The Fallon Forum

Charles Goldman and Ed discuss Fast and Furious and what's really behind the Republican crusade against Attorney General Eric Holder: paying fealty to the NRA, who once again see any diminution in the right to procure arms as an abridgement of their unfettered rights under the Second Amendment. And guess which Iowa Democrat supported the Republicans? Leonard Boswell. Again.

Jill June with Planned Parenthood discusses a proposal by Iowa Republican lawmakers to prevent Medicaid-funded abortions even in the case of rape or incest. We also talk about last weekend's Republican State Convention.

Labor union organizer Gabriel De la Cerda is working to mobilize Latinos for the fall election. Beyond Congressman Steve King threatening a lawsuit over President Obama's executive order establishing a limited Draem Act, are Republicans saying anything Latinos want to hear?

Justin DeVries with Capital City Pride talks about the recent pride week celebration, and we ponder why the GOP relishes alienating GLBT voters. We also talk with Bill Terrell of Iowa Acupuncture Clinic about Chinese medicine, and what treatments the insurance companies are willing - or not willing - to cover.

Ed wonders if having kids is worth the cost these days, and more on the future of occupy.

Todd Walton, a local Tea Party activist with Rational Patriots, discusses with Ed the possibilities of finding common ground between the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street.

Viewers and readers weigh in on the question of what went wrong with the Occupy movement, what went right, and what happens next.

Jonathan Narcisse stops by to talk politics, education, and being Jonathan Narcisse

Sgt. Dan Charleston, Republican candidate for Polk County Sheriff, was the subject of a less-than-flattering column recently by Rekha Basu. We talk about some of the issues raised in that column, but spend most of our time on gun laws, immigration policy, restorative justice, and mental health issues facing Iowa veterans in the Polk County jail.

Dr. Charles Goldman helps Ed review 'Unintended Consequences', by Edward Conard, a book alleging that income inequality is good for America.