Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, DenverTo listen online from anywhere, click 710knus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Are Gov. Owens and President Bush on the right track with their new proposals regarding illegal aliens? What's to be done about the economic illiteracy that believes taxes grow the economy and price controls encourage abundance? How can Republicans hold the Bob Beauprez congressional seat in suburban Denver when Beauprez runs for governor next year? Why is the Salvation Army the most respected charity in America? What evidence do we have that the Christmas story is historically valid, not just folklore?
Radio, Dec. 4: Gov. Owens looks ahead
Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, DenverTo listen online from anywhere, click 710knus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gov. Bill Owens is more likely to quote Dodger batting averages than poetry. But he doubtless recognizes the Robert Frost line, "I took the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference." His surprising, less-traveled road to grow the budget and trim TABOR made a big difference this year in both victory at the ballot box and backlash from conservatives, nationally as well as here in Colorado. Where does the road lead now for Bill Owens, a month from his final legislative session (facing emboldened Democrats in both houses) and 11 months from the election of his successor? We'll talk about it when he joins me in studio on Backbone Radio between 5 and 6pm this Sunday, Dec. 4.
Two Claremont conservatives / John interviews Bill Bennett
Radio, Nov. 27: Speaker Gingrich & Pastor Nelson
Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, DenverTo listen online from anywhere, click 710knus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit us on the web at BackboneAmerica.net To get off this list, reply with "delete" in subject line ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- What lessons exist for conservatives, hoping to retake the Colorado majority and refocus the Republican Congress, in that famous 1994 agenda known as the Contract with America? We'll talk about it this Sunday with the man who authored the Contract with America, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. His new book offers a 21st-century update on the contract, and there are hints of a 2008 presidential run on his website at Newt.org.
What's the standard of political citizenship for people of faith who take seriously the Scripture that they are "citizens of God's household"? We'll explore that question with Jerry Nelson, veteran pastor of Southern Gables Church in Lakewood, who was one of our guest chaplains at the state Senate during my time there.
Radio, Nov. 20: Thanksgiving with Bill Bennett
Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, DenverTo listen online from anywhere, click 710knus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job opening for Claremont Colorado office assistant. Half time, full speed. Email resume to andrewsjk@aol.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- William J. Bennett, writing in "Our Sacred Honor," his anthology of Americana, notes that Thanksgiving originated in our early history as "a day of thanks and prayer and supplication and request for divine blessing." He then adds pointedly: "A few helpings of those would go nicely and wouldn't hurt with the stuffing and gravy of today."
Bill Bennett will be one of my guests this Sunday on "Backbone Radio with John Andrews." I'll talk with him about how Thanksgiving has turned from a sacred into a largely secular holiday, and what that says about our country today. And we'll get his thoughts about the gathering storm over President Bush's policy in Iraq.