Political Commentary

Politickin with Ari Berman Monday at 1pm - Caucus Time Approacheth

James Moore — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:49:34 -0600

Ari discusses the impending Iowa caucuses coming up January 3rd and how each of the candidates is faring in the run-up to the nation's first primary test.

The Iowa caucus structure itself is discussed. read more »

Politickin' with Ari Berman Wednesday @ 7am

James Moore — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:15:26 -0600

Ari Berman, based in New York, New York, is a contributing writer for The Nation and a Puffin Foundation writing fellow at The Nation Institute.

Ari will be in the studio today to talk about all things politics with James Moore. You can read Ari's thoughts about the Demoratic Jefferson-Jackson event up in Des Moines this past weekend on The Nation website: "Obama Steps It Up--But So Does Clinton"

Here's the link to his longer pieces for the magazine, including cover stories on Rudy Guilliani and Hillary Clinton.

For past KRUU-FM show archives, click here. read more »

Harkin Steak Fry Recap on Politickin with Ari Berman Wed at 7am

James Moore — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:52:49 -0500

Nation contributing writer Ari Berman made the trek up to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's 30th Steak Fry yesterday with James Moore, which included speeches by six of the Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards and Joe Biden.

Hear what they have to say about the day's event which drew over 12,000 of the Democratic faithful, setting a record for attendance.

It's Politickin with Ari Berman Mondays at 1pm

[Rebroadcast Wednesdays at 7am] read more »

Read Ari's piece in the Nation: "Democrats Sizzle in Iowa"

Politickin with Ari Berman Wed at 7am

James Moore — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:03:36 -0500

TOPICS for Wednesday:

--why Pelosi opposes impeachment; larger discussion on wisdom of impeachment

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?pid=218930

--the arms deal to Saudi Arabia, which we discussed briefly last time

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?bid=15&pid=218754

--Obama speech on foreign policy..larger discussion of state/national polls

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080101233.html?hpid=topnews

[Rebroadcast Wed at 7am]

Prof. Marc Falkoff, Editor of "Poems from Guantanamo", Mon at 6:30am CST

James Moore — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:44:13 -0500

"At last Guantanamo has found its

voice."--Gore Vidal

Since 2002, 775 men have been held as unlawful enemy combatants at Guantanamo.

Did you know:

-fewer than half of the detainees are accused of committing any hostile act against the US or its allies?

-only 8% are accused of being al Qaeda fighters?

-only 5% were picked up on the battlefield in Afghanistan fighting US troops?

-only one man has been convicted of a crime? (He was released to his home country to serve an 8-month sentence.)

-only one other man has actually been charged?

Marc Falkoff is an assistant professor at the Northern Illinois
University College of Law and attorney for 17 Guantanamo prisoners. He
is editor of Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak published by University of Iowa Press just out this past week.

This collection gives voice to the men held at Guantanamo, only
available because of the tireless efforts of pro bono attorneys who
submitted each line to Pentagon scrutiny.

Planet Erstwild's James Moore conducted a live phone interview with Professor Falkoff. Hear a firsthand account of one lawyer's attempt to seek justice in a twilight zone and give voice to souls lost in a black hole.

Prof. Marc Falkoff, Editor of "Poems from Guantanamo", Mon at 6:30am

James Moore — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:42:27 -0500

"At last Guantanamo has found its voice."--Gore Vidal

Since 2002, 775 men have been held as unlawful enemy combatants at Guantanamo.

Did you know:

-fewer than half are accused of committing any hostile act against the US or its allies?

-only 8% are accused of being al Qaeda fighters?

-only 5% of the detainees were picked up on the battlefield in Afghanistan fighting US troops?

-only one man has been convicted of a crime? (He was released to his home country to serve an 8-month sentence.)

-only one other man has actually been charged?

Marc Falkoff is an assistant professor at the Northern Illinois University College of Law and attorney for 17 Guantanamo prisoners. He is editor of Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak published by University of Iowa Press just out this past week.

This collection gives voice to the men held at Guantanamo, only available because of the tireless efforts of pro bono attorneys who submitted each line to Pentagon scrutiny.

Planet Erstwild's James Moore conducted a live phone interview with Professor Falkoff. Hear a firsthand account of one lawyer's attempt to seek justice in a
twilight zone and give voice to souls lost in a black hole.

Politickin with Ari Berman Wednesday at 7am

James Moore — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:57:51 -0500

Join Nation contributing writer Ari Berman

and Planet Erstwild's James Moore

for a discussion of political topics out of the nation's capitol.

Today's topics will include:

- Senate theatrics on Iraq

- the Feingold censure resolution

- the Democratic debate in SC, and

- the GOP '08 field read more »

General Scott Gration & Stuart Tanner on Planet Erstwild Fri 2pm-5pm

James Moore — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:06:01 -0500

James Moore's interview with retired Major General Jonathon Scott Gration will air at 2:30pm on Planet Erstwild. The 2-Star General was the Director of Strategy, Policy, and Assessments of the United States European Command in Germany.

General Gration was raised in Africa and entered the Air Force in 1974 through the Air Force ROTC program at Rutgers University. He served as a White House Fellow, operations group commander and two-time wing commander. The general served as Director of Regional Affairs in the Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force for International Affairs.

General Gration served as the Commander of Task Force West during Operation Iraqi Freedom. His aerial combat experience includes almost a thousand hours of combat time with 274 combat missions over Iraq. He is currently on a veterans tour of southeast Iowa in support of Senator Barack Obama. He was in Fairfield yesterday.

At 3pm, James will discuss world events with BBC filmmaker Stuart Tanner from his home in Oxford, England. read more »

Politickin with Ari Berman Wed at 7am

James Moore — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:50:41 -0500

Nation contributing writer Ari Berman discusses:

-the president's liberal use of executive privilege with former White house employees

-John McCain's campaign meltdown

-further GOP defections over the quagmire in Iraq, and

-the optimistic face Mr. Bush is attempting to put on the interim Iraq surge report that says only 8 out of 18 benchmarks have reached "satisfactory" levels. US expenditures for Iraq and Afghanistan have reached $3 billion a week.

Berman is joined by Speaking Freely's Dennis Raimondi and Planet Erstwild's James Moore.

[Click on pic for past archives.]

Tanner & Moore Monday Morning at 7am

James Moore — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:59:27 -0500

Join Planet Erstwild's James Moore and BBC filmmaker Stuart Tanner for a wide-ranging discussion of world events including Iraq, UK, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Philippines, Somalia, and elsewhere.

Stuart has recently wrapped up editing the controversial Channel 4 television documentary on Princess Diana and has begun work on a National Geographic documentary on the Science of Interrogation due out sometime this fall.

Tanner & Moore will be rebroadcast on Planet Erstwild at 3pm CST.