The Global Intelligence Community (Global Connections)
What Role Does it Play in Geopolitics. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, geopolitical strategist, helps us understand the role of national intelligence agencies and their methodologies for gathering, vetting and interpreting intelligence for strategic planning, and the dissemination and collaboration of intelligence among national […]
How US Aid will Change Things in Ukraine (Keeping the World Company)
Will it be Delivered Soon Enough. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Jean Rosenfeld and Manfred Henningsen. Our panel discusses the tortuous route of the bill for aid to Ukraine through the machinations and delays in Congress, and what that aid will finally look like and what […]
Review of Cinema Paradiso (Movies We Can Learn From)
A Boy’s Relationship with Film. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Shackley Raffetto. Our panel reviews Cinema Paradiso, an award winning 1988 Italian film about a boy’s relationship with film. Young Salvatore Di Vita (Salvatore Cascio) discovers the perfect escape from life in his war-torn Sicilian village: the Cinema Paradiso […]
Speaker Johnson Does Right Thing for Ukraine (American Issues Take One)
House Speaker Johnson Allows Vote to Fund. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Cynthia Lee Sinclair. House Speaker Mike Johnson took the time to listen. He listened to CIA Director William Burns about what Putin will do to the other Baltic states once, not if, Russia takes […]
How the Iran Israel Exchange Has Changed Things (Global Connections)
Lessons About Their Weapons and Capabilities. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, geopolitical analyst, helps us understand the exchange of weapons by Iran against Israel and then Israel’s response a few days later. What they have shown about their weapons, capabilities, strategies and intentions, and […]
To Respond or Not to Respond to Iran’s Attack (Keeping the World Company)
That is the Question for Israel and Netanyahu. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Tim Apicella. The guests are Jean Rosenfeld and Manfred Henningsen. Our panel examines the strategical options and implications of responding or not responding to Iran’s recent attack on Israel, the considerations and risks attendant to each of those […]
Biden Walk Tightrope with Israel and Iran (American Issues Take One)
Supporting Israel Means Losing Votes. The hosts for this show are Tim Apicella and Jay Fidell. The guest is Cynthia Lee Sinclair. President Biden stated at the onset of the Israeli Gaza War that the USA will be a trusted, stable ally. That was prior to a casualty rate count of 34k people in Gaza […]
New Weapons Emerging in Multiple Wars (Global Connections)
How will They Change Wars in the Future. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Carl Baker. Carl Baker, senior advisor to Pacific Forum, helps us understand the new weapons and battlefield techniques that have been used or developed in the Russia-Ukraine War and the Israel-Hamas war, and now the war […]
Comparing Indian Issues in the US and Canada (View from the North)
What Can we Do to Make Life Better for them. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman living in British Columbia, helps us understand how the Indian tribes are doing in Canada. We compare how they are doing with how American Indians are […]
How Does the ‘Social Safety Net’ Work in Canada (View from the North)
Does it Work the Same or Better than the One in the US. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ken Rogers. Dr. Ken Rogers, retired Canadian businessman, helps us understand the bundle of benefits that are in the Canadian Social Safety Net. We compare them with the benefits that are […]
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The president’s remarks underscore a growing rift over the war in Gaza. He also acknowledged that U.S. bombs have been used to kill Palestinian civilians. [...]
President Biden hopes the decision to withhold the delivery of 3,500 bombs will prompt Israel to change course in its war in Gaza. [...]
Republicans and Democrats banded together to block a motion by the right-wing Georgia congresswoman to remove the speaker. [...]
Politicians said educators had not done enough. But the New York chancellor said members were trying to elicit “gotcha moments” rather than stop antisemitism. [...]
At a hearing in Congress, public school leaders from New York, California and Maryland forcefully buffed Republican attacks, drawing a contrast with university presidents. [...]
President Biden warns he will stop supplying some weapons if Israel launches a ground operation. [...]
Natalie Elphicke has previously attacked Labour over policies including migration and taxes. [...]
The Bank of England will decide interest rates later, but is not expected to cut them until the summer. [...]
An ex-intelligence officer tells the BBC he was permitted to shoot dead those resisting eviction. [...]
About 1,750 people are unaware they caught hepatitis C from infected blood, BBC analysis reveals. [...]
Twenty-nine of the 75 workers who were at the site when the building collapsed in the city of George have been pulled out of the rubble alive. Six, however, have [...]
Fiji's High Court found Frank Bainimarama guilty of quashing a probe into allegations of corruption at a Fijian university. [...]
Real Madrid scored twice in the dying stages to stun Bayern Munich and reach the Champions League final, where they will meet Borussia Dortmund. [...]
The "Fridays for Future" climate activist has been fined for civil disobedience over a protest that included blocking the entrance of the Swedish Parliament. [...]
Early results put the right-wing VMRO-DPMNE far ahead in the vote for North Macedonia's parliament, with President Stevo Pendarovski conceding defeat to VMRO-DPMNE's Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. [...]
The San Francisco-based AI juggernaut says it is re-evaluating its policies around "NSFW" content. [...]
The president's comments to CNN follow news that one shipment of bombs is already on hold out of concern about the impact on civilian lives. [...]
Scams that target people via direct message and texts in an effort to steal money have become pervasive. But the scammer on the other end of the communication might be [...]
The House voted overwhelmingly to set aside a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to remove Johnson as speaker [...]
Republicans tried for the kind of headline moments they've scored in similar hearings with elite college presidents. But the testimony from K-12 public school leaders offered few surprises. [...]
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde says he’s sticking with veteran closer Craig Kimbrel, who has converted only one save in his past five appearances [...]
Six months into an offensive against Myanmar’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in [...]
A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that is surprising many as gang violence consumes the country [...]
President Joe Biden says he will not supply offensive weapons that Israel can use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — [...]
Fellow former hostages, family and coworkers celebrated the life of journalist and philanthropist Terry Anderson [...]
