The Bob Zadek Show

The last time Alex Nowrasteh joined the show, several listeners called in with concerns over Bob and Alex’s boldly open stance on immigration. As a leading immigration scholar with the Cato Institute, Nowrasteh researches, blogs, speaks, and tweets tirelessly in support of a more sane and open border policy. Bob says, “Let them all in” (with a few obvious exceptions). For each alleged issue the callers raised against open borders, Nowrasteh presented actual statistics debunking their misconceptions. You could hear their minds changing in real time. With the Republican primary heating up, we must be educated on the facts of the immigration debate in order to see through the fog of fear-based rhetoric. Bob and Alex will provide a brief history of immigration policy in the United States, and discuss the major presidential candidates' positions on a legal pathway to citizenship, i.e., "amnesty." 

Ian Paris is an undergraduate at University of Missouri (aka "Mizzou"), but graduate students and faculty on campus are turning to him for leadership on the principles of a free academy – namely, freedom of speech. How did things get so upside down? Paris joins this special show, hosted by BZS producer Charlie Deist, to tell the story of how events on campus quickly escalated to front page national news.

Paris is President of the Mizzou Young Americans for Liberty chapter which has created multiple environments for dialogue, including a "Free Speech Wall" – well-timed to coincide with the increasingly un-progressive tone of student groups on campus, including one professor's call for "muscle" to deal with a student reporter.

Paris reminds fellow Free Speech advocates that you can't defeat hate with more hate – or diversity training – and he shares what's worked and what hasn't. Here's one tip: Broaden your vocabulary. Don't be afraid to use, and accurately define, words like diversity and justice. After all, it's Liberty *and Justice* for all.) Listen for the rest of Ian's points, and stay tuned for the closing audio of Professor Click's altercation with student reporters.

LINKS
facebook.com/MizzouYAL/
youngvoicesadvocates.com
twitter.com/TheGreatIan

Ian Paris is an undergraduate at University of Missouri (aka "Mizzou"), but graduate students and faculty on campus are turning to him for leadership on the principles of a free academy – namely, freedom of speech. How did things get so upside down? Paris joins this special show, hosted by BZS producer Charlie Deist, to tell the story of how events on campus quickly escalated to front page national news.

Paris is President of the Mizzou Young Americans for Liberty chapter which has created multiple environments for dialogue, including a "Free Speech Wall" – well-timed to coincide with the increasingly un-progressive tone of student groups on campus, including one professor's call for "muscle" to deal with a student reporter.

Paris reminds fellow Free Speech advocates that you can't defeat hate with more hate – or diversity training – and he shares what's worked and what hasn't. Here's one tip: Broaden your vocabulary. Don't be afraid to use, and accurately define, words like diversity and justice. After all, it's Liberty *and Justice* for all.) Listen for the rest of Ian's points, and stay tuned for the closing audio of Professor Click's altercation with student reporters.

LINKS
facebook.com/MizzouYAL/
youngvoicesadvocates.com
twitter.com/TheGreatIan

In the past, The New York Times has solicited new online subscribers via a pop-up banner reading, “You look like someone who enjoys a good story." This is is particularly apt for the editors of the Times, who seem to prefer dramatic story-telling over unbiased journalism. Walter Olson, the Cato Institute's "Intellectual Guru of Tort Reform," has been monitoring a particularly skewed narrative, endorsed by a series of NY Times articles that assault private arbitration. Businesses and consumers have embraced the arbitration alternative over expensive and unpredictable courtroom trials, which often enrich trial lawyers but do little for litigants.  Most lawyers are the good guys in America, defending liberty and keeping consumer prices low, but some members of the profession do quite the opposite. Want to talk about money in politics? Olson explains how the trial lawyer lobby became one of the most powerful special interests around.

New York Times Assails Arbitration | Cato @ Liberty (Nov. 2, 2015)

Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice (Nov. 1, 2015)

Should You Be Allowed to Invest in a Lawsuit? (Oct. 25, 2015)

@WalterOlson - Overlawyered.com cited as the oldest blog on law, as well as one of the most popular.

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In the past, The New York Times has solicited new online subscribers via a pop-up banner reading, “You look like someone who enjoys a good story." This is is particularly apt for the editors of the Times, who seem to prefer dramatic story-telling over unbiased journalism. Walter Olson, the Cato Institute's "Intellectual Guru of Tort Reform," has been monitoring a particularly skewed narrative, endorsed by a series of NY Times articles that assault private arbitration. Businesses and consumers have embraced the arbitration alternative over expensive and unpredictable courtroom trials, which often enrich trial lawyers but do little for litigants.  Most lawyers are the good guys in America, defending liberty and keeping consumer prices low, but some members of the profession do quite the opposite. Want to talk about money in politics? Olson explains how the trial lawyer lobby became one of the most powerful special interests around.

New York Times Assails Arbitration | Cato @ Liberty (Nov. 2, 2015)

Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice (Nov. 1, 2015)

Should You Be Allowed to Invest in a Lawsuit? (Oct. 25, 2015)

@WalterOlson - Overlawyered.com cited as the oldest blog on law, as well as one of the most popular.

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On October 30, a war-weary American public once again heard its President announce the need for U.S. “boots on the ground” in the Middle East. Obama’s new strategy – a reversal of prior assurances – came in response to the civil war in Syria, which has ignited conflict in the entire region. Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Foreign Policy Research at the Brookings Institution, joins Bob to explain recent events, including Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet, and his new book, *The Future of Land Warfare.* O'Hanlon argues that the current crisis in the Middle East can be resolved, but it will take more than drone strikes and training Syrian ground forces. Experts seem to agree the U.S. military is facing many bad options.

The question is: should we really be intervening when the dust on the Iraq War is still settling?  Make up your own mind, and call in with your questions, this Sunday, on Talk 910 AM.

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*The Future of Land Warfare.*

President Obama reverses his stance on "boots on the ground" (CNN - Oct. 30, 2015)

Michael O'Hanlon discusses the future of American warfare | Brookings Institution

A Look at the Policy Options in War-Torn Syria Nov. 16 event « Brookings Institution

On October 30, a war-weary American public once again heard its President announce the need for U.S. “boots on the ground” in the Middle East. Obama’s new strategy – a reversal of prior assurances – came in response to the civil war in Syria, which has ignited conflict in the entire region. Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Foreign Policy Research at the Brookings Institution, joins Bob to explain recent events, including Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet, and his new book, *The Future of Land Warfare.* O'Hanlon argues that the current crisis in the Middle East can be resolved, but it will take more than drone strikes and training Syrian ground forces. Experts seem to agree the U.S. military is facing many bad options.

The question is: should we really be intervening when the dust on the Iraq War is still settling?  Make up your own mind, and call in with your questions, this Sunday, on Talk 910 AM.

Subscribe & Review in iTunes

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1-800-345-5639 (1-800-FILL-NEW)

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*The Future of Land Warfare.*

President Obama reverses his stance on "boots on the ground" (CNN - Oct. 30, 2015)

Michael O'Hanlon discusses the future of American warfare | Brookings Institution

A Look at the Policy Options in War-Torn Syria Nov. 16 event « Brookings Institution

This Thanksgiving, try asking a college-aged relative whether they know it used to be illegal to own a phone. Today's smart-phone-owning young people do not remember the bygone era (pre-90s) when you had to rent it from the phone utility, Bell Labs. Real Clear Radio Hour host Bill Frezza has asked college audiences this question many times, as he has waged his one-man-fight to preserve institutional knowledge of the telecommunications industry. A long-time employee of Bell Labs and keen observer of the booming tech scene, Frezza knows the lore behind the stunning lack of progress under the telecom monopoly, and the amazing progress resulting from free competition. How did the industry transform from a corporate cronyist behemoth, which took seven decades to create just seven "apps", to delivering the world’s knowledge at our hip? Don’t miss Bob’s interview with Frezza, as they discuss this history, the modern development of net neutrality, and the silver lining on the regulatory clouds of ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank.

LISTEN LIVE, SUNDAY - 9 AM PACIFIC TIME, 12 PM ET, on TALK910.com or 910 AM in SF BAY

LINKS:

Real Clear Radio Hour - Airs on Saturdays at 10am & 4pm PT on KNEW 960AM & KOSF 103.7FM-HD2 in San Francisco

Competitive Enterprise Institute - CEI.org

http://menckenism.com/ - Chronicling the decline and fall of Entitlement Democracy

Obama’s Net-Neutrality Nostalgia For When Things Were Rotten (The Daily Caller, 2/11/15)

This Thanksgiving, try asking a college-aged relative whether they know it used to be illegal to own a phone. Today's smart-phone-owning young people do not remember the bygone era (pre-90s) when you had to rent it from the phone utility, Bell Labs. Real Clear Radio Hour host Bill Frezza has asked college audiences this question many times, as he has waged his one-man-fight to preserve institutional knowledge of the telecommunications industry. A long-time employee of Bell Labs and keen observer of the booming tech scene, Frezza knows the lore behind the stunning lack of progress under the telecom monopoly, and the amazing progress resulting from free competition. How did the industry transform from a corporate cronyist behemoth, which took seven decades to create just seven "apps", to delivering the world’s knowledge at our hip? Don’t miss Bob’s interview with Frezza, as they discuss this history, the modern development of net neutrality, and the silver lining on the regulatory clouds of ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank.

LISTEN LIVE, SUNDAY - 9 AM PACIFIC TIME, 12 PM ET, on TALK910.com or 910 AM in SF BAY

LINKS:

Real Clear Radio Hour - Airs on Saturdays at 10am & 4pm PT on KNEW 960AM & KOSF 103.7FM-HD2 in San Francisco

Competitive Enterprise Institute - CEI.org

http://menckenism.com/ - Chronicling the decline and fall of Entitlement Democracy

Obama’s Net-Neutrality Nostalgia For When Things Were Rotten (The Daily Caller, 2/11/15)