Mark Levine's Inside Scoop

California Allows Gay People to Marry!

May 15, 2008

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The California Supreme Court has just made California the second state in the nation to allow gay people to legally marry. Now 1 in 6 Americans live in a state where gay people have equality under the law.
I predicted that 25 years after Massachusetts, gay people would be allowed to marry nationwide. Four years after the first state, California has become the second. Expect the pace to quicken as Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maryland, and Oregon all follow suit over the next three to five years. (You heard it here first.)

Happy 60th Anniversary, Israel!

May 14, 2008

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By every indication, Israel and the Jewish People should have been extinguished from the world stage more than 2500 years ago. In every generation and in every location, Jews have prayed for thousands of years, “Enemies seek to destroy us and God has saved us.”
The very existence of the State of Israel — warts and all — is as miraculous as the survival of one of the oldest peoples on Earth in the face of implacable enemies.
Today, on the Inside Scoop, the story of Jewish renewal and rebirth in their Judean homeland (from which they were named) in the face of fierce odds. Like the Arabs of Arabia, the Indians of India, and virtually all national, anti-colonial movements, Israel was born in fierce bloodshed, fighting simultaneously the British and the Arabs.
For a fascinating account of Israel at age 10, check out this interview between Mike Wallace and Abba Eban, Israel’s ambassador to the United States 50 years ago. Try to ignore the cigarette commercials. 🙂
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The Prosperity Gospel

May 13, 2008

Audio OnlyGuest: Sarah Posner, author of God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters

The Conservative Nanny State

May 12, 2008

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Who says Republicans don’t like Big Government?
They love it, when it helps the wealthy…
Guest: Economist Dean Baker, Author of The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer and Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, will discuss his book and the current mortgage crisis.