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The 2016 presidential election has been a roller-coaster ride with the last two establishment-party candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, shoving and pushing, snapping, slapping and snarling their way to the finish line. How the November election turns out is an open question. One good thing that might come out of the fractious primaries, conventions and final election is that …
Bill and Hillary Clinton made $10.6 million in income in 2015, according to tax returns released by the Democratic presidential campaign Friday. This placed the Clintons in the top 0.02 percent of US families. Fewer than 30,000 US families made as much as the Clintons last year, a further demonstration of how far the former “first family” has advanced since …
Despite America’s myriad problems domestically and internationally, its geo-strategic position remains the envy of the world. Protected in the east by the Atlantic, in the west by the Pacific, to the north by Canada and to the south by Mexico, the United States is, for all intents and purposes, impervious to a foreign invasion. Its advanced and mobile nuclear arsenal …
On yesterday’s program, our guest, historian Gerald Horne, offered a comprehensive analysis of Election 2016 and the many reasons it is a watershed moment in U.S. social and political history. He returns today to answer listeners’ questions. Dr. Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is …
Efforts to export American-style liberal democracy to foreign lands have bumped up against the fact that the successful working of such democracy depends on habits and attitudes that are rarer than most Americans think and that take a long time to develop. That is a reality encountered in places such as Iraq. The relevant attitudes are not only hard to …
Let’s turn our attention to the global economy. Last week the Bank of England said it would buy 60 billion pounds of government debt in order to cushion the economy against the impact of the recent Brexit vote. England and the European Union are emulating the quantitative easing (QE) policies of the US Federal Reserve but so far without any …
This year’s presidential election, we’re constantly told, is, and ever will be, “historic.” Thinking minds immediately should erect their best defenses, for U.S. history has a very peculiar history; it almost never tells the whole story, and its chief purpose is to secure and undergird the interests of the power elite.
Today on The Gary Null Show, Gary goes into a in depth investigated look into NATO and the virus that almost started World War III, Part two of this report will be tomorrow. Gary kicks off this program like always by going to the best news in health and the environment. Some insightful news Gary discuses is how Eating a Mediterranean will benefit Your brain. and how The healthiest eaters are the most culturally ‘fit’.
All week this week, Leid Stories’ listeners are our political scientists deconstructing for us the Green Party and its impact (actual and/or possible) on the presidential election and on independent politics in particular.
Today on The Gary Null Show, Gary starts off the show by bringing you the best news in health and wellness, where he talks about Diabetics should be wary of paleo diet ‘hype’ and how Diet designed to lower blood pressure also reduces risk of kidney disease. Gary also goes into a deep look at some of the bigger environmental headlines. Towards the end of the show Gary opens up for the phone lines for a Talk Back segment in which he takes calls on Hilary Clinton and much more. Make sure you tune into tonight’s Progressive Commentary Hour show at 7:00pm EST where Gary exposes NATO.
