Michael Williams on the Texas Senate Race

February 2, 2011

In Texas, where Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is retiring, we’re likely to see the biggest, most expensive Senate primary of the 2012 season. Today on Coffee and Markets we’re talking with Michael Williams, a candidate for the job, about what his priorities will be for the race, what he would bring to the Senate, and what role he thinks the Tea Party will play in the election.

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Elliott Abrams on Egypt: Special Podcast Preview

January 30, 2011

Today we’re giving you a special advance preview of Monday’s Coffee and Markets with an interview with Elliott Abrams. We’ll ask him about what the future holds for Egypt, whether President Obama has had the right response to the crisis, and whether other nations will soon follow.

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The State of the Union and the End of Audacity

January 26, 2011

One of the most striking elements of President Obama’s State of the Union speech last night is how many times he passed up the opportunity to rely on the recommendations of his own advisors. On topic after topic, Obama ignored advice he had requested or been supplied, instead choosing to speak in broad language which […]

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Eisenhower's Military Industrial Complex: Fifty Years Later

January 17, 2011

Today on Coffee and Markets Francis Cianfrocca and I discuss the fiftieth anniversary of Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex” warning, Defense spending and cuts, and the challenges of Fed policy on inflation.

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Nobody Goes to the Movies Anymore

January 14, 2011

Today on Coffee and Markets Francis Cianfrocca and I discuss the decay of the movie business, the challenges of running a hedge fund, and the banal business practices of Goldman Sachs.

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The CPAC Controversy: Big Trouble for the Conservative Movement?

January 12, 2011

Today on Coffee and Markets we’re joined by Matt Lewis of Politics Daily to discuss the recent controversy over the CPAC gathering among conservatives and whether the 2012 field will mark an end to Fusionism on the right.

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The Cairo Effect and Egypt

January 11, 2011

In surveying the first two years of President Obama’s term from a foreign policy perspective, it’s striking how naive his Cairo address in 2009 seems today in light of real developments in the Muslim world. As time gives us perspective on Obama’s words, lauded by many in the American press and branded by the White […]

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Peter King's Silly Gun Ban Idea

January 11, 2011

Yesterday I argued that Congress should respond to the shooting in Arizona by encouraging staff members to exercise their Second Amendment rights, going through a professional training program on self-defense and obtaining their concealed carry permits. But if you want to see the opposite suggestion, it comes from anti-gun New York Republican Congressman Peter King, […]

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Melissa Clouthier: How Should Tea Partiers Respond to Media Smears?

January 11, 2011

Today on Coffee and Markets we’re talking to Melissa Clouthier of LibertyPundits who shares her views on the political fallout from the Arizona shooting. We also discuss whether Congressional staff should be armed, and how the right should respond to the smears of old media.

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Congressional Staffers: Arm Yourselves

January 10, 2011

In the wake of the terrible assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the murder and assaults on so many of her constituents, some members of Congress are talking openly about their concerns for their safety and security. While this incident seems to clearly be the work of an insane individual without rational motivation (other […]

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