Don't Let It Go

You can listen to or download a recording of today’s episode here.

Topics:

“Occupy Black Friday” — Why was it a failure? And were Tea Party groups right to promote “Small Business Saturday” as a response? (Hint: I argue they weren’t, even though they had the right to do so.)

Bosch spoke on a panel at David Horowitz’s Restoration Weekend, in which the topic of discussion was what terms we should use when referring to the enemy’s ideology — “Islam” or “Islamism.” (The panel, along with numerous discussions on this topic, inspired me to write this blog post earlier this week.) We discuss the issue, and get your input.

The GOP Foreign Policy Debate: What we learned about the candidates, and why Newt Gingrich’s supposed gaffe on immigration just wasn’t that bad.

A brief discussion of the NBA Lockout and the power of the player’s union.

Thanks to all who attended live and participated in the chat room. And to the caller who had sound problems: please try again next week!

On Sundays I conduct a live webcast in which I discuss news and politics from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism. You are invited to get in on the discussion today, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Pacific Time.

If you join in live, you’ll have the ability to communicate with me and other listeners via text chat, which is provided on my BlogTalkRadio show page, and also by phoning in, either on your phone or via Skype (using Skype’s calling service, which unfortunately is not free, but it’s cheap). The advantage of this platform is that there is no registration required to listen to the show. As before, if you are not able to attend live, the recorded podcast will be available soon after the show is over, so you can download it and listen to it at your leisure during the following week. Links to subscribe to the show, via iTunes and other audio media platforms, are provided on my BlogTalkRadio show page as well. (Several episodes recorded on my previously used platform are still easily accessible on iTunes here, or by clicking on the “Don’t Let It Go…Unheard” tag at the bottom of this post.)

Here is the link specifically for today’s show.

Topics planned include: Recap of David Horowitz’s Restoration Weekend (the reason we didn’t broadcast last week), including “Islam vs. Islamism,” the panel on which Bosch Fawstin appeared, and which inspired this blog post. This week’s GOP Foreign Policy Debate. The Failure of Occupy Black Friday. The End of the NBA Lockout. And more…

I hope you can join us!

UPDATE: The show is now over. Thanks to all who attended live and participated in the chat room! If you missed the show, you can access the archived recording here.

I am traveling and therefore unable to host the live show this week. I’ll return at the regularly scheduled time one week from today. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. If you haven’t already, I recommend either listening to last week’s podcast (here), or checking out my interviews with the Ayn Rand Center’s Yaron Brook (here) and Jihad Watch’s Robert Spencer (here).

Later today I plan to write a blog post discussing the so-called “name game” regarding Islam. With respect to the current (unfortunately undeclared by us) war, do we refer to the enemy’s ideology as “Islam”? Or do we use a modified terms such as “Islamism,” “Militant Islam” or “Islamic Totalitarianism,” etc., etc.  This weekend I had the pleasure of speaking with Robert Spencer and Bosch Fawstin about it for a few hours, as well as attending a panel discussion devoted to the issue, and I’m looking forward to writing up my perspective and reading your comments.