Show 857 Ann Coulter "Treason- From the cold war to the war on terrorism" Chapter 1 Excellent book. Funny and Ferocious. A must have. Request it from your library or better yet buy it at amazon.com, listen, then donate it to your library. Rating 9 out of 10.

Show 856 Michael Medved The 3 Big Lies about the Vietnam War part 2 of 2. Medved dispels a lot of the lies, misconceptions, revisionist history, hot air and half truths about the Vietnam Era. 13MB and 57 min long. Podcast rating 8 out of 10. A very high rating. Listen to Medved at  http://www.michaelmedved.com/ or subscribe commercial free. Great show.

Show 855 Michael Medved The 3 Big Lies about the Vietnam War part 1of 2. Medved dispels a lot of the lies, misconceptions, revisionist history, hot air and half truths about the Vietnam Era. 13MB and 57 min long. Podcast rating 8 out of 10. A very high rating. Listen to Medved at  http://www.michaelmedved.com/ or subscribe commercial free. Great show.

Show 854 Book excerpt #1 from "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. Half hour long. Rating 5 out of 10. Great audio book. Get it from your local library or Amazon.com

Show 853 Dennis Prager talks to Jay Cost, columnist for the Weekly Standard. His new book is Spoiled Rotten: How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic… John McCain criticizes casino magnate, Sheldon Adelson, for making big contributions to Republican SuperPacs. In doing so, the senior Senator proves, unintentionally, how his own McCain-Feingold bill has perverted campaign financing.  June 18, 2012

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Show 852  Part 8 of 8. Audio book. To Destroy you is no Loss.

"To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss." The taunting slogan used by the Cambodian Communists to intimidate millions of Cambodians in 1975 sets the mood for this incredible survival story. Teeda, who was fifteen at the time of the Khmer Rouge take-over, chronicles her family's fearful existence and their emigration to America. Moore has a clear, soft voice; she gives the story the straightforward yet sensitive reading it deserves. Images of the horror of Teeda's family's deprivation, their sorrows and fears, the love and support within the family, and the strength of the human will to survive are all powerfully communicated by her careful phrasing and subtle changes in tone.  To Destroy You is No Loss. By Joan D. Criddle, Teeda Butt Mam. Narrated by Christina Moore. (from cover case)

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Show 851 Part 7 of 8. Audio book. To Destroy you is no Loss.

"To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss." The taunting slogan used by the Cambodian Communists to intimidate millions of Cambodians in 1975 sets the mood for this incredible survival story. Teeda, who was fifteen at the time of the Khmer Rouge take-over, chronicles her family's fearful existence and their emigration to America. Moore has a clear, soft voice; she gives the story the straightforward yet sensitive reading it deserves. Images of the horror of Teeda's family's deprivation, their sorrows and fears, the love and support within the family, and the strength of the human will to survive are all powerfully communicated by her careful phrasing and subtle changes in tone.  To Destroy You is No Loss. By Joan D. Criddle, Teeda Butt Mam. Narrated by Christina Moore. (from cover case)

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Show 850 Part 6 of 8. Audio book. To Destroy you is no Loss.

"To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss." The taunting slogan used by the Cambodian Communists to intimidate millions of Cambodians in 1975 sets the mood for this incredible survival story. Teeda, who was fifteen at the time of the Khmer Rouge take-over, chronicles her family's fearful existence and their emigration to America. Moore has a clear, soft voice; she gives the story the straightforward yet sensitive reading it deserves. Images of the horror of Teeda's family's deprivation, their sorrows and fears, the love and support within the family, and the strength of the human will to survive are all powerfully communicated by her careful phrasing and subtle changes in tone.  To Destroy You is No Loss. By Joan D. Criddle, Teeda Butt Mam. Narrated by Christina Moore. (from cover case)

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Show 849 Part 5 of 8. Audio book. To Destroy you is no Loss. "To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss." The taunting slogan used by the Cambodian Communists to intimidate millions of Cambodians in 1975 sets the mood for this incredible survival story. Teeda, who was fifteen at the time of the Khmer Rouge take-over, chronicles her family's fearful existence and their emigration to America. Moore has a clear, soft voice; she gives the story the straightforward yet sensitive reading it deserves. Images of the horror of Teeda's family's deprivation, their sorrows and fears, the love and support within the family, and the strength of the human will to survive are all powerfully communicated by her careful phrasing and subtle changes in tone.  To Destroy You is No Loss. By Joan D. Criddle, Teeda Butt Mam. Narrated by Christina Moore. (from cover case)

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Show 848 4 of 8. Audio book. To Destroy you is no Loss. "To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss." The taunting slogan used by the Cambodian Communists to intimidate millions of Cambodians in 1975 sets the mood for this incredible survival story. Teeda, who was fifteen at the time of the Khmer Rouge take-over, chronicles her family's fearful existence and their emigration to America. Moore has a clear, soft voice; she gives the story the straightforward yet sensitive reading it deserves. Images of the horror of Teeda's family's deprivation, their sorrows and fears, the love and support within the family, and the strength of the human will to survive are all powerfully communicated by her careful phrasing and subtle changes in tone.  To Destroy You is No Loss. By Joan D. Criddle, Teeda Butt Mam. Narrated by Christina Moore. (from cover case)

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Show 847 3 of 8 Audio book To Destroy you is no Loss. 

 "To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss." The taunting slogan used by the Cambodian Communists to intimidate millions of Cambodians in 1975 sets the mood for this incredible survival story. Teeda, who was fifteen at the time of the Khmer Rouge take-over, chronicles her family's fearful existence and their emigration to America. Moore has a clear, soft voice; she gives the story the straightforward yet sensitive reading it deserves. Images of the horror of Teeda's family's deprivation, their sorrows and fears, the love and support within the family, and the strength of the human will to survive are all powerfully communicated by her careful phrasing and subtle changes in tone.  To Destroy You is No Loss. By Joan D. Criddle, Teeda Butt Mam. Narrated by Christina Moore. (from cover case)

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Show 846 2 of 8 Audio book To Destroy you is no Loss "To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss." The taunting slogan used by the Cambodian Communists to intimidate millions of Cambodians in 1975 sets the mood for this incredible survival story. Teeda, who was fifteen at the time of the Khmer Rouge take-over, chronicles her family's fearful existence and their emigration to America. Moore has a clear, soft voice; she gives the story the straightforward yet sensitive reading it deserves. Images of the horror of Teeda's family's deprivation, their sorrows and fears, the love and support within the family, and the strength of the human will to survive are all powerfully communicated by her careful phrasing and subtle changes in tone.  To Destroy You is No Loss. By Joan D. Criddle, Teeda Butt Mam. Narrated by Christina Moore. (from cover case)

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Show 845 1 of 8 Audio book To Destroy you is no Loss "To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss." The taunting slogan used by the Cambodian Communists to intimidate millions of Cambodians in 1975 sets the mood for this incredible survival story. Teeda, who was fifteen at the time of the Khmer Rouge take-over, chronicles her family's fearful existence and their emigration to America. Moore has a clear, soft voice; she gives the story the straightforward yet sensitive reading it deserves. Images of the horror of Teeda's family's deprivation, their sorrows and fears, the love and support within the family, and the strength of the human will to survive are all powerfully communicated by her careful phrasing and subtle changes in tone.  To Destroy You is No Loss. By Joan D. Criddle, Teeda Butt Mam. Narrated by Christina Moore. (from cover case)

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Show 844 Ameritopia The Unmaking of America

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum

Nationally syndicated talk radio host Mark Levin presented his thoughts on the current state of politics in America, specifically the idea of utopianism. The author contends that such a state is untenable and hurts society and the individual. Mark Levin was interviewed by John Heubusch and then responded to questions from members of the audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

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Show 843 Capitalism On Campus: What are Students Learning? What Should They Know. From the Manhattan Institute

The Manhattan Institute has been researching and formulating effective education reform initiatives for decades, providing real data and sound arguments for reforming America's schools.

Part 1 of 3  Capitalism On Campus: What are Students Learning? What Should They Know? - Part I

Speakers: William N. Butos, Daniel Klein, Jeffrey A. Miron

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 Show 842 Audio version of the PBS series Civilization: The West and the Rest , Episode 1 of 2

Part 1 of Civilization focuses on competition, science, and property, comparing the historical trajectories of the West, China (competition), the Middle East (science), and South America (property).

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ACU Show 797 Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson

ACU Show 763 Niall Ferguson The 6 killer apps of prosperity.

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Show 841 Three Great Segments from Horowitz Freedom Center

Segment 1- Peter Schweizer – Throw Them All Out | Wednesday Morning Club

Segment 2- Stephen Moore – Regaining Prosperity | Wednesday Morning Club

Segment 3 David Horowitz on The Arena with Michael Coren. Also a Three minute introduction to the Discover the Networks.org website

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Show 839  Stossel's 'Champions of Freedom  Season 2012   Episode 100 Jan 5, 2012

 41 minutes  FOX Business Network

Note to ACU Scholars:

Practically any academic subject you ever wanted to learn (or relearn) is available free online. The following are a best of collection from an article in ReadersDigest.

 Open Culture (openculture.com): A smart guide to free audiobooks, language lessons,

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 iTunes U: Apple’s well-tended

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 Show 838 Andrew Breitbart at CPAC 2012 02102012 - FULL SPEECH

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Show 837  Dennis Pragertalks to Jonah Goldberg, editor of National Review Online, columnist for the Los Angeles Times and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His new book is The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas.

Overview of the Book-

The bestselling author of Liberal Fascism dismantles the progressive myths that are passed-off as wisdom in our schools, media and politics.

According to Jonah Goldberg, if the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist, the greatest trick liberals ever pulled was convincing themselves that they’re not ideological.

Today, “objective” journalists, academics and “moderate” politicians peddle some of the most radical arguments by hiding them in homespun aphorisms.  Barack Obama casts himself as a disciple of reason and sticks to one refrain above all others: he’s a pragmatist, opposed to the ideology and dogma of the right, solely concerned with “what works.” And today’s liberals follow his lead, spouting countless clichés such as:

•One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter: Sure, if the other man is an idiot. Was Martin Luther King Jr. a terrorist? Was Bin Laden a freedom fighter?

•Violence never solves anything: Really? It solved our problems with the British empire and ended slavery.

•Better ten guilty men go free than one innocent man suffer: So you won’t mind if those ten guilty men move next door to you?

•Diversity is strength: Cool. The NBA should have a quota for midgets and one-legged point guards!

•We need complete separation of church and state: In other words all expressions of faith should be barred from politics …except when they support liberal programs.

With humor and passion, Goldberg dismantles these and many other Trojan Horses that liberals use to cheat in the war of ideas. He shows that the grand Progressive tradition of denying an ideological agenda while pursuing it vigorously under the false-flag of reasonableness is alive and well.  And he reveals how this dangerous game may lead us further down the path of self-destruction.

Show 836 This is a wonderful speech from an honored CPAC 2012 guest, Member of the European Parliament Daniel Hannan. Feb 11, 2012

If you want to hear from someone who unmistakably understands the profound impact of America's founding and believes there is still time for its citizens to take hold of its bureaucratic laden government and return it back to the will of it's founding, then you must hear this speech from Daniel Hannan. You'll appreciate America all the more afterwards, I assure you.

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Show 835  Dennis Prager talks to Ann Coulter, columnist and best-selling author. Topics includes: blacks and the NRA and why conservatives should be enthusiastic about Mitt Romney… Her latest book is Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America

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Show 834 The Stossel Show. Evil Bankers?

Is the financial industry full of nothing but 'evil bankers'?

Season 2012   Episode 109  41 minutes FOX Business Network

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Show 833 Part 10 of 10. Constitution 101. The Meaning and History of the Constitution.

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Welcome to Week 10

“The Recovery of the Constitution”

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Overview

Statesmanship, for Franklin D. Roosevelt, entailed the “redefinition” of “rights in terms of a changing and growing social order.” Fulfilling the promise of Progressivism, President Roosevelt’s New Deal gave rise to unlimited government. In contrast to Franklin D. Roosevelt and his ideological successors, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan sought the restoration of limited government. Today, our choice is clear: Will we live by the principles of the American Founding, or by the values of the Progressives?

Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his campaign for the presidency in 1932 by emphasizing the Progressive understanding of history and by calling for the “redefinition” of the old idea of rights. His “New Deal,” a series of economic programs ostensibly aimed at extricating America from the Great Depression, vastly enlarged the size and scope of the federal government. Unelected bureaucratic agencies—“the administrative state”—became a fact of American life.

Roosevelt’s call for a “Second Bill of Rights” sought to add “security” to the rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Describing the “old rights” of life and liberty as “inadequate” without underlying economic security, Roosevelt called for new economic rights for all, including the right to a job, a home, a fair wage, education, and medical care. With these rights guaranteed, Roosevelt argued, real political equality finally could be achieved.

Following President Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” continued the transformation of the relationship between the American people and their government. President Johnson redefined the government’s role by redefining equality itself: equality must be a “result” rather than a “right.” Expanded federal control over education, transportation, welfare, and medical care soon followed.

Announcing that “with the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem,” Ronald Reagan appealed to the principles of the American Founding in seeking to reduce the size and scope of the federal government. Maintaining that Progressivism and the consent of the governed are incompatible, Reagan called for a return to individual self-rule and national self-government.

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Larry P. Arnn is the twelfth president of Hillsdale College.  Under Dr. Arnn’s leadership since May of 2000, Hillsdale College has conducted the $608 million Founders Campaign for capital and endowment goals, launched the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship (located in Washington, D.C.), expanded the core curriculum to include a required course on the U.S. Constitution, and established an Honor Code that all matriculates to the College sign.  As a professor of politics and history at Hillsdale, Dr. Arnn regularly teaches courses on Aristotle, on Winston Churchill and on the American Constitution.

Dr. Arnn is on the board of directors of The Heritage Foundation and the Claremont Institute.  From 1985 to 2000, he served as President of the Claremont Institute.  Formerly the director of research for Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill, Dr. Arnn is the author of Liberty and Learning: The Evolution of American Education and The Founders’ Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What we Risk by Losing It.  He received his B.A. at Arkansas State University, graduating with highest distinction, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate School.

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Show 832 Part 9 of 10. Constitution 101. The Meaning and History of the Constitution.

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 Welcome to Week 9

“The Progressive Rejection of the Founding”

Overview

Progressivism is the belief that America needs to move or “progress” beyond the principles of the American Founding. Organized politically more than a hundred years ago, Progressivism insists upon flexibility in political forms unbound by fixed and universal principles. Progressives hold that human nature is malleable and that society is perfectible. Affirming the inexorable, positive march of history, Progressives see the need for unelected experts who would supervise a vast administration of government.

Progressivism is rooted in the philosophy of European thinkers, most notably the German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel. Progressivism takes its name from a faith in “historical progress.” According to the leading lights of Progressivism, including Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and John Dewey, human nature has evolved beyond the limitations that the Founders identified. Far from fearing man’s capacity for evil, Progressives held that properly enlightened human beings could be entrusted with power and not abuse it.

The Progressive idea of historical progress is tied to the idea of historical contingency, which means that each period of history is guided by different and unique values that change over time. The “self-evident truths” that the Founders upheld in the Declaration of Independence, including natural rights, are no longer applicable. Circumstances, not eternal principles, ultimately dictate justice.

If human nature is improving, and fixed principles do not exist, government must be updated according to the new reality. The Constitution’s arrangement of government, based upon the separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism, only impeded effective government, according to Progressives. The limited government of the Founding is rejected in favor of a “living Constitution.”

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Ronald J. Pestritto is the Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution, Associate Professor of Politics, and Dean of the Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College. He is also a senior fellow with the College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship. Dr. Pestritto teaches courses in American politics and political philosophy, with a focus on the political thought of the Progressives.

A senior fellow of the Claremont Institute and an academic fellow of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Dr. Pestritto has served as a visiting scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University. He is the author of Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism and Criminal Law: Punishment and Political Thought in the Origins of America; editor of Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings; and co-editor of American Progressivism: A Reader, as well as a three-book series on American political thought. He has published articles and reviews in the Wall Street Journal and the Claremont Review of Books. He received his B.A. from Claremont

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