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Hour 3: Ultimate Issues Hour

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Hour 3: Max Boot, senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations

Hour 2: Happiness Hour: Fun versus Happiness and the absurdity of studies

New Happiness Study: Meaningful Better than Fun
You could have told them that for free. But now there’s research to back you up.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704893604576200471545379388.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_health

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Japan Says Situation Under Control; US Says No
Who’s right?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake

Here’s How the NYT Reports It
If our guy got it wrong, the Japanese are going to be very unhappy with us. If he’s right, things should get much worse very quickly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/world/asia/17nuclear.html?_r=1&hp

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MIT Professor: No Need to Panic
Our first hour guest.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-12/japan-nuclear-fallout-how-bad-could-it-get

European Energy Commissioner Calls Japan an Apocalypse
Obviously a person given to understatement.
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-world/blasts-escalate-japans-nuclear-crisis-20110316-1bw5o.html

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NYT: Worst Since Chernobyl
Read this and it sounds dire.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/world/asia/15nuclear.html?_r=1&hp

Read This and Get Another View
MIT professor explains why there is no danger from Japan Nuke Plant. Technical but readable.
http://mitnse.com/

Japan Moved Eight Feet
By quake. Earth’s axis changed.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.earthquake.tsunami.earth/index.html?hpt=T1

Worst Crisis to Hit Japan Since WWII
A good summary of the devastation. One man was rescued nine miles out at sea, floating on the roof of his house.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14japan.html?_r=1&hp

Death Toll Could Reach 10K
According to police chief in hard hit area. No more than a 1K confirmed as of now.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/13/501364/main20042656.shtml

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AARP Organizing Protests in Michigan against Republican Plans to Trim Budget Deficit
‘Nuff said. Good way to promo AMAC.
http://detnews.com/article/20110310/POLITICS02/103100387/Snyder-still-presses-for-Michigan-tax-on-public–private-pensions

Who Won Wisconsin?
The next weeks will tell the tale. But whatever happens politically, Scott Walker and the Republicans are heroes in my book.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/us/11wisconsin.html?hp

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WI Republicans Call Dems Bluff
And pass the bill.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704629104576191003890014010.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories

Here’s How the NYT Reports It
Lots of quotes from outraged Dems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/us/10wisconsin.html?hp

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Obama: The Children, the Children
I won’t cut education. What will you cut, Mr. President? I’ll tell you this, I won’t abandon these young people.
http://realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/03/08/obama_we_can_not_cut_back_spending_on_job_creation.html