Molly Ivins, Jonathan Landay on The Monitor

Molly Ivins topics will include elections -- she endorses public finance of elections, the "paper trail," and she puts in a good word for the Canadian system of using paper ballots.


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April 16, 2006: The Monitor


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<> ~ 6:15 pm CST -- JONATHAN LANDAY - national security journalist, on Iran




Jonathan S. Landay, national security and intelligence correspondent, has written about foreign affairs and U.S. defense, intelligence and foreign policies for 15 years. He is one of the journalists highlighted in Kristina Borjesson's book, Feet to the Fire.

Co-host Mark Bebawi will discuss developments in Iran with him.

From 1985-94, Landay covered South Asia and the Balkans for United Press International and then the Christian Science Monitor. He moved to Washington in December 1994 to cover defense and foreign affairs for the Christian Science Monitor and joined Knight Ridder in October 1999. He speaks frequently on national security matters, particularly the Balkans. In 2005, he was part of a team that won a National Headliners Award for ``How the Bush Administration Went to War in Iraq.'' He also won a 2005 Award of Distinction from the Medill School of Journalism for "Iraqi exiles fed exaggerated tips to news media."

ARTICLE:
"U.S. urges U.N. to take 'strong steps' against Iran," By JONATHAN LANDAY AND WARREN STROBEL, KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS, April 13, 2006, http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/14332263.htm


<> ~ 6:35 pm CST -- MOLLY IVINS



Molly Ivins needs little introduction to Texas listeners. She could be called a Texas national treasure.

Based in Austin, she is the former co-editor of The Texas Observer, the author of numerous books, and a syndicated columnist. She has been a Pulitzer finalist three times. You can find her columns at www.CommonDreams.org

Monitor co-host Pokey Anderson interviewed Molly by phone on April 13. Topics include Tom DeLay's legacy, and how to fix elections in the U.S. (no, not THAT kind of fix!). Asked about her statement that: "Once you realize they're lying to you about race everything else follows," Molly recalled how she went to jail in East Texas, fighting in the civil rights movement.

Molly Ivins will speak in Houston on Monday April 17 as part of a speakers series by the new Progressive Forum (no relation to Wally James' Thursday evening show at KPFT). Location is Wortham Cullen Theater, 501 Texas Avenue. Ticket info is at 713-315-2525, or http://www.progressiveforumhouston.org


CO-HOSTS: Mark Bebawi and Pokey Anderson.
ENGINEER: Byron Jackson

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April 9
-- KEVIN PHILLIPS on oil, debt, and theocracy
-- RAY McGOVERN on Plame, Iran

April 2
-- KPFT Local News reporter Lisa Cohen on the Enron trial
-- ANDREW GUMBEL, author of Steal This Vote, reviews the history of American stolen elections

March 26
-- acclaimed investigative reporter SEYMOUR HERSH: September 11 to Iraq (part two)
-- ION SANCHO, Florida election official who invited a hack team to test his election machines. They waltzed right in and stole the test election. Also, a clip from Finnish computer expert Harri Hursti, telling how he did it.

March 19
-- CYNTHIA ENLOE - on globalization and feminism (part two)
-- acclaimed investigative reporter SEYMOUR HERSH: September 11 to Iraq (part one)

March 12
-- IMAD KHADDURI - looking at nuclear capabilities around the world
-- CYNTHIA ENLOE - on the macho military, Part One

March 5
-- JONATHAN LANDAY - national security journalist, on developments in Iraq
-- CHRISTOPHER UGGEN - how we disenfranchise 5 million Americans (ex-felons)

February 26
--Paul Craig Roberts, asst. secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration, on reasons to impeach Bush. Warren Stewart of www.VoteTrustUSA.org, on progress in election transparency. THIS IS NOW UP ON THE ARCHIVES -- thank you for your patience.

February 19
--JARED DIAMOND, author of Collapse

February 12
-- JASON LEOPOLD, investigative journalist

If not, I'll quit posting it.