Pakistan’s cooperation is integral to the war in Afghanistan, and currently, they harbor an estimated 80 to 100 nuclear warheads. Patt talks with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh about his exploration of Pakistan’s nuclear program and the U.S.’s often vain attempts and financial efforts to divert the Pakistani Army from concentrating on India, and get them to fight the Taliban.
The man behind the 9-11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, is scheduled to be removed from a prison in Guantanamo Bay and tried in a New York federal court. Yes, New York City the scene of the worst terrorist attack the U.S. has ever seen. President Obama says Mohammed will be subject to “the most exacting demands of justice”. But can this alleged “evil doer” get a fair trial?
It’s no mystery that conservatives have been galvanized against President Obama’s efforts to reform the national health care policy, but the man behind much of the outrage and anger is himself an old soldier of D.C.’s wars. Dick Armey’s Freedom Works was the main organizer of anti-Obama “tea parties” earlier this year and has recently turned its muscle against the Democrat-driven health care reform plan. We hear from the man himself and whether his target is President Obama himself, health care reform or the entire liberal agenda.
Abortion was a hot-button subject before it entered the health care debate; and it’s not like health care reform needed to get any more complicated or emotional. Yet last weekend when the House passed through its version of national health care reform it contained the now infamous “Stupak amendment” that put restrictions on government funding for abortions the two incendiary topics combined into one giant political mess. Democrats are now divided, with a group of pro-choice members who are vowing to oppose any bill that restricts abortion. We talk to the key players.
Even with some of the strongest clean energy and global warming pollution legislation in the country, California's pollution due to climate change increased by 10 percent from 1990 to 2007, according to a new analysis of government data released yesterday by Environment California. Why, what can we do about it?
If we’re in a global recession, Tuesday was a furlough day: overnight, Activision’s new video game, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," shattered sales records and became the biggest release of any entertainment property ever, earning $310 million in 24 hours and solidifying video games as the entertainment medium of today. Patt talks to industry insiders on how "Call of Duty" "pwned" (dominated, in gamers’ tongue) the worldwide economic decline.
Patt Morrison is known for its innovative discussions of local politics and culture, as well as its presentation of the effects of national and world news on Southern California.
