Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are together again, but is does two heavyweights a motion picture make? We’ll find out.
Also on this show our more contentious Top 5 debate yet.
The So Called Critics are back! After a little bit of time off Charles and Paul are back at it with a review of Righteous Kill and Heat.
Nov 262008
In today’s show, adapted from an article written by Mary Wood, Director of Communications for the School of Law at the University of Virginia, we look at The University of Virginia’s connections to the transition team for President–Elect Barack Obama.
Over the past weeks, candidates for President –elect Obama’s cabinet and transition team have been vetted so that the president-elect can make them offers to be part of the new team that will lead our nation over the next 4 years, following the inauguration scheduled for January 20, 2009.
Since the Commonwealth of Virginia went “blue” for the first time since 1964, there names connected to the Commonwealth that have been considered for posts in the new administration.
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On the November 23rd edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Professor David C. Smith of UVA’s McIntire School and Director of the McIntire Center for Financial Innovation. With CEOs of the “big three” US automakers asking for billions of dollars in federal aid, banks asking for help to free up credit spending, and talks of “negative inflation,” Professor Smith helps sort out the confusing news and what impact all of this may have on our economy.
Jonah Goldberg spoke to the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society on Friday, November 21, 2008, on the subject of his latest book, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. Mr. Goldberg is editor-at-large of National Review Online, a contributing editor to National Review, and a nationally syndicated columnist.
After his talk, Mr. Goldberg took questions from the audience:
01:01:00 Are political humor shows like the Daily Show or the Colbert Report having a negative effect on today’s youth?
01:03:00 Could you comment on your recent debate with columnist Kathleen Parker on the direction of the GOP?
01:08:00 The Nazis may have begun with a socialist ideology, but had they not moved away from socialism by the late 1930s?
01:13:00 President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus; President John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts: would you classify these two presidents as fascist?
01:17:00 Why in modern political culture is there an impulse to associate with fringe movements like fascism?
01:21:00 What is it about Christianity that rattles totalitarian regimes?
01:26:00 What are some differences in the ways the right and the left use the rhetoric of “the moral equivalent of war”?
Professor Bryan Caplan addressed the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society on Friday, November 7, 2008, on the subject of his new book, The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies. Caplan, an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a Cato Institute Adjunct Scholar, supported his often counter-intuitive theories with findings from his research.
After his presentation, Professor Caplan took questions from the audience, including:
00:44:00 Who tends to score higher on the “political IQ test”: Democrats or Republicans?
00:45:00 What can be done to correct for systematic bias in the voting population?
00:47:00 Should we limit suffrage to knowledgable voters only?
00:50:00 Although average persons may not know the answers to the technical questions on the political IQ test, they do experience economics in every day life. Does that necessarily make their opinions less valuable?
00:52:00 Is the economic feasibility of a policy the only measure of its value?
Nov 212008
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Sam Wilson dropped by WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise this morning for an interview with Anne Williams. He played a few songs from his new album “Green Gates” as well as some unreleased songs and a new Sons of Bill tune. Sam Wilson’s CD release party is tonight at Gravity Lounge. Videos are coming soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio
In today’s show, adapted from an article written by freelance writer Karen Doss Bowman, we discuss the work of UVa Professor Paul Halliday, and his research of Habeas Corpus, the only specific right enshrined in the US Constitution.
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Habeas corpus, the judicial means by which prisoners may demand that their jailer show a valid reason for their detention, is considered a bedrock of personal liberty in U.S. law—and is the only specific right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been in its current term for just over a month now, and there have already been some interesting cases. Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor at Slate and legal commentator for National Public Radio, joined Coy Barefoot on the November 17, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss some of the highlights. She and Coy also discuss the end of the presidential campaign, the role Islamophobia played in the race, and why Virginia played such an important role.
Two weeks ago, Americans picked a new president. Fifty weeks from now, Virginia will pick a new governor. Chris Graham, editor and publisher of the Augusta Free Press, joined Coy Barefoot on the November Charlottesville Right Now to discuss the various candidates seeking to replace Tim Kaine.
Dan Olmsted, editor and founder of a new website that tracks autism news called the Age of Autism, joined Charlottesville Right Now on the November 17, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!”
Nov 172008
Milton
Milton and Sami from the band Milton dropped by WNRN this morning for an interview with Anne Williams on Acoustic Sunrise. They were just swinging through Charlottesville and the WNRN studios on their way to their next show in Knoxville. Milton played a few songs from their new album “Grand Hotel”. They will be returning to Charlottesville in early 2009 for a show. For now, this interview will have to suffice. Videos will be available soon at youtube.com/WNRNradio.
Nov 162008
On the November 9th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore talks with Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris in his capacity as Executive Director of People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry (PACEM), an interfaith collaboration of congregations and community partners in Charlottesville dedicated to help the homeless find shelter at night, especially during the cold winter months. Dave talks about what PACEM and other area groups are doing to address the homeless problem, and he and Rick look forward to a new policies from the Obama administration.
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