Hewitt: Hour 1 – Hugh remembers the loss of a particular soldier named Mark Daily, who was killed in Iraq on Monday. He later plays audio from the Democrats who seem determined to lose this war, and takes calls.
Hewitt: Hour 2 – Kondracke and Krauthammer examine the war, and both parties’ political maneurvering of it, then John Campbell recaps Nancy Pelosi’s first 100 hours, then Lt. Smash gets serious about the war once again.
Hewitt: Hour 1 – Mark Steyn reacts to the surge policy and Republicans’ weak-kneedness to it, Bellow and Bay talk about the new pamphlet featuring the modern military dictionary, and Lileks talk about what he does and does not like about 24.
Hewitt: Hour 2 – Hugh gives his take on the news and takes calls.
Hewitt: Hour 3 – Hugh continues his analysis of the news and takes calls.
Hewitt: Hour 1 & 3 – Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens discusses his recent trip to Kurdistan and Baghdad, and compares moral culpability between a withdrawal in Iraq versus our withdrawal in Vietnam. Later in the hour, Harvard professor and historian Niall Ferguson ponders whether the U.N. should take the lead in Iraq now.
Hewitt: Hour 2 – Hugh talks with law professor John Eastman about the Democrat rumblings of bringing back the Fairness Doctrine, plus Hugh takes calls from listeners about the Hitchens and Ferguson interviews last hour.
Hewitt: Hour 2 – Pentagon’s New Map author Thomas P.M. Barnett continues his 8 part series on force structure.
Hewitt: Hour 2 – Pentagon’s New Map author Thomas P.M. Barnett continues his 8 part series on force structure.
Hewitt: Hour 1 – Times of London U.S. editor Gerard Baker reflects on football, the soccer signing of Beckham, and the UK’s reaction to the surge policy, Claudia Rosett reacts to the indictment of UN Oil For Food chief crook Benon Sevan, and Senator John Ensign of the National Republican Senatorial Committee starts analyzing key seats the GOP needs to hold, and where they can make up ground.