After commenting on the important audio of the day, Hugh had a very revealing interview with the editor in chief of the New Republic, Martin Peretz. Yoni Tidi joined Hugh for the daily update on the Israeli war effort, and Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist/humorist James Lileks also joined Hugh this hour.
After a replay of the Mark Steyn interview, Hugh took some callers, then got an update from Yoni Tidi. Rounding out the show was an interview with Center of Security Policy president, Frank Gaffney.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist and humorist analyzes the two parties, and how they treat the nature of the war we are waging.
Columnist to the world, Mark Steyn, draws many parallels between anti-Israel rhetoric now compared to the 1930’s, except in many ways, it’s much worse now.
The long-time editor in chief of the New Republic agonizes over the Democratic Party’s cutting and running away from historic pro-Israel platform.
Stephens does have credibility to make his viewpoint on Israeli tactics, as he was the editor of the Jerusalem Post for several years.
Stephens does have credibility to make his viewpoint on Israeli tactics, as he was the editor of the Jerusalem Post for several years.
Critical of how the U.S. has handled this situation, the Vanity Fair columnist shares his views of how to properly have tackled Hezbollah, and Syria and Iran.
Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens joined Hugh at the start of the Wednesday program, and was followed by Yoni Tidi on the current events in the Middle East.
Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal, formely with the Jerusalem Post, gives a very pessimistic view of how Israel is fighting the war against Hezbollah. Plus, a very strange deviation into the appropriateness of toilet papering houses, featuring a call-in from celebrity bounter hunter, Duane “Dog” Chapman.