Archive for June, 2007
The Real Cliff Schechter Joins Heading Left on BlogTalkRadio
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Cliff Shechter joins Nate and James tomorrow at Noon EDT on the next episode of Heading Left on Blog Talk Radio.
Cliff is veteran campaign strategist, political commentator, and a well known blogger, and is the author of the forthcoming book, The Real McCain.
Tune in live at Noon EDT, or listen to an archive of the […]
“The Cigarette Century” on Smoking Politics
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Tomorrow at Noon, Allan Brandt, author of The Cigarette Century, will be on Smoking Politics on Blog Talk Radio to talk about his new book and how the tobacco industry changed the face of the PR industry and modern American politics along with it.
Join your hosts James Boyce and Dave Johnson of SmokingPolitics.com as they […]
Don Wivott’s First Radio Appearance - On BlogTalkRadio
Thursday, June 21st, 2007This week at Take Back America, we were proud to bring you more than 10 hours of live streaming discussion and fun with notables such as Ned Lamont, Jim Dean, Ambassador Joe Wilson and more
One of our guests was Don Wivott who has just announced a run for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. There’s a […]
Take Back America Wrapup
Thursday, June 21st, 2007 Heading Left on Blog Talk Radio spent the past few days at the Take Back America conference in Washington DC where Nate and James got the chance to sit down and talk with some great progressives.
On Monday, the show featured acclaimed trainer and expert on working women Ellen Bravo, Democracy for America Chair Jim […]
Heading Left Takes Back America!
Saturday, June 16th, 2007Starting on Monday, Heading Left will broadcast live from Take Back America 2007 in Washington, DC. We’ve set up a special channel especially for this special event - www.blogtalkradio.com/takebackamerica - so tune in at 2 PM Eastern because we’ll be talking to a lot of really great progressives including Jim Dean, Chair of Democracy for […]
Julie Bergman-Sender Joins Heading Left to Preview Take Back America!
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Friday at Noon, Julie Bergman-Sender joins Nate Wilcox and James Boyce to preview next week’s Take Back America conference on Heading Left on Blog Talk Radio.
A former movie executive, Julie is using her substantial talents for the good of progressive causes around the country (and she is helping out John Edwards too.) Julie is heading […]
Smoking Politics Takes on the Media Research Center
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Join Dave Johnson and James Boyce tomorrow at noon Eastern for Smoking Politics on Blog Talk Radio. Dave and James will be talking about the Media Research Center, the far-right media watchdog founded by right-wing smear merchant Brent Bozell.
Media Reserach Center has been a constant contributor to the pervasive climate of intimidation that James wrote […]
Bill Richardson on Blog Talk Radio This Monday
Saturday, June 9th, 2007This Monday (June 11) at 2 PM Eastern, Nate Wilcox and James Boyce will be talking to New Mexico Governor and 2008 presidential candidate Bill Richardson on Heading Left’s Blog Talk Radio show.
As always, you can call in to the show live at (646) 652-4803.
So tune in on Monday at 2PM Eastern for […]
A Show For Steve - Heading Left Tribute To Steve Gilliard.
Thursday, June 7th, 2007Back in January when Nate Wilcox and I launched our BlogTalkRadio Show, “Heading Left,” one of our first guests was Steve Gilliard, founder of The News Blog and DailyKos alum. Like so many online who knew Steve and his work, we were saddened this past week when Steve lost his battle with heart issues and […]
One Law for Them, Another One for Us
Thursday, June 7th, 2007William Otis, in this morning’s Washington Post, argues that Bush should not pardon Libby, but commute his sentence so that he doesn’t serve jail time.
A sense of proportionality argues in favor of eliminating Libby’s prison term. This was an unusually harsh sentence for a first offender convicted of a nonviolent and non-drug-related crime.
And so Otis, […]
Crime and Punishment
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Yesterday, Federal District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby to 2 and one-half years in prison for lying during an investigation into the outing of a covert CIA operative.
Predictably, the New York Post this morning says PARDON SCOOTER LIBBY. Less predictably, so does Marty Kaplan, though for a much more understandable […]
Smoking Politics Today - Is The Fear Of The Smear Destroying America?
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007There has been a lot of focus lately on the NIE that was prepared for our elected officials prior to the October 2002 Iraq War Vote. It is clear that our elected officials were more concerned with how their votes would be perceived and/or attacked versus the actual vote itself.
Please join Dave Johnson and I […]
The Progressive Blogosphere Says Farewell to One of Its Own
Monday, June 4th, 2007Got the sad news this weekend that Steve Gilliard, one of my all-time blogging heroes has passed away at the early age of 41. Steve was a leading light of the progressive blogosphere and was one of the first frontpagers at DailyKos. James and I had the honor of having Steve on as a guest […]
Today on Heading Left — The Intellectual Architect of the Netroots
Friday, June 1st, 2007Today one of our guests on HeadingLeft radio will be Rick Perlstein author of “Before the Storm” — a book that is often considered a foundation document for the progressive netroots movement:
The intellectual genesis of the netroots analysis lies in a book called Before the Storm by left-liberal historian (and tnr contributor) Rick Perlstein. He […]