodies and decrying capitalism are we ready to listen We're taking a whirlwind tour of the globe this week beginning in Sweden where we invite Nima Gholam Ali Pour www situationmalmo nu Vice Chairman of Perspectives on Israel to analyze the Palestinian-friendly

The issue is never the issue especially when it comes to Israel Palestine and the occupation In this week's boralogue John shows that Canada's recent admonishment of the Israeli occupation of supposed Palestinian territory was more about demonizing Israel A clip from journalist Caroline Glick exposes the actual motivation behind Palestinian actions The issue is never about the issue it's always about the outcome North Korea tested what they claimed to be a hydrogen bomb earlier this month but could it have been something else Furthermore could it have been for someone else Joining us for a roundtable discussion this

In the land of political correctness up is down down is up and we're all stumbling around on a pitching deck of moral non-absolutes unsure of what to say or do In this week's boralogue John explores this constantly shifting land where multiculturalism is king collective rights trump those of the individual and the one unpardonable sin is to reject the failed scheme of the progressive clergy In order to get our footing we need to ridicule this self-contradictory and bankrupt system With Europe hovering at the edge of this pitching deck will the United States have the courage to

New Year's Eve mob attacks rocked the city of Cologne Germany as well as many other towns in Europe Outrage from politicos and the media were directed not at the attackers but in many cases at the victims In this week's boralogue John takes a look at collapsing narratives of the Left and lists several lessons we should learn from the fallout It begins with rejecting politically correct nonsense In light of these attacks and the inappropriate response has Europe crossed a point of no return and lost what it means to be European Judith Bergman www gatestoneinstitute org a

Are the politically correct powers that be delusional or are they lying In this week's boralogue John shows that despite their assurances nuclear deals like the one with North Korea and Iran will fail Islamic terrorism will affect the United States and the quicksand that is the Chinese economy will have a profound effect around the world In order for these narratives to work politicos must shift the meaning of longstanding definitions which they hope will keep our eroding foundation from collapsing Protesters have taken over an Oregon wildlife refuge after a pair of ranchers was imprisoned by the government

Farewell we hardly knew ye Time flies as we welcome in the New Year Happy everyone We will dispense with the boralogue this week and jump right in with our first guest Bill Koenig www watch org head of World Watch Daily who looks at the year in review and what is to come In an extended conversation Bill examines Donald Trump's rise in popularity and the media's dislike of it the dynamics from last year's comments by the Pope how President Obama is viewed from inside our government and what's in store for Israeli-Palestinian relations this year Can the

Merry Christmas everyone We are airing this on December th which is the Feast of Saint Stephen In this week's boralogue John takes a closer look at the first martyr and what it means to die for something Is anything worth dying for The true meaning of Christmas is tied to our savior Jesus Christ who died for us so that we may live He opened a door for us clearing away meaninglessness and showing us that Truth is worth living for and it's worth dying for Some people are able to accurately predict things when they look at the

During the recent climate talks in Paris the man most responsible for creating the climate change hysteria Maurice Strong passed away In this week's boralogue John looks back at Strong's motivations to establish a one-world government and how he used climate change to do that He also looks at how those in power will say what is needed in order to maneuver the herd while behind the scenes they increase their power Remember when it comes to the powers that be you should always look at what they do and not at what they say We continue our thread this

As the San Bernardino shooting played out President Obama told the nation our intelligence agencies were on the ball In this week's boralogue John takes a look at what we've learned from this tragedy and why progressive narratives like the President's are not sustainable Gun control isn't the answer political incorrectness could have played a part in preventing the shooting and we should identify the problem for what it is Islamic terrorism The true progressive elites though didn't seem to learn anything Did we really expect them to In an effort to better understand tragedies like San Bernardino leaders from

What is the biggest crisis facing the world today Is it terrorism global warming the refugee crisis or a failing economy In this week's boralogue John shows that the biggest crisis is the threat to freedom of speech Global warming dissenters are summarily dismissed and shunned from the scientific community Those who don't believe in the current PC narrative on college campuses are told to shut up in the name of tolerance of course Fortunately PC-think is beginning to unravel as the stupidity of its assertions is becoming ever more obvious How did we get to the point where free