Philosophy and worldviews are the foundation of politics morals economics and society Contrary to what secularists assert they are inseparable Somebody's worldview will prevail in politics and law The show rotates around this theme today John's introduces the program with an extended boralogue examining Pope Benedict XV's statements during his academic address at Regensburg Germany including the relationship between faith and politics Then he ties this to the alleged dichotomy between reason and faith From there we jump to our guest philosophy Professor Brendan Sweetman Ph D author of Why Politics Needs Religion nbsp Want more resources on these topics

The West is experiencing a death of speech tolerance which represents a grave threat to freedom Frosty Wooldridge covered motorcycle miles traveling across the country confronting Americans with the hard-core facts associated with illegal immigration We'll see what the reaction was as Frosty joins us In the light of the controversy over Pope Benedict XVI's comments on Islam this week John's boralogue reflects on other small stories largely ignored by the media which distinguish truth from political correctness in the larger controversies notably in Germany John also tails out the show with persecution news from around the world nbsp

Conditions in Latin America are tending toward instability and some countries are even setting up open visas with terrorist-supporting countries such as Syria Shoshana Bryer from JINSA www jinsa org warns that US borders are drastically unsecured Don McAlvaney www mcalvany com of the McAlvaney Intelligence Advisor appears briefly on the show with a cataloging of the cost of illegal immigration Finally we'll continue telling the story of the so-called Israeli terrorist units involved in the Jewish struggle to free Palestine from British control in the s Middle East historian Dr Steve Carol Ph D www cames org and www

It seems the Security and Prosperity Partnership SPP has taken a lot of heat lately about its goals to merge the U S Canada and Mexico So the official website has published a rebuttal Nevertheless an examination of the writings and speeches of SPP's guiding light Robert Pastor weaves a different story than one they're presenting on the official site Pastor wrote a book entitled Toward a North American Union Pat Wood from The August Review www augustreview com updates us Frequently anti-Israeli commentators forward the notion of founding of Israel as an act of terrorism citing activities of the

Happy Labor Day weekend for everyone living in the U S For all the rest it's just another weekend Despite claims of tolerance and diversity college campuses have been bastions of politically-correct speech tolerating only its own belief system But increasing numbers of students want the field opened up to honest discussion about things that matter Kelly Monroe Kullberg www veritas org is author of Finding God Beyond Harvard and she details the decade-old history of the Veritas movement Then we invite Chuck Missler www khouse org back for an explanation of how end-times eschatology in different Christian churches affects

The future of the Middle East depends in large part on how Islamic societies treat women Iraqi-American Yasmine Rassam of the Independent Women's Forum www iwf org provides an insight as to what is happening within various countries and whether Islam is going to reform itself Then hear from former CBS news correspondent Dave Dolan www ddolan com in Jerusalem for a portrait of items the media didn't cover during the recent war between Hezbollah and Israel Finally John does an extended boralogue examining some of the Bill of Rights and why these were put into the Constitution in the

The current war in the Middle East has been underway for several weeks now so how have the media been doing in covering it Accurate Biased Alex Safian from the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America www camera org joins us It seems many young Americans are ignorant of the building blocks of freedom So John's boralogue begins a mini-summer-series on the Bill of Rights and exactly why each right was put in place We begin with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech religion and the press nbsp Want more resources on these topics Here

Time for John to go play so we're taking the weekend off That means the program is pre-recorded Since Mexico is destined to play a large role in the futures of the U S and Canada it's important Americans and Canadians know more about that country The entire show today is devoted to the colorful and intriguing history of Mexico Dr Burton Kirkwood Ph D has written a wonderful short book entitled The history of Mexico and he is our sole guest for this romp through an historic adventure nbsp Want more resources on these topics Here are some previous

The majority of today's program will be dedicated to providing connecting issues behind the Middle East Conflict First Avi Lipkin www vicmord com joins us for a segment to alert listeners to the emerging division between Sunni and Shia Muslims and potential for disruption in the Middle East from unknown sources Then we'll take a quick look at the issue of water scarcity as a geopolitical factor with Chris Mayer www dailyreckoning com Finally John does an extended history of Muslim views of the Middle East conflict dating back to the beginning of the th Century John's boralogue provides an

We're putting seemingly unrelated geopolitical events together today tying the current Mideast conflict with the Security and Prosperity Partnership with the European Union's new Mediterranean expansion all scheduled to be locked in place by First we're joined by a long-time friend outspoken Congressman Tom Tancredo R-Colorado who discusses his new book In Mortal Danger putting special emphasis on the new form of government we're marching into without even realizing it Then we'll move to Edinburgh Scotland and Robert Congdon who has been monitoring close coordination between the European Union Mercosur The Market of the South and the new Security and