tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68108066110316970652024-03-14T01:39:56.246-07:00MoyersTalkMoyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-68414256822534834352008-11-26T16:43:00.000-08:002008-11-26T16:55:45.980-08:00On BILL MOYERS JOURNAL this week<div>from the <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> NEWSLETTER - Friday, November 28, 2008<br /><br /><em>“You don't have to wait for Nancy Pelosi or Barack Obama or Collin Peterson to get their act together on this issue. You can act now. There are alternatives. You can vote with your fork."- Michael Pollan</em><br /><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET - TV</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1RT7746893921.26075&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!939638~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=In+defense+of+food+%3A+an+eater%27s+manifesto+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273133027857991922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 62px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivnc39-EiyVt8T1by8d8ax5tm7i4AzadedGhYlAEjwJfADXNfCKKI5zT2U1SfNggid1A1_S1uWzXPB7CQJdAYoH-FVcrTef3i1DvLfviYA1awA7h2MrmK2WdoMCy-ewkNMCD-xjLJLF2F/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>As Americans gather to give thanks this week, food – quality, quantity, cost – remains a national issue. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL takes a hard look at how America’s food policies – trade rules, farm subsidies, and regulation – affect larger issues including global warming, healthcare, and even homeland security. Bill Moyers sits down with <strong>Michael Pollan,</strong> Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley, to discuss what directions the U.S. should pursue in the often-overlooked question of food policy. Pollan is author of <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1RT7746893921.26075&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!939638~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=In+defense+of+food+%3A+an+eater%27s+manifesto+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">IN DEFENSE OF FOOD: AN EATER'S MANIFESTO</a>.<br /><br />On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html" target="_blank"><strong>MOYERS ONLINE</strong> </a><br /><br />Discover innovative schemes aiming to <strong>change the way our nation eats</strong>.<br /><br />Watch a video with <strong>Growing Power's Will Allen,</strong> a pioneer in the urban farming movement in action.<br /><br />Learn more about what <strong>Alice Waters</strong>, internationally-known chef and sustainable farm advocate, is hoping to see on the White House lawn.<br /><br />Take a virtual visit to one of artist <strong>Fritz Haeg's Edible Estates</strong>.<br /><br />Why are <strong>America's food banks suffering shortages</strong>? Find out what you can do to help.<br /><br />On <strong><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/" target="_blank">THE MOYERS BLOG<br /></a></strong><br /><strong>Nutrition and the American Way</strong>. Weigh in on your thoughts about sensible food policy.<br /><br /><strong>Turkey Day</strong>. View photojournalist <strong>Lisa M. Hamilton's "The Transformation"</strong> - an essay in honor of Thanksgiving.<br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL </em></strong>are available online at <strong><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers">www.pbs.org/moyers</a></strong>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-20655178724653345252008-11-20T16:15:00.000-08:002008-11-20T16:37:05.806-08:00On BILL MOYERS JOURNAL this weekfrom the <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> NEWSLETTER - Friday, November 21, 2008<br /><div><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<u><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a></span></u>) </div><div><br /><strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> and <strong><em>EXPOSÉ: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS</em></strong> present an investigative story into tragic accidents resulting from <strong>natural gas explosions</strong>. The report is part of <strong><em>BLUEPRINT AMERICA</em></strong>, a <em>PBS</em>-wide series on the nation’s infrastructure.<br /><br /><a href="http://catalog.gpl.internal/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12272L7051GT6.321001&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!907219~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Nocera%2C+Joseph&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270901524637012530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 62px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YRH_NVl7Wx3BpYOiWrrQrllxqDW_ZIXy4NHDqSk3VbbmQjKNRcE5Lu5f-carpyndOVR7XixnK4jyvIfohuSpeG_LRUc-yJTJb0zmgyJVbzZcrfuj1on9lnnujC3_gz7Vm1vrXos5-PFz/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>And, <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> guest host <strong>Deborah Amos</strong> sits down with <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> business columnist <strong><a href="http://catalog.gpl.internal/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12272L7051GT6.321001&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!907219~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=Nocera%2C+Joseph&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Joe Nocera</a></strong> to discuss what we learned about the <strong>bailout</strong> this week and to weigh whether or not it's working. </div><br /><div></div><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MOYERS ONLINE</a> </div><br /><div>Read more from <strong>Joe Nocera</strong>, including his <em>TIMES</em> blog. </div><br /><div>Watch the original reporting on the <strong>Texas natural gas danger</strong> and find out what's been done to combat the problem.</div><br /><div>Find additional <strong>perspectives on who the bailouts help and hurt</strong>, and get help navigating the masses of financial news </div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Bailout mania</strong>. How far should the bailouts go? </div><br /><div>Weigh in on <strong>infrastructure troubles</strong> in your area that have gone unaddressed. </div><br /><div>And, <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> writer <strong>Michael Winship</strong> reports from <strong>Down Under</strong>.</div><br /><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-38195804983831109822008-11-13T17:18:00.000-08:002008-11-13T17:47:21.693-08:00On Bill Moyers Journal This Week<span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Glendale Moyers Talkers</strong> meet next <strong>Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 6:00 PM</strong> in Room B, upper level, <a href="http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/hours_locations.asp" target="_blank">Glendale Central Library,</a> 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, CA. All are welcome.</span><br /><br />from the <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em> NEWSLETTER</strong> - Friday, November 14, 2008<br /><br /><em>“I think these ideas that there's a black and white, 'Okay, this is victory day, we pull out,' it just doesn't work that way. The world doesn't work that way"- Elizabeth Rubin</em><br /><br />This week on <strong><em><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html" target="_blank">BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</a></em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET - TV</a>)<br /><br /><strong>What will President-elect Obama’s promises of change mean for the Middle East and beyond</strong>? <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> <strong>guest host</strong> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100182" target="_blank"><strong>Deborah Amos</strong> </a>sits down with <strong><a href="http://www.cfr.org/bios/14562/elizabeth_rubin.html" target="_blank">Elizabeth Rubin</a>,</strong> the <em>Edward R. Murrow press fellow</em> at the <em>Council on Foreign Relations</em>, and <em><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1WRJ626194984.131432&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1606758~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=Kaplan%2C+Fred%2C+1954-&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">SLATE</a></em> magazine columnist <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1WRJ626194984.131432&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1606758~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=Kaplan%2C+Fred%2C+1954-&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Fred Kaplan</a>.</strong><br /><br /><strong>No Justice Out Here.</strong> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11142008/profile2.html" target="_blank"><strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> and <strong><em>EXPOSÉ: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS</em></strong> </a>follow a team from the <em>DENVER POST’s</em> award-winning reporting on the broken justice system on <strong>American Indian reservations</strong> across the country.<br /><br />And, a <strong><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11142008/profile3.html" target="_blank">Veteran's Day essay</a>.</strong> Veterans share their thoughts on how to best support our troops.<br /><br />On <strong><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/" target="_blank">THE MOYERS BLOG</a></strong><br /><br /><strong>Battling for Democracy</strong>? Share your vision of the objectives of <strong>U.S. foreign policy</strong>.<br /><br />Ask questions of the <em><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/ci_7429560" target="_blank">DENVER POST</a></em> staff that reported on the broken justice system in <strong>American Indian reservations.</strong><br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-27211210845259721282008-11-07T16:21:00.000-08:002008-11-07T17:01:03.997-08:00It's All About Obama On Bill Moyers Journal<em>from the <strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong> Newsletter Friday, November 7, 2008:<br /></em><br /><div><div></div><div>This week on <em><strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong></em> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET - TV</a>) </div><br /><div><strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1226N03P7L296.400192&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!752755~!0&ri=4&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Obama%2C+Barack&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=4#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266084324916968418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 61px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxMv-G8WqmQ9QAd2WX3wteuyBMVwW6k-drvjtjKIW5DSrZiQ1ksOV8bUiRn3FGaeuWaobukgc4c6ZIBQeEorL1vhyvhlXmQY6sI4JxmcWuy3zsl_ekFWjFtfNUrf-mTqKBBsvcIFJUmnS/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>Does Barack Obama's victory mean a new and permanent political alignment in American politics?</strong> <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> speaks with former Nixon White House strategist <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1226N03P7L296.400192&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1292484~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=19&source=~!horizon&term=Phillips%2C+Kevin&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><strong>Kevin Phillips</strong> </a>about how America has changed since Phillips penned <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1226N03P7L296.400192&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!148158~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=The+emerging+Republican+majority%2C+%5Bby%5D+Kevin+P.+Phillips.&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">THE EMERGING REPUBLICAN MAJORITY</a> 40 years ago.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-sx4YQZrwrEFAEdms0XA4_g3yzE62twrvaikJCadvMpRFZ3b7Fi0p9RgZneVFPH3rkHqZrPnqbtK5TlZ9yK-iIkQmRExFzQNYlvWxOpQ3715JOGkhXsrRoZdK1s5KFJPM2iDRi4tFSgs/s1600-h/index.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266077977874232850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 62px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-sx4YQZrwrEFAEdms0XA4_g3yzE62twrvaikJCadvMpRFZ3b7Fi0p9RgZneVFPH3rkHqZrPnqbtK5TlZ9yK-iIkQmRExFzQNYlvWxOpQ3715JOGkhXsrRoZdK1s5KFJPM2iDRi4tFSgs/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Also on the program, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with Columbia University professor <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1226N03P7L296.400192&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!748441~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Foner%2C+Eric.&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Eric Foner</a></strong>, who specializes in political and African-American history, and University of Wisconsin history professor <strong>William P. Jones</strong>, who specializes in 20th Century America, to discuss the historical implications of electing Barack Obama.<br /><br />And, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> reflects on the <strong>election of Barack Obama</strong>.<br /><br />On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/" target="_blank"><strong>MOYERS ONLINE</strong> </a></div><br /><div>The <strong>emerging Democratic majority</strong>? Share your thoughts on America's changing electoral map.<br /><br /><strong>History in the making</strong>. Weigh in on the historical implications of the election.<br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div></div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-27215726315387519902008-10-30T17:44:00.001-07:002008-10-30T18:10:06.310-07:00This Week on Bill Moyers Journal October 31from the <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> Newsletter: for Friday October 31, 2008<br /><br /><div><div></div><div>This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/">KCET-TV)</a><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=TW254143147G3.245751&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!1007096~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=15&source=~!horizon&term=Choosing+the+president%2C+2008+%3A+a+citizen%27s+guide+to+the+electoral+process+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263116301639577122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 60px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 101px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgntQglFQAIqDrQKoBlWvSe19PLxaE805j0tQWFh9Busa_BtinmRX0sDFL0NX17pkVkxFFkTYhowquamS-wpCYnDMDxy82OuSusbZh7juDk3wxOLwayqQlgW5-I720uwydoGVendTdMInFT/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>Both candidates are still pledging “change” if elected, but can the next president break the stranglehold of money on politics? <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with <strong>Joan Claybrook</strong>, president of <em>Public Citizen</em>, and <strong>Bob Edgar</strong>, president and CEO of <em>Common Cause</em>, to discuss how <strong>Beltway business as usual</strong> may stand in the way of real change in Washington.<br /><br />In the final days before the election, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=TW254143147G3.245751&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!829271~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=17&source=~!horizon&term=Jamieson%2C+Kathleen+Hall&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Kathleen </a><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=TW254143147G3.245751&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!918110~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=19&source=~!horizon&term=Loury%2C+Glenn+C.&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263117394055920498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 61px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcMHecDvm7qdR0XsPqyeaqMiST-PqnLSGeMzmWfDFNUf31H9irrTTm9BRHDV_Llp_UlFMWMm4AOHPKSIOATxb5Y1tbDmUHyt_VGsdFaP-gMRCOvwymAK_T5XuVZl9MDJaRMuXsxyqgdv1/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=TW254143147G3.245751&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!829271~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=17&source=~!horizon&term=Jamieson%2C+Kathleen+Hall&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Hall Jamieson</a>,</strong> director of the <em>Annenberg Public Policy Center</em>, and <em>Brown University</em> professor <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=TW254143147G3.245751&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!918110~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=19&source=~!horizon&term=Loury%2C+Glenn+C.&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Glenn C. Loury</a></strong>, an economist and expert on race and social division, to talk about the <strong>historic implications of electing the first black president or the first female vice president</strong>. Jamieson and Loury weigh the messages of recent days and what they tell us about America at the crossroads.<br /><br />On <strong><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/">THE MOYERS BLOG</a></strong> </div><br /><div>Read <strong>Public Citizen's wishlist for change in Washington</strong> and contribute your own.<br /><br />Respond to an essay from <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> senior editor <strong>Michael Winship</strong> on <strong>money and politics</strong>.<br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL </em></strong>are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div></div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-71871737536329023992008-10-23T17:29:00.000-07:002008-10-23T17:42:41.662-07:00This Week on Bill Moyers Journalfrom the <em><strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong></em> NEWSLETTER - Friday, October 24, 2008<br /><div><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U248J851456H.134611&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!964204~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=The+predator+state+%3A+how+conservatives+abandoned+the+free+market+and+why+liberals+should+too+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260512958691556642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 63px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjpngUPqSv4Gs3gUr6bJbPxMX3bJ3vHJjci7k3L5bRerdhLjT2IqzEwf9pHPmenqL3xbldqXZLbdhic2LV09mOsvNXaGAuTsV_V4NBpoIVYJTefneZ2iUyjTfJ_ng6geL7KmgoWNtZ_-Q/s200/index.gif" border="0" /></a>With the economy still weighing heavily on Americans' minds, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> gets context on the financial crisis, the bailout, and the road ahead from <strong>James K. Galbraith</strong>, the <em>Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Government and Business Relations and</em> Professor of Economics at the<em> LBJ School of Public Affairs</em> at the <em>University of Texas at Austin.</em> Galbraith has authored several books, most recently <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U248J851456H.134611&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!964204~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=The+predator+state+%3A+how+conservatives+abandoned+the+free+market+and+why+liberals+should+too+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">THE PREDATOR STATE: HOW CONSERVATIVES ABANDONED THE FREE MARKET AND WHY LIBERALS SHOULD TOO. </a></div><div><br />Then, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with Mark Johnson, co-director of the film <em><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U248J851456H.134611&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1524379~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=10&source=~!horizon&term=Johnson%2C+Mark%2C+1960-&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">PLAYING THROUGH CHANGE: PEACE THROUGH MUSIC</a></em> and chairman of the board of the <em>Playing for Change Foundation</em>, which he started to provide resources to musicians and their communities around the world.</div><div><br />And, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> on the news you may have missed.</div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MOYERS ONLINE</a> </div><div><br /><strong>Margins of error.</strong> Get <strong>poll-watching tips</strong> from the experts.</div><div><br /><strong>Mapping the downturn.</strong> Map your stories of struggle and survival from around the nation.</div><div><br />Hear more from <em><strong>PLAYING FOR CHANGE</strong></em>.</div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><div><br />Who Shall Guard The Guardians? Tell us if you think <strong>government regulation</strong> is the answer for market malfeasance.</div><div><br />Music is power. More from filmmaker Mark Johnson on his project <em><strong>PLAYING FOR CHANGE</strong></em>.</div><br /><div></div><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <em><strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong></em> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-61400600291350331092008-10-17T10:09:00.000-07:002008-10-17T10:33:46.291-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal October 17from the <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> <em>Newsletter</em>: Friday, October 17, 2008. <div><div><br /><div>This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET - TV</a>)</div><div><br />As the election nears and <strong>accusations of voter fraud</strong> run rampant from party to party, <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> takes a close look at the charges and what you can do to protect your vote. </div><br /><div><strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12IL26X911500.39359&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!653350~!0&ri=4&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Miller%2C+Mark+Crispin&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=4#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258173921795174242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcmBqPJ-Jr1Hpha-fCk0EM3xmWVbka2YzLahaxT7Fykh9O8n2TNLiADWx30bE5JrR2sw7ddfkVQK1C3hv3LWJDdERzS3cROh5emJI50CieZPfFSj5w1tKeascZkMBkIfkKROHylYX3hre/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12IL26X911500.39359&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!948028~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Miller%2C+Mark+Crispin&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Mark Crispin Miller</a></strong>, professor of <em>Media Ecology in the Department of Culture and Communication at NYU</em>, who has been following <strong>voter fraud</strong> <strong>allegations</strong> in his blog <em>News from the Underground</em>.<br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12IL26X911500.39359&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!556366~!1&ri=7&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Chavez%2C+Linda&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=7#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258174461733538210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDS8Ai-zsJ9il7Wt6gVrWiI2Hl-wt2VQBDKywpZCFQ6JXYF4c4pS9qEWPT3YEa8QY6SLKW2N69ndFyI97h9BNkg2sMkHreqF4qFGmmbNe5BUYF3NAiSbOnIBRRV5Ju4halU2k6ulby9rU-/s200/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br />It's been a busy week for US politics. <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with chairman of the <em>Center for Equal Opportunity</em> and <em>FOX NEWS</em> political analyst <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12IL26X911500.39359&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!885322~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=6&source=~!horizon&term=Chavez%2C+Linda&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Linda Chavez</a></strong> and <em>NATION </em>contributor and writer with <em>New American Media</em> <strong>Roberto Lovato</strong> to review the news of the week and talk about <strong>what's missing from political conversation</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12IL26X911500.39359&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!645545~!0&ri=11&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Zweig%2C+Michael%2C+1942-&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=11#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258175096395009058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1EcK43mpMGuLU58jicCBohldyUvrnv6RppPBbmSldvJ6sfeHdYG8wMQ7w8bq0kxpZbKzfKagEbfeJcY8Vtui9Ktxi77DqnTjHjf7L1QnNUlOLuzcQRVTvBc1GxnezwFijLcNAQykyFdn/s200/index.gif" border="0" /></a>How will the <strong>middle class fare in this economic turmoil</strong>? <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> speaks with <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12IL26X911500.39359&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!991490~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Zweig%2C+Michael%2C+1942-&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Michael Zweig</a></strong>, director of the <em>Center for Working Class Life</em> at <em>SUNY Stony Brook.</em><br /><br />On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/" target="_blank"><strong>MOYERS ONLINE</strong> </a></div><div><br />Reading voter's minds. Visit and voice your campaign thoughts on our <strong>election map</strong>.<br /><br />Get tips on how to <strong>safeguard your vote</strong>.<br /><br />Find out how both parties are wooing the <strong>Hispanic vote.</strong><br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div></div></div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-33502609129143938092008-10-09T16:42:00.000-07:002008-10-09T17:14:11.915-07:00Friday on Bill Moyers Journal - October 10, 2008<span style="color:#660000;"><strong>Glendale Moyers Talkers meet tonight</strong>, October 9, at 6:00 PM. In Conference Room B, upper level, <a href="http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/hours_locations.asp" target="_blank">Glendale Public Library</a> - Central 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, CA. 91205</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=122359B3220KK.110469&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!781408~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Moyers%2C+Bill+D.&index=PAUTHOR#focus"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255311229790081090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83KmhpveWT_jZs1x9rl30RKqRDxSvyaHoAgcgTi9jqDpxHum9knDVEuAw_NNGtHlzQOTax4lvnzJSOsY3zF1No7na8a_8YmxscJfsSZFj4xhswG86pF8PB_9W26OnhQgxodOpsToM-MDn/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><em>from the</em> <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> <strong>NEWSLETTER</strong> - <em>Friday, October 10, 2008</em></div><div><br /><em>“For the time being, you will need more government intervention. All this non-intervention has led to the point where the government has to practically take over the banks. That's too much. A little more government oversight earlier could have saved us that trouble.”- George Soros</em></div><div><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/">KCET-TV</a>) </div><div><br /><strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=S22359X45192D.110361&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!730387~!0&ri=2&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Soros%2C+George&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255307172500099058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QQO2y6V_47yQ2LH3e8ZqbBLPzb2UFkwSOWSIOnHB-YHYuO_dlSpWhhR0GjosntCJ1Er2qFSsLvx3v0CwlkkPt6yPA8OA8rLzJHDGglUDllLawF52zZsKGic3F0QwrZEO4Ue6DS0a2rja/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>Bill Moyers</strong> talks with one of the world’s most successful investors <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=S22359X45192D.110361&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!926294~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Soros%2C+George&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">George Soros</a></strong> about the global capital meltdown, how he saw it coming, and what can be done now.<br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=S22359X45192D.110361&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!744672~!1&ri=5&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Jamieson%2C+Kathleen+Hall&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=5#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255307848256144514" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvY36SNfv0Ai96TgbQygkJd-NC0FjpmtkaIsv0BwyWk0TKVPEh4xIusgxeTa0J1fagA4PYYjVnCCsE-dlFP8ERKJ8Vq5vr9APV51-RDVf6YhVB2hHkocKjRC7Ul4Hw1ntZcKpQeiYU1Sx2/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br />And, with the campaigns heating up, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> checks in with <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> contributor and director of the <em>Annenberg Public Policy Center</em> <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=122359B3220KK.110469&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!829271~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Jamieson%2C+Kathleen+Hall&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><strong>Kathleen Hall Jamieson</strong> </a>on how dirty politics will play out in this final stretch to the election.<br /><br />On <strong><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/" target="_blank">THE MOYERS BLOG</a></strong> </div><div><br />Watch a <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> video essay for the sixth anniversary of the resolution authorizing the <strong>war in Iraq.<br /></strong><br />Market fundamentalism and the madness of crowds. Can America avert future <strong>economic crises</strong>?<br /><br />Are <strong>dirty politics</strong> hindering our ability to understand the issues? Weigh in.<br /><br />Say Anything. Read an essay from <strong>JOURNAL</strong> senior writer <strong>Michael Winship</strong> on the turn to <strong>negative campaigning</strong>.<br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-191510997192477202008-10-02T14:36:00.000-07:002008-10-02T15:12:26.621-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal - Oct, 3<span style="color:#990000;">THE <strong>GLENDALE MOYERS TALKERS</strong> GATHER NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008 at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at our new location in Conference Room B, upper level. All are welcome.</span><br /><div><br /><div><em>from the</em> <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em> NEWSLETTER</strong> - Friday, October 3, 2008</div><br /><div>This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>) </div><div><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1222R84A86406.13502&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!829271~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Jamieson%2C+Kathleen+Hall&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252680694453290882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBxIessn2IIUkpP3xzlWrNkpQjt9rjbhA5Tge2xX1ERvvO6dsLV7CUoHWNMfkExwXDu1OSWrHEU5XdG5CSF2AsZL1EB8F-sZZdGKIz80Hyja5keP_G0TOMIjRb_tljtCygPB6Wr01msLI/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>In a week chock full of breaking news and historic moves – from proposed economic fixes to record-breaking market flux to vice presidential debate - how did the media fare in informing the public? <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with veteran <em><strong>JOURNAL</strong> </em>contributor and media analyst <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1222R84A86406.13502&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!829271~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Jamieson%2C+Kathleen+Hall&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Kathleen Hall Jamieson</a></strong> and <em>NPR</em>'s <em>ON THE MEDIA</em> host <strong>Brooke Gladstone</strong> for an in-depth look at the news of the week to sort out the media-frenzied information available from what the public still needs to know, and explores the key messages from Thursday’s <strong>vice presidential debate.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1222R84A86406.13502&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1034454~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=16&source=~!horizon&term=Jordan%2C+Emma+Coleman&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252681604743842034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQbCRhrF0HjKeDQKiUlI_VrUyl6ilWwqi_6NWQDUwb9BslnnRDIrCVShrslExU1dOVNmnZ0PfwMlN1kgllRhYmOmqI1WMBjdhF_FsyjZDRNGr4uuFdPqwMUnpYAb4vdedLZjUlcRnyf_c/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>Then, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> speaks with Georgetown Law professor and economic justice expert <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1222R84A86406.13502&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1034454~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=16&source=~!horizon&term=Jordan%2C+Emma+Coleman&index=PAUTHOR#focus"><strong>Emma Coleman Jordan</strong> </a>to examine what’s at stake and to weigh who wins and who loses in the proposed <strong>bailout</strong> package in Congress this week.<br /><br />Also, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> looks at the <strong>headlines you may have missed</strong>.<br /><br />On <strong><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/" target="_blank">THE MOYERS BLOG</a></strong> </div><br /><div><strong>Bailout blues?</strong> Share your thoughts on the controversial financial 'rescue package.'<br /><br /><strong>Election endgame.</strong> As the campaigns enter the furious last month of campaigning, what isn't being talked about?<br /><br /><strong>Monday, October 6 is the voter registration deadline in 27 states</strong>. Find out if you're registered and where to vote. <em>[In California it's Monday, October 19]</em><br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div></div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-6346178184836710232008-09-25T15:28:00.000-07:002008-09-25T15:47:08.722-07:00Repeat on Bill Moyers Journal This Week<a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O223U2B98734.60415&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!994378~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=The+limits+of+power+%3A+the+end+of+American+Exceptionalism+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250092511126335778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZh7ItcrpkQWJelE6JAI0i-jm62RJjwgiWcZtBHEdo3l6z4tM9eBADA0OV_Ee8__pbUfsedFHYl6cU9ID3OlgLJ6FdL1XxzyKaVeyN5gCxpk4MRVqLm8urS9qGbL9rsvXTHwxzRMajouY/s400/index.jpg" border="0" /></a>From the <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> <em>NEWSLETTER </em>- Friday, September 26, 2008<br /><div><br /><em>“As the congress has moved to the margins, as the president has moved to the center of our politics,the presidency itself has come to be, I think, less effective. The system is broken."<br />- Andrew J. Bacevich</em> </div><br /><div>This week on <strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/">KCET-TV)</a> </div><br /><div>As financial fallout dominates the news, <strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong> explores how the shifting national priorities may be threatening what America stands for. <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with history and international relations expert and former<strong> US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich</strong> who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy, government and militarism, and calls for a redefinition of the American way of life. <em>“We're squandering our power. We are squandering our wealth to the extent that we persist in our imperial delusions. We're also going to squander our freedom,”</em> says Bacevich. Respected across the political spectrum, Bacevich has contributed to <em>THE NATION</em>, <em>THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE</em>, and <em>FOREIGN AFFAIRS</em>, among others, and his latest book is <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1O223U2B98734.60415&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!994378~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=The+limits+of+power+%3A+the+end+of+American+Exceptionalism+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">THE LIMITS OF POWER: THE END OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM</a>. Bacevich is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University.</div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MOYERS ONLINE</a> </div><div><br />Read <strong>debate-watching tips</strong> from campaign analyst <strong>Kathleen Hall Jamieson</strong></div><div><br />Check out what <strong>JOURNAL</strong> viewers want to <strong>ask the candidates</strong>.</div><div><br />Find resources for decoding the <strong>fine-print in the bailout bill</strong>.</div><div><br /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09262008/profile2.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Read an excerpt</a> from Andrew Bacevich's <em>THE LIMITS OF POWER</em>.</div><div><br /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Watch</a> our Emmy award-winning report <em>BUYING THE WAR</em> online! </div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><div><br /><strong>An imperial presidency</strong>? Respond to Bacevich's assessment of government today.</div><div><br /><em><strong>JOURNAL</strong></em> senior writer <strong>Michael Winship</strong> on Andrew Bacevich, America and the World. </div><br /><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <em><strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong></em> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-58784788558712125982008-09-18T16:05:00.000-07:002008-09-18T16:27:41.752-07:00This Friday on Bill Moyers JournalFrom the <strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong> <em>NEWSLETTER</em> - Friday, September 19, 2008<br /><div><div><br /><div><em>“Both Presidential candidates are now talking somewhat more regulation and anger at finance. So I think that'll crimp their style a little bit. But I'm afraid that the horse is way out of the barn.”- Kevin Phillips</em> </div><div><br /><strong>This week on</strong> <strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>) </div><div><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1221779W09O3B.198086&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!943665~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Bad+money+%3A+reckless+finance%2C+failed+politics%2C+and+the+global+crisis+of+American+capitalism+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247502550031706930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmu2fjaHp3Q5oAShQDa8mLrSr5DdWdBvLi_v1MNxpiwD7In1xhSPbanA_Ko0r5NMvzFSvNrjo53CFDV-zYhN77xLuGW510iwG6CAh_HN7FdXLCotbRYRxz0Nfi2tuVUel7qVHDQv_6ysku/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>Amidst historic economic failures, <strong>Bill Moyers Journal</strong> takes an in-depth look at what led to the financial meltdown, what it means for American families, and how it will affect voters between now and November. <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with former Nixon White House strategist and political and economic critic <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1221779W09O3B.198086&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!638648~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Phillips%2C+Kevin%2C+1940-&index=PAUTHOR" target="_blank"><strong>Kevin Phillips</strong>,</a> whose latest book <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1221779W09O3B.198086&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!943665~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Bad+money+%3A+reckless+finance%2C+failed+politics%2C+and+the+global+crisis+of+American+capitalism+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">BAD MONEY: RECKLESS FINANCE, FAILED POLITICS, AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM </a>explores the role that the crumbling financial sector played in the now-fragile American economy.<br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1221779W09O3B.198086&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1123184~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Norris%2C+Floyd&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247503272719413042" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIsYQJOhJRSFfbLrTxNXEafsjNhW1Cb1C5M0X2Ga5j7CFq480xyke9hBDn9Og6hlSmsMSx3577quJ2BnpTwK9i4xX5L8G5PB2Gu2IaKasFnNhUb_eCk3voUH8SuywsK4x6s4ELQyGQxWD/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br />And, <strong>Moyers</strong> speaks with <em><strong>NEW YORK TIMES</strong></em> business and financial columnists <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1221779W09O3B.198086&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!826994~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=Morgenson%2C+Gretchen&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Gretchen Morgenson</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1221779W09O3B.198086&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1123184~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!horizon&term=Norris%2C+Floyd&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Floyd Norris</a></strong> to discuss who wins and who loses in the financial turmoil.<br /><br />On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html" target="_blank"><strong>MOYERS ONLINE</strong> </a></div><div><br />A <strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</strong> photo essay: See how the <strong>Wall Street meltdown is going global.<br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1221779W09O3B.198086&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!826994~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=9&source=~!horizon&term=Morgenson%2C+Gretchen&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247504099663869426" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4IUyKqcBKJWl0cNyYUiBAaxebo0nnWLDd5jxqoGQFfWH1kSNGAwxUsFK_owmw2ivWT1VRXRW2Uq2qq6_9Tkzz3WTriw5hzrexxaDjdD7PNXqztkFCaR_iwCebiOOqR7XKeBoRchMeFwu/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br /></strong>Find out what Kevin Phillips means by "<strong>Pollyanna Creep</strong>."<br /><br />On <strong><a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/" target="_blank">THE MOYERS BLOG</a></strong> </div><div><br />What question would you ask the candidates in next week's <strong>Presidential debate?</strong> Let us know.<br /><br />The <strong>fall of the financial sector</strong> and government's ability to pick up the pieces. Tell us what you think.<br /><br />In the midst of the financial fallout, what questions would you ask of leaders in the <strong>Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury</strong>?<br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div></div></div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-90408568648047837172008-09-11T16:36:00.000-07:002008-09-11T17:04:17.147-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal 9/12/2008From the <strong><em>Bill Moyers Journal </em></strong>Newsletter for Friday, September 12, 2008:<br /><br /><em>"A lot of people are hurling insults from the safety of television studios, the safety of radio studios, the safety of cyberspace. So that's a void in our community - the chance to be in the same room and to have these exchanges and remember the humanity of the person on the other side." - Rev. Chris Buice, pastor, Tennesee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church</em><br /><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>)<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=122117P5BL484.74365&limitbox_1=LO01+%3D+lo_gdl&menu=search&aspect=kids_basic_search&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=gcent&ri=2&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.GW&term=hate+speech+media&aspect=kids_basic_search#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244916667590080434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7M99hQYOIbQT5JVfY27S7WczDYCwcCM_lpsq-Mch4fTjuB63nF6bRx9MfYxygXMtshEQWjpf6nB3r9rHHRNH7c78PCRe9pUPchFsviYjqegJHx0VP7UTZB6MgDIM-9JwJFXpHXaTnmk9b/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>What happens when America's airwaves fill with hate?</strong> <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> takes a tough look at the hostile industry of "Shock Jock" media with a hard-hitting examination of its effects on our nation's political discourse. The <em><strong>JOURNAL</strong></em> traveled to Knoxville, where a recent shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church has left the pastor asking what role hateful speech from popular right-wing media personalities may have played in the tragedy.<br /><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=122117P5BL484.74365&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!627790~!36&ri=9&aspect=kids_basic_search&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=politics+media&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=kids_basic_search&menu=search&ri=9&limitbox_1=LO01+%3D+lo_gdl#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244915481325011730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHx_MN4XtbKKo_0NY1otkDrv9y9A_kgbcCclsZWFeAs4mo3AdvXoiYP5CrcmXqPtke5Bp8Mi0E4KxpUld8-KpOniUGCGcH3STaH9Pyi86dm6y-s0thR2EE-w7eP2NqWVHfaLpr4b6rtwb/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>Also on the program, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with <strong>Brook Gladstone</strong>, host of <strong>NPR's <em>ON THE MEDIA</em></strong><em> </em>and Pulitzer prize winning journalist <strong>Les Payne</strong> to discuss the struggle of journalists to report the truth in such partisan and polarized times.<br /><br />On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MOYERS ONLINE</a><br /><br />Get <strong>online media analysis tools</strong> and get beyond the rhetoric of Campaign '08.<br /><br />Visit the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/moyers_on_2008/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Moyers on 2008 Election map </a>and add your voice on education, the environment, the economy or whatever else is cruicial to you in this election year.<br /><br />Watch a web exclusive interview with <strong>Chinese blogger Michael Anti</strong>, who reflects on what has and hasn't changed since Microsoft shut down his blog under government pressure in 2005.<br /><br />Find out where to get and give <strong>support to National Guard members and their families</strong> in your state from our resource map.<br /><br />On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a><br /><br /><strong>Restoring respect to political discourse</strong>. Weigh in.<br /><br /><strong>Media and politics</strong>. Are you getting the information you need from journalists?<br /><br /><strong>A Bill Moyers speech: <em>AFTER 9/11</em></strong>.<br /><br />Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-67468434702622676042008-09-04T17:25:00.001-07:002008-09-04T17:47:22.847-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal September 5, 2008<span style="color:#cc0000;">Next week - Glendale Moyers Talkers meet in the Learning Center of Glendale Public Library, Central Library, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, CA at 6:00 PM Thursday, September 11.</span><br /><br />from the <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em> NEWSLETTER</strong> - Friday, September 5, 2008<br /><br /><em>“It's a hard life being in the military. Once you're in, you realize it, and you get so attached to it and everything, it just becomes second nature, and then you don't want to quit. But you’re never realizing how much you hurt your family and other people when things like this come up.”- Roy Parks, NJ National Guard</em><br /><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/">KCET-TV</a>)<br /><br /><strong><em><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=122A57473N500.349677&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!732774~!0&ri=1&aspect=kids_basic_search&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=deployment&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=kids_basic_search&menu=search&ri=1#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242332102000601714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRHQeEX1AV2eG77G5ww_RgJL3Z6AkMOa3-LIwFXFnOJsubzg7H6xdVd1zeArNIUhwRGF-WCDrFvR0fxEcLvjMp_hC_ruckrHEtWQ8Sh9Mx0ONrcg7QaFlMW1SKtIlprVbao4FbOaxGPWJ/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> gives viewers an intimate look at how deployments of <strong>National Guard troops to Iraq</strong> affect state governors' ability to swiftly respond to domestic disaster at home and impact the families left behind. Traveling to New Jersey, the <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> follows families preparing for the deployment of nearly half of New Jersey’s National Guard to Iraq.<br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=122A57473N500.349677&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!688219~!9&ri=10&aspect=kids_basic_search&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=republican+party&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=kids_basic_search&menu=search&ri=10#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242330433661058418" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WPfy-L9eDqZuwQjyXxPjoRKzGMiIebZcGr6-ksN3xZ2KjWQ5lle6ZvnIiT3Vlhj5kM6AKSLCn4SNoCjqz98wbFCo4yF-fasKQKK2i9Ck6LzUUS0xOaAXNSh-Wk67gnUd4LqqZoG0F5Bn/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Also on the program, <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> contributor <strong><em>Kathleen Hall Jamieson</em></strong> returns with a recap of the key moments and messages of this week’s <strong>Republican National Convention</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>On THE MOYERS BLOG</strong><br /><br />Did the <strong>Republican convention</strong> tackle your big election issues? Weigh in.<br /><br /><strong>Know someone serving</strong> in the wars abroad? Tell us how their deployment has affected life at home.<br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-77589260862890108122008-08-28T14:29:00.001-07:002008-08-28T14:48:14.085-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal August 29, 2008from the <strong><em>Bill Moyers Journal</em></strong> <em>NEWSLETTER - Friday, August 29, 2008</em><br /><br /><div><div>This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>) </div><div><br /><strong>What did the Democrats accomplish this week and can they deliver real change while still playing old fashioned Beltway politics?</strong> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12M9G593C3187.162854&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!486606~!2&ri=2&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Vanden+Heuvel%2C+Katrina&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239685863980844274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJl21TUG9CwdWmbMfvwfWI9QQ0lS0sVkddi8pMmRDuz2GV-pAcvFgI4OAUHTyMGeV4YuR4wf72THhpjPynQV56K1uDJzwW7VInsspp57bTE9op-rpBogmzd8Spd7Rry0-ZJ6oGp7NEFH69/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>In the historic moment of the first African-American nominee for President, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with <em><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12M9G593C3187.162854&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!486606~!2&ri=2&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Vanden+Heuvel%2C+Katrina&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2#focus" target="_blank">NATION</a></em> editor <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12M9G593C3187.162854&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!964807~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Vanden+Heuvel%2C+Katrina&index=PAUTHOR#focus">Katrina vanden Heuvel</a></strong> and University of Pennsylvania professor of political science <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12M9G593C3187.162854&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!906485~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=4&source=~!horizon&term=Reed%2C+Adolph+L.%2C+1947-&index=PAUTHOR" target="_blank"><strong>Adolph Reed, Jr</strong>.</a> to discuss the promises from the DNC and expectations of Barack Obama.<br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12M9G593C3187.162854&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!688219~!0&ri=11&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Black%2C+Merle&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=11#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239686974359903938" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyPmpk5QZIgM5G-IpbMnSnAqWDWWQyQPrZ_S2FI3DUH7-ltNMG43qLGJipK61FDrWUjn2Bb-Gy5d2od2DH4ym-chxZERF99d0sBrrv9645BDJP90XYWkKL64Gvi9aLPohC_VqE1TU5hNK/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Also on the program, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> speaks with political analysts <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12M9G593C3187.162854&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!930093~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=10&source=~!horizon&term=Black%2C+Merle&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><strong>Merle and Earl Black</strong>,</a> who’ve tracked the American electorate for years. They will discuss how American demographics - particularly votes from the Southern and the swing states, such as Ohio and Pennsylvania - will influence the campaign and the election.</div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><div><br />Did the <strong>Democratic convention tackle your big election issues?</strong> Weigh in.</div><div><br />Are <strong>demographics destiny?</strong> Tell us what you think.</div><br /><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div></div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-35197700305920336772008-08-21T17:34:00.000-07:002008-08-21T17:44:27.659-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal - August 22, 2008from the <strong><em>Bill Moyers Journal</em></strong> NEWSLETTER - Friday, August 22, 2008<br /><div><br /><em>“Officials said that these games would promote human rights in China, but in the run up to the games, we've seen actually the opposite.” - Philip Pan</em></div><div><br /><strong>This week on</strong> <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>) </div><div><br />With celebrations set to kick off in Denver for the <strong>Democratic National Convention</strong>, <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> travels to <strong>Colorado</strong>, where <strong>tough economic times</strong> are hitting suburban communities. Says <strong>Mag Strittmatter</strong>, <strong>of JeffCo Action Center,</strong> a social services agency just west of Denver, <em>“It’s remarkable how many people have, in the past, brought items to us at our loading dock. They gave us clothes and gave us food, and said, ‘Here, use these items to help people in need.’ They're the same people now having to ask for help.”</em> </div><div><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12J93B5J44312.327424&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!965289~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Out+of+Mao%27s+shadow+%3A+the+struggle+for+the+soul+of+a+new+China+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237135686138561586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZOUopfE9Jc4U2hsFG7ht-6y99l5jmB5ENsLqUWcv36jLPONz6WWhI0imdGltvJ8x_arVNIZw99GRzry8c_y_-zgrhK7j8YtOMDSE3mvVSG0DNsiNWSk1XQMSUPbGh9P2-3oUWhFJwjbF/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>And, as the Olympics are set to close, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> interviews <strong>Philip Pan</strong>, foreign correspondent and former Beijing bureau chief for the <em>WASHINGTON POST</em>, on how the emerging economic power of China looks from the ground. Philip Pan's most recent book is <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12J93B5J44312.327424&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!965289~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Out+of+Mao%27s+shadow+%3A+the+struggle+for+the+soul+of+a+new+China+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">OUT OF MAO'S SHADOW: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF A NEW CHINA</a>.</div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><div><br /><strong>Is the extravagance of the Democratic and Republican conventions appropriate</strong> in tough economic times? Take our poll and discuss.</div><div><br /><strong>Will capitalism lead to a freer China?</strong> Weigh in.</div><br /><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-45336833813185783732008-08-14T15:08:00.000-07:002008-08-14T15:26:23.730-07:00This Week on BMJ - August 5, 2008from the <strong><em>Bill Moyers Journal</em></strong> NEWSLETTER - Friday, August 15, 2008<br /><br /><em>“As the congress has moved to the margins, as the president has moved to the center of our politics, the presidency itself has come to be, I think, less effective. The system is broken."<br />- Andrew J. Bacevich</em><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>This week</strong> on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/">KCET-TV</a>)<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12T87521SY859.159722&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!749455~!0&ri=2&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Bacevich%2C+A.+J.&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234500902132772050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2G154OY3LEJFsg9X4bp3UUiwoLEnHPGDNN9ROyi9n4Ug27NPqodui7vhTCXRHqPy_hqGXr4n3sjgaUyQL2enQ0JYj9lL8iRPjjzdc41CgdY-ZjRkv2lWkfvniMTXQc7Cp_IBd0EpfP2B/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>Is an imperial presidency destroying what America stands for? <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> sits down with former US Army Colonel <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12T87521SY859.159722&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1258929~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Bacevich%2C+A.+J.&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Andrew J. Bacevich</a></strong> who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy, government and militarism, and calls for a redefinition of the American way of life. “Because of this preoccupation with the presidency,” says Bacevich, “the president has become what we have instead of genuine politics, instead of genuine democracy.” Respected across the political spectrum, Bacevich has contributed to <em>THE NATION</em>, <em>THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE</em>, and <em>FOREIGN AFFAIRS,</em> among others, and his latest book is THE <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12T87521SY859.159722&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!749455~!0&ri=2&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Bacevich%2C+A.+J.&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2#focus" target="_blank">LIMITS OF POWER: THE END OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM</a>. Bacevich is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University. </div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><br /><div><strong>An imperial presidency</strong>? Respond to Bacevich's assessment of government today.</div><br /><div><strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> writer <strong>Michael Winship</strong> on Andrew Bacevich, America and the World. </div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12T87521SY859.159722&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!725013~!0&ri=5&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Moyers%2C+Bill+D.&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=5#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234501847851548498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPC99wgLjfu_FGOKoa_AyhnPOZ7RSw7CwYcYNbwzfVHHg8G7XoToICcUbvcO3ILQvAEpz2shuXEaEf5ILTu9zw6Hi6q8cBhqLaE1SMEwFR3t495UMkZ3InwoCZnT_6ylYvWcCUmkel5of/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.thirteen.org/moyers_signup" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY Book Giveaway</a> Win an autographed copy of <strong>Bill Moyers’</strong> new book, <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12T87521SY859.159722&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!725013~!0&ri=5&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Moyers%2C+Bill+D.&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=5#focus" target="_blank">MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY</a>! Just register online before 8/31 for your chance to win this collection of many of Mr. Moyers' most moving speeches. <a href="http://www.thirteen.org/moyers_signup" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Enter to win.</a><br /></div><br /><div>Also, check out the <a href="http://www.thirteen.org/newsandpublicaffairs/be-a-more-engaged-citizen-book-list" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BILL MOYERS JOURNAL 'Be a More Engaged Citizen' Book List</a>, presented by <a href="http://www.thirteen.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Thirteen/WNET New York</a>.<br /></div><br /><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-8939195243861248342008-08-08T12:41:00.000-07:002008-08-08T15:52:50.685-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal August 8<a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121823JD2809R.95719&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!947723~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=6&source=~!horizon&term=Moyers+on+democracy+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232279502705058626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFDSoUGbb5InH668IfsyrF8jnub_UEZR6UDjOBIxtBEln0QoqarDuoLT3SAZbY6jJM0YmhLJ0IoFkndPqlE9lrLOc4xIl0A9v3Gqnr9mtvJsqgYi8tVv36erFoi7BmYFpFy8iciLz3UdE/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><strong><em>MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY</em> Book Giveaway on the PBS Moyers Blog.</strong><br />Win an autographed copy of Bill Moyers’ new book, <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121823JD2809R.95719&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!947723~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=6&source=~!horizon&term=Moyers+on+democracy+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">Moyers on Democracy</a>! Just register online to the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/" target="_blank">Moyers Blog</a> before 8/31 for your chance to win this collection of many of Mr. Moyers' most moving statements. Enter to win. [Book giveaway is through the Moyers Blog, not the Glendale Public Library nor this blog.]<br /><br /><div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">Our next <strong>Glendale Moyers Talkers</strong> meeting is next week at the new time of <strong>6:00 PM</strong> on <strong>Thursday, August 14, 2008</strong> in the upstairs Learning Center of the </span><a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/central.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Glendale Public Central Library</span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;">.<br /></span><br />From the <strong><em>Bill Moyers Journal</em></strong> Newsletter for Friday, August 8, 2008<br /><br /><em>“This business model works despite the type of consumer that they’re selling to. There is money to be made in poverty.”- Brian Grow,</em> <strong>BUSINESSWEEK</strong><br /><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/">KCET-TV</a>)<br /><br />As more companies view low-income Americans as opportunities for profit, the “poverty business” is booming. <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> and <em><strong>EXPOSÉ: AMERICA'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS</strong></em> follow a team of <em>BUSINESSWEEK </em>reporters as they track new corporate practices that some say exploit the working poor.<br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121823JD2809R.95719&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1381483~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Herbert%2C+Bob%2C+1945-&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232278498147256962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8m1o92aTz2tnr4JWuCGhzJPWPiiPkHeZ4-EEp_uPuTvmsUFh6LbZ6QJxZ0vvOOIBiFFedbcnj9XTcIon4_8bu_zTSNXpF_mjS8Ja8Xn0w3RuL-wvb-pTJ-XIE2AG0o3ws4T1jDG-hOQV/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121823JD2809R.95719&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!923624~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=4&source=~!horizon&term=The+United+States+since+1980+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232278997849638034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf84AYgdVSGexTMDmZC_yZ9AD4PSp_wkzudQGDBoBqBbSsWBTniTYNYqAL_fmm2DuNZUfepzDJv1dRSXIOip8wnDVdEPwB6T4smFdjIwjUn8CZZzkAA1eD9mK0A36dhsCRDfq9IFTnho54/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>With the economy going bust, <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> gets perspective from economist and co-director of the <em>Center for Economic and Policy Research</em> <strong>Dean Baker</strong> and <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> op-ed columnist <strong>Bob Herbert</strong>.<br /><br />On <strong>THE MOYERS BLOG</strong><br /><br /><strong>Ask the reporters</strong>. <em>BUSINESSWEEK'</em>s <strong>Paul M. Barrett, Robert Berner, Keith Epstein, and Brian Grow</strong> take your questions on the poverty business.<br /><br />Join our discussion on the <strong>looming economic crisis</strong>.<br /><br />Also, check out the <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> '<strong>Be a More Engaged Citizen' Book List,</strong> presented by <em>Thirteen/WNET</em> New York.<br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>. </div></div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-32418662764083035322008-07-31T19:10:00.000-07:002008-07-31T19:52:04.310-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal Friday August 1, 2008<span style="color:#cc0000;">Our next Glendale Moyers Talkers meeting is at the new time of 6:00 PM on Thursday, August 14, 2008 in the upstairs Learning Center of the <a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/central.asp" target="_blank">Glendale Public Central Library</a>.</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229371383756436546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHp3QWa5uMw6TbdejuOGr_8tNzagbZMPyZcAExQr-RicxJe03F4Kowu6cjYHemrp9AhN5MZ_TkQ1mDtXMrzxbGlfudv1vWjnvO1BJrlrsECTyXrFGChjzhOicOua_yx1XALTh_vUikC5TQ/s400/email_header.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div><em>“It's a dizzying scope of perfidy and politics that boggles the imagination, and although Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay have been brought down, the system remains as vulnerable as ever.”- Bill Moyers</em></div><div><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121C557375R8D.90963&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!964032~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=The+wrecking+crew+%3A+how+conservatives+rule+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229369485404129314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr0kLMlauIwRNa8RC4XMtH1dglJVO4dcTmgonpcXKgeQcVOMsDTKPK8vmYKOKzF95OBVl99RL1XpqegluZ4WByLAOXnFEl4qDqTckk__XDUr7jk3EWJ4-0BNb7_P8ZYvFm_f288askZrZ/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>With former lobbyist <strong>Jack Abramoff,</strong> who is already serving five years and ten months, expected to be sentenced on other charges next month, Bill Moyers takes viewers back to the scene of the crime in this update of <em><strong>CAPITOL CRIMES</strong></em>, an acclaimed documentary investigating the Abramoff lobbying scandal. The program examines the web of relationships, secret deals and political manipulation that exposes the use and abuse of power in American politics. In this update of a report that aired in 2006, Moyers and his colleagues untangle emails, reports, interviews and facts on the record to reveal an astonishing pattern of criminal and political chicanery.</div><div><br /><strong>On THE MOYERS BLOG</strong> </div><div><br /><strong>Thomas Frank,</strong> author of <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121C557375R8D.90963&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!964032~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=The+wrecking+crew+%3A+how+conservatives+rule+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">THE WRECKING CREW: HOW CONSERVATIVES RULE</a>, answers questions from Bill Moyers.<br /><br /><strong>Bill Moyers</strong> and <strong>Michael Winship</strong> on the continuing wave of Capitol crimes.<br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div></div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-12581731736820846062008-07-24T14:59:00.000-07:002008-07-24T15:32:23.485-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal - July 25<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYq1SA0P9Eb7m6ZjuLNC9Sq58vmQcR776XxuyIEqiEQzmJd0wGXUbEj4of-HbU1t9rmXoHf6pDKdZOmCTmlwpj2Vu2RfxlFDQAiyGOywK5G0wKcDVSTaM4G0i9GiEEs9xbjy6htnKzAkH/s1600-h/billmoyers_az.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226710224846342482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="171" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYq1SA0P9Eb7m6ZjuLNC9Sq58vmQcR776XxuyIEqiEQzmJd0wGXUbEj4of-HbU1t9rmXoHf6pDKdZOmCTmlwpj2Vu2RfxlFDQAiyGOywK5G0wKcDVSTaM4G0i9GiEEs9xbjy6htnKzAkH/s400/billmoyers_az.jpg" width="285" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">NOTE TIME CHANGE - The next meeting of <strong>Glendale Moyers Talkers</strong> will be at <strong>6:00 PM on Thursday, August 14, 2008</strong> at the <a href="http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/pdf/GlendaleLibraryServiceHours4Aug2008.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Glendale Central Library</strong> </a>upstairs Computer Learning Center. Future meetings will be at the same time, every four weeks, until further notice.</span><br /><br /><br />From the <em><strong>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL </strong>NEWSLETTER</em> - Friday, July 25, 2008<br /><div><br /><em>“American government officials were kidnapping people, snatching them off of streets, and throwing them basically in dungeons.” - Jane Mayer</em></div><div><br /><em>“You’ve got to untie the money knot. Then…the government will begin to work.” - Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings</em></div><div></div><div>This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>)<br /><br /><strong><em><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121693JH270M0.1331&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!990068~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=Dark+side+%3A+the+inside+story+of+how+the+war+on+terror+turned+into+a+war+on+american+ideals.&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226706965901105378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJ-D6a6EEd8qWIYWFrAU3QwwbKmyNb-cZt7pT0qRxKKaFg-vACB5i-68MTwvX80ns9-MMWe-I6colhWq9F5kDbCE1zz_8PTqGXHDa9t9SexgJmNBRIZRsnX2W5iHz0cshQdEIPWAk2juN/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> goes inside last week’s hearings on torture in Congress and gets perspective from <strong>journalist Jane Mayer</strong> on the debate over whether the U.S. sanctioned torture to prosecute the war on terror. Mayer’s recent book, <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121693JH270M0.1331&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!990068~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=Dark+side+%3A+the+inside+story+of+how+the+war+on+terror+turned+into+a+war+on+american+ideals.&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">THE DARK SIDE: THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW THE WAR ON TERROR TURNED INTO A WAR ON AMERICAN IDEALS,</a> documents the war on terror and the struggle over whether the president should have limitless power to wage it.</div><div><br />Also on the program, former <strong>Democratic Senator Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings</strong> gives his views on the <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121693JH270M0.1331&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100017~!1150690~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=13&source=~!horizon&term=Political+corruption+--+United+States&index=PSUBJ" target="_blank">stranglehold of money on Washington</a>.</div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><div><br />The <strong>legacy of torture</strong> and the next administration. Tell us what you think.</div><div><br /><strong>Money, politics and your local leaders</strong>. Weigh in.</div><br /><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-2504790071086122762008-07-17T16:14:00.000-07:002008-07-17T16:35:20.324-07:00This Friday on Bill Moyers JournalFrom the <strong>Bill Moyers Journal</strong> <em>NEWSLETTER</em> - Friday, July 18, 2008<br /><div><br /><em>“Back in the old days when there was no sheriff in town, people would rob the banks. Well, here we are in the modern day era, and there's no sheriff in town. The banks were robbing the people.”- Cuyahoga County (OH) treasurer Jim Rokakis</em></div><div><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/">KCET-TV</a>) </div><div><br /><strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> travels to ground zero of the <strong>mortgage meltdown — Cleveland, OH.</strong> Correspondent <strong>Rick Karr</strong> takes viewers to Slavic Village, one of the hardest hit neighborhoods in the nation when it comes to the spate of foreclosures caused by the subprime mortgage crisis. In this working-class neighborhood, more than 1,000 homes stand vacant and decaying in an area that once thrived with families living the American dream of home ownership.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12163368O0Y6M.620095&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!577735~!0&ri=12&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Greider%2C+William&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=12#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224128839360525330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHdULJ6oz9vRPscvkH17rj6QrOp_QlXc17Q2uio0XCPr64oOc397-SjZQpuoEbwCBL-vO2MnKUZ_hLHNuDVhjOa24ZLYypdewWe3-hzE6XtnqaXqEuHzr8hyphenhyphenYzi48cJK5OijLuWtiBUlE/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>Moyers</strong> gets perspective from veteran journalist <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12163368O0Y6M.620095&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!835486~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=11&source=~!horizon&term=Greider%2C+William&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">William Greider</a></strong>, national affairs corresopndent at <em>THE NATION,</em> on the current financial crisis and what he calls <strong>“the great deflation of Wall Street.”</strong><br /><br />And, former Democratic Senator from South Carolina <strong>Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings</strong> gives his views on the detrimental stranglehold of <strong>money on Washington</strong>.<br /><br />On <strong>THE MOYERS BLOG </strong></div><div><br /><strong>America's financial future.</strong> Tell us what you think.<br /><br /><strong>Bill Moyers</strong> and <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> writer <strong>Michael Winship</strong> on <strong>Money and Politics</strong>.<br /><br />Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-85468728701287765032008-07-11T08:35:00.000-07:002008-07-11T08:57:33.036-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal July 11, 2008<span style="color:#cc0000;">Next <a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/Moyers_Talkers_Discussion_Group.asp" target="_blank">Moyers Talkers </a></span><span style="color:#cc0000;">meeting is Thursday, July 17, at 7:00 PM at the upstairs Learning Center of the </span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/central.asp" target="_blank">Gle</a></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/central.asp">ndale Central Library</a> 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale.</span><br /><br />from the <strong><em>Bill Moyers Journal</em></strong> <em>NEWSLETTER</em> - Friday, July 11, 2008<br /><br /><em>“We've changed everything we believed in order to win elections. I think that you have to stand for principles or why be in politics?”- Mickey Edwards</em><br /><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121579091V9HQ.431145&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!945912~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Reclaiming+conservatism+%3A+how+a+great+American+political+movement+got+lost--and+how+it+can+finds+its+way+back+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221782846870599330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UkcSeBGvZaBhtKEIVMreJbiUDC795htXekMiwZ00Y-qQpj52sWM_HHZdmHfpLJRfoQqbGGoqsHDnfzOsy_QS2nHpoFvRslFsqEsVx-Q3fhIuYXBIIvhbr4yMdK2S_nKQpDbBtQomr8Ns/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a>What’s happened to the <strong>conservative movement in America</strong>? Conservatives <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121579091V9HQ.431145&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!987672~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Grand+new+party+%3A+how+republicans+can+win+the+working+class+and+save+the+American+dream+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221782403248778674" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZHrQjHOO9cMqn9Qdt9cNLFu9gfXfBOSq6sRn7_1n9rwlO7AWBl2AjxqPybBNHd6DftVWs5CmxzoSgY-MbABy8VtTzrwgL14Sq9WFSw3kkP_XDdJxXhaHCmKDXXmsCV2dD-REPhtznrdk/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><strong>Mickey Edwards</strong> and <strong>Ross Douthat</strong> discuss why they believe their movement has gone off track during the last eight years and what it means for the Republican Party. Douthat is senior editor at <em>THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY</em> and co-author of <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121579091V9HQ.431145&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!987672~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Grand+new+party+%3A+how+republicans+can+win+the+working+class+and+save+the+American+dream+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">GRAND NEW PARTY,</a> and Mickey Edwards is a former Republican Congressman and author of <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=121579091V9HQ.431145&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!945912~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Reclaiming+conservatism+%3A+how+a+great+American+political+movement+got+lost--and+how+it+can+finds+its+way+back+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">RECLAIMING CONSERVATISM</a>.<br /><br /><strong>Bill Moyers</strong> introduces <em><strong>Deepening the American Dream,</strong></em> a Web-only project at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank">www.pbs.org/moyers</a> that features essays and videos of some of <strong>Moyers’</strong> notable guests laying out their vision for the future of the American dream.<br /><br />On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a><br /><br />Conservative and Liberal vs. Republican and Democrat. <strong>Sort out Right from Left.</strong><br /><br />Check out our <em><strong>DEEPENING THE AMERICAN DREAM</strong></em> page at <strong>Moyers Online</strong>, then weigh in on the blog:<br /><br />What is your vision of the <strong>future of the American Dream</strong>?<br /><br />Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-74193111165418907502008-06-26T14:57:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:16:08.570-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal - June 27, 2008<span style="color:#cc0000;">Next </span><a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/Moyers_Talkers_Discussion_Group.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Moyers Talkers</span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"> meeting is Thursday, July 17, at 7:00 PM at the upstairs Learning Center of the </span><a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/central.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Glendale Central Library</span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;">, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale.</span><br /><div></div><br /><div>from the <strong>NEWSLETTER</strong> - Friday, June 27, 2008</div><br /><div><em>“We need to get off foreign oil. The best way to do it is to become energy independent. The best way to do that is to embrace global warming legislation. ”- Barbara Boxer (D-CA)</em></div><div><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>) </div><div><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12V4517M4595B.35090&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100017~!120979~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=5&source=~!horizon&term=Global+warming&index=PSUBJ#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216315563652445346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWArgN4_KIpBeVHvHhR4IAh-IAZooGBroIuaEAaX8K5E6izADta7twqg8YJbMfaLtjF4w0VQjnK7XUEfEqyi5Y4rXA3-NtI7Dadrn-ydHPQuboubj904r9Td8WLCLSqdkDVctMyj2aNPj/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Since becoming the chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12V4517M4595B.35090&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1017805~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Boxer%2C+Barbara&index=PAUTHOR#focus">Barbara </a><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12V4517M4595B.35090&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!1017805~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Boxer%2C+Barbara&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="_blank">Boxer </a>(D-CA</strong>) has battled to put global warming at the top of Congressional priorities. Senator Boxer sits down with <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> to talk about the state of the environment today, policies she thinks could help clean up the Earth, and the opposition to her measures. </div><br /><div>Then, <strong>injury rates</strong> reported at America’s poultry plants have dropped dramatically in recent years, and so have workplace safety inspections. Are regulators rewarding companies for inaccurate reporting of injuries? <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> and <strong><em>EXPOSÉ</em></strong> go inside <strong>America’s poultry industry</strong>, which employs almost a quarter million workers nationwide, to show the reality of working conditions and to investigate how official statistics showing a drop in workplace injuries may have been the result of deceptive reporting.</div><div><br />And, a <strong>Bill Moyers</strong> <strong>essay on oil and the war.</strong></div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><div><br />Policy to <strong>save the planet</strong>? Weigh in.</div><div><br /><strong>Ask the reporters</strong>. The <em>CHARLOTTE OBSERVER's</em> reporters featured on <em><strong>EXPOSÉ</strong></em> take your questions.</div><div><br /><strong>Respond to Bill Moyers' essay</strong>.</div><br /><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from BILL MOYERS JOURNAL are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-5274624891866444172008-06-19T17:02:00.000-07:002008-06-19T17:29:50.248-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal - June 20<em>From the NEWSLETTER for Friday, June 20, 2008</em><br /><div><div><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">We're taking June off. Next </span><a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/Moyers_Talkers_Discussion_Group.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Moyers Talkers</span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"> meeting is Thursday, July 17, at 7:00 PM at the upstairs Learning Center of the </span><a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/central.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Glendale Central Library</span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;">, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale.</span></div><div><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></div><div></div><div><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<u><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://kcet.org/">KCET-TV</a></span></u>) </div><div><br /><strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> examines <strong>racial inequality</strong> in America through the prisms of the legacy of slavery and the current socio-economic landscape. The program previews <em>TRACES OF THE TRADE</em> which premieres on PBS' documentary series <strong><em>P.O.V</em></strong>. on Tuesday <a id="POV" href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" name="POV">(KCET-TV)</a>.</div><div><br /><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1213VD057M765.127128&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!961210~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Slavery+by+another+name+%3A+the+re-enslavement+of+Black+people+in+America+from+the+Civil+War+to+World+War+II+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213750014746057058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzmNO9-FbQOU3E9eDC8xqnxoiadJtGinEyXTdZpyq5MM8NLNjJxiSoW-vV_ouBmfhCmsIbFF-AHNY_cZipYdVcgkdnfQD87ScahwvR0gDKazWhJy0E2TQYk9IZVjNT75Wp6vBgP9saexz/s400/indexa.gif" border="0" /></a></div><div><strong>Bill Moyers</strong> interviews <strong>Douglas Blackmon</strong>, the Atlanta bureau chief of the <em>WALL STREET JOURNAL</em>, about his latest book <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1213VD057M765.127128&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!961210~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Slavery+by+another+name+%3A+the+re-enslavement+of+Black+people+in+America+from+the+Civil+War+to+World+War+II+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus">SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME</a>, which looks at an “<strong>age of neoslavery</strong>” that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II.</div><br /><div>And Moyers gets perspective from historical and cultural sociologist <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1213921N02IF6.127197&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!668070~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Patterson%2C+Orlando%2C+1940-&index=PAUTHOR#focus"><strong>Orlando Patterson</strong> </a>and <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1213921N02IF6.127197&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!918110~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!horizon&term=Loury%2C+Glenn+C.&index=PAUTHOR#focus">Glenn C. Loury</a></strong>, an economist and expert on <strong>race and social division</strong>.</div><br /><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><br /><div><strong>Facing history</strong>. Weigh in on our discussion of reconciling the <strong>legacy of slavery</strong>.<br /><br /></div><div></div><div><strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> writer Michael Winship on <strong>Countrywide Financial Corporation's preferential treatment</strong> of some Beltway bigwigs. </div><br /><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div></div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-53472294281787452062008-06-13T12:10:00.001-07:002008-06-13T12:51:56.705-07:00On Bill Moyers Journal June 13, 2008<span style="color:#cc0000;">We're taking June off. Next <a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/Moyers_Talkers_Discussion_Group.asp" target="_blank">Moyers Talkers</a> meeting is Thursday, July 17, at 7:00 PM at the upstairs Learning Center of the <a href="http://library.ci.glendale.ca.us/central.asp" target="_blank">Glendale Central Library</a>, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale.</span><br /><br />from the <em><strong>Bill Moyers Journal</strong> NEWSLETTER</em> - <em>Friday, June 13, 2008<a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12I338P380750.150552&profile=gcent&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!725013~!0&ri=2&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Moyers%2C+Bill+D.&index=PAUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211450096005741186" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 81px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" height="125" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXXADc1tvHdLSf8OYUs7d5mp-TOLLlii-OSJJTt5UQEqwU5ntFmLOpZU8R-jcSFXTTfW_9yejV7mAKoRfOV_iy_KZDlhAI2JGuTB08vtmeTqz8tVQ7hjxK9bJbGQ4Ya7xG0y1j6KbsdUQ/s400/index.gif" width="101" border="0" /></a></em><br /><div></div><br /><div><em>“We live in an enormously insecure society, where people can no longer count on their pensions, on their jobs, on regular work.” - Steve Fraser</em></div><div><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://kcet.org/" target="_blank">KCET-TV</a>) </div><div><br />While many Americans are working harder for less money and paying more for everyday items like gas and food, the rich are getting richer. <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> <strong>analyzes the</strong> <strong>growing inequality gap on the ground in Los Angeles</strong> where recently union workers marched to bring attention to how they are getting squeezed out of the shrinking middle class.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12133B49D910Q.150458&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!956684~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Wall+Street+%3A+America%27s+dream+palace+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211448878184839058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2t1xEUZb2MXCCDG1Gq8rsWxrPDrt_kaNLBiZtOLamrPkDDuBVnyhq20GzdmMI3YGWJY0A2gi4y2rPJK2JgkdHSDIeWy9_5_Y7XP82UA_FQaLw5mXUm9bgcSbN7dj0Hht6PZ4T7J1yJv0/s400/indexa.gif" border="0" /></a>Bill Moyers</strong> also interviews <strong>Steve Fraser</strong>, historian and author of <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12133B49D910Q.150458&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!956684~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Wall+Street+%3A+America%27s+dream+palace+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank">WALL STREET: AMERICA’S DREAM PALACE</a>, about the modern parallels and differences to the first Gilded Age, the big disparity between the rich and poor, and the increasing strain on working Americans. </div><br /><div>And <strong>Holly Sklar</strong>, co-author of <em>RAISE THE FLOOR: WAGES AND POLICIES THAT WORK FOR ALL OF US</em>, discusses what current economic conditions say about the state of the American dream. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a> </div><div><br />Feeling the crunch of a <strong>looming recession</strong>? Weigh in.</div><div><br />Discuss an essay on <strong>media reform</strong> from <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> writer <strong>Michael Winship</strong>.</div><div><br />Read and respond to <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2008/06/bill_moyers_speech_at_the_nati_1.html"><strong>Bill Moyer's</strong> prepared remarks from the National Media Reform Conference</a> 2008. [<span style="color:#cc0000;">ALSO SEE HOW HE AND OTHERS RESPONDED TO AN AMBUSH ATTACK INTERVIEW FROM BILL O'REILLY'S PROGRAM AT THE CONFERENCE</span>]</div><div><br /></div><div>Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.</div>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810806611031697065.post-36758206147689932332008-06-06T09:36:00.000-07:002008-06-06T10:11:46.215-07:00This Week on the Journal - June 6, 2008<span style="color:#cc0000;">There is no monthly meeting of Moyers Talkers at the Glendale Public Library this month. We will resume on Thursday, July 17.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br />From the NEWSLETTER - <strong>Friday, June 6, 2008</strong><br /><br /><em>"... if you look at surveys today, the American public has lost an enormous amount of trust in the news media, in the people who are supposed to be their watchdogs over government. So at a time when you have this problem, doesn't it behoove you to try and start fixing it?" - Jonathan Landay</em><br /><br />This week on <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.kcet.org">KCET -TV</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/So-Wrong-Long-Pundits-President-Failed/dp/1402756577/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212771114&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208812567655582610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqSJpxGhENK35gPxCdsxL8xCdK4-etmbD2Wart5SjSJn2WSUEolKPn0bJbLQh8_6x5T1aLdrjNXFZ0dJTFKrhWk-e7JiP_m-WQfbrUOSh8hBI_nSW9lxHG_4aSXLzyxEZPVA5nnfs-fNw/s400/index.jpg" border="0" /></a>There’s nothing new in <em>Scott McClellan’s</em> book about the propaganda campaign or the role of the press in selling the war, so why is it such big news? <a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12M27Y0W65906.118586&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100007~!964168~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!horizon&term=What+happened+%3A+inside+the+Bush+White+House+and+Washington%27s+culture+of+deception+%2F&index=PALLTI#focus" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208810894259718610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQ5PXIDTgKw4NkBBYNdgslp2A4IAc2n0DLNgsNnXeCQyvYkzzs2YgJcqTYZr-uFBrIMTWJY4s5ALhN7TpqlTP0Umqrq7SSKSwZzadjqynkKgPRl70BttPoTlkXgt15QKQsgA4vD3um5IX/s400/index.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Journalists <strong>Jonathan Landay</strong> and <strong>John Walcott</strong> of <strong>McClatch</strong>y newspapers and <strong><a href="http://catalog.glendalepubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12M27Y0W65906.118586&profile=gcent&uri=link=3100018~!781765~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=browse_search_page&menu=search&ri=4&source=~!horizon&term=Mitchell%2C+Greg&index=PAUTHOR#focus" target="">Greg Mitchell</a></strong> of <em>EDITOR & PUBLISHER</em> examine the performance of the press in the lead up to the war, the reaction of the administration and the media to McClellan’s book, and how the press is handling other important stories today. Landay and Walcott were part of an award-winning team of journalists at Knight-Ridder (now McClatchy) that consistently challenged the administration’s case for war and Mitchell is the author of <em>So Wrong For So Long: how the press, the pundits, and the president failed in Iraq</em>.<br /><br /><em><a href="http://www.blogger.com/ipac.jsp?session=" target="">Bill Moyers</a> sits down with <a href="http://www.blogger.com/source=" source="~!horizon&view=" s="books&qid=" uri="full=" ref="'pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=" link="3100018~!781408~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=" profile="'gcent&uri=" sr="1-1" menu="search&ipp=" session="'12V2G71439T37.118796&profile=" term="Jamieson%2C+Kathleen+Hall&index=" ri="6&aspect=" spp="20&staffonly=" uindex="&aspect="><strong>Kathleen Hall Jamieson</strong> </a>and <strong>Ron Walters</strong> to discuss how race and gender have played out in the presidential campaigns. A media analyst and recurring <strong><em>JOURNAL</em></strong> guest, Kathleen Hall Jamieson is director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Ron Walters is director of the African American Leadership Center at the University of Maryland.<br /><br />On <a href="http://www.blogger.com/" rel="nofollow">THE MOYERS BLOG</a><br /><br />Read more about <strong>the war and the media</strong> from Greg Mitchell and ask him your questions.<br /><br />Weigh in on our discussion of race in the <strong>presidential election</strong>.<br /><br />Each week, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/transcripts/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">transcripts</a>, and further resources and investigations from <strong><em>BILL MOYERS JOURNAL</em></strong> are available online at <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.pbs.org/moyers</a>.<br /><br /></em><em></em><em></em>Moyers Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471228740921263641noreply@blogger.com0