Radio, Dec. 17: Obama, Osama, Putin

Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, Denverand now also on 1460 KZNT, Colorado Springs To listen online from anywhere, click 710knus.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- How does Barack Obama, the black liberal senator who's fluttering hearts for 2008, stack up with black conservative author and columnist Joseph C. Phillips?

What must Bush and his generals do to snatch victory from defeat in Iraq, according to the new book by combat veteran Major Eric Egland?

Why do Putin and his poison endanger not just Russian democracy but international peace, as former congressman Bob Schaffer sees it?

Those are some of the high-voltage conversations I'll have with guests and listeners on this Sunday's edition of "Backbone Radio" with John Andrews. I hope you'll join us.

** Rick Rank of Compa Food Ministry and Brad Meuli of the Denver Rescue Mission will also be along with a report on what their groups (and so many other charities) are doing for the less fortunate this Christmas.

** And I'll talk with Denver-based character educator E.C. Gaffney about his new book and related seminars on how to raise self-controlled kids... a program being used by local prosecutors to help turn around juvenile offenders.

Our show is the most principled, most patriotic, most faith-based, most Colorado-proud spot on your weekend radio dial. I'd be honored to have you as a listener. The chance to exchange ideas with fellow Americans like you is a source of needed hope right now.

Yours for self-government, JOHN ANDREWS ---------------------------------------------------------- WE AT THE CITIZENS ALLIANCE that sponsors Backbone Radio and BackboneAmerica.net extend our wishes for a happy and holy Christmas to you and yours. “No Christmas, no America” is our belief: for this nation would not exist without the biblical idea of man’s liberty under God’s sovereignty, an idea propelled in history by the manger and the cross. We send you the peace of the season, and hopes for a bright new year.

Radio, Dec. 10: Tancredo, Helprin, Barton

Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, Denverand now also on 1460 KZNT, Colorado Springs To listen online from anywhere, click 710knus.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Will Tom Tancredo run for President and invite Jeb Bush on the ticket? Does war novelist and Wall Journal columnist Mark Helprin agree with the Iraq Study Group that America can't win over there? What's the comeback from David Barton, founder of WallBuilders and author of "Original Intent," to the freedom-from-religion crowd this Christmas?

All three will be my guests this Sunday on "Backbone Radio with John Andrews." You will find no jollier stocking stuffer anywhere. Yuletide in Backbone with the mayor (me) spiking the punch is an experience not to be missed. Listen and hear for yourself!

** John Miller, political writer for National Review, also joins me to discuss his recent, disturbing piece, "How Liberal Millionaires are Buying Colorado's Politics."

** And Arthur Brooks of Syracuse University will talk about his new book that you've heard mentioned everywhere, "Who Really Cares: America's Charity Divide - Who Gives, Who Doesn't, and Why it Matters." The divide separates liberals and conservatives by generosity. Tune in to learn who's on top.

Our show is the most principled, most patriotic, most faith-based, most Colorado-proud spot on your weekend radio dial. I'd be honored to have you as a listener. The chance to exchange ideas with fellow Americans like you is a source of needed hope right now.

Yours for self-government, JOHN ANDREWS ---------------------------------------------------------- WHAT WOULD REAGAN DO on US foreign policy at this dangerous time? Richard V. Allen, his first national security adviser and now a regular on Backbone Radio, essays the answer in this Human Events piece.

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Radio update after Dec. 3 show

Barakat Bad, Rose Remarkable On tonight's Backbone Radio show, local Muslim leader Rima Barakat was more evasive, combative, and manipulative than anyone we've ever tried to interview. Who is being more honest and fair, Barakat in her 11/20 Rocky piece voicing Palestinian grievances or Neil Dobro in his 11/27 reply defending Israel? Why was she unwilling to explain the MILA charity (Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism) and her connection to it? See the links and judge for yourself.

But our next guest, Danish editor Flemming Rose, gave a superb account of his role in the Mohammed cartoon controversy, and through that prism, of what a free society should mean and how Europe should respond to radical Islam.

The cartoons, very sparsely published in this country, can be viewed on Joshua Sharf's website. Rose's eloquence and courage will be on stage at the CU-Boulder law school building, Wittemyer Courtroom, 730pm Monday. Free and open to the public.

Radio, Dec. 3: Courageous Danish editor

Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, Denverand now also on 1460 KZNT, Colorado Springs To listen online from anywhere, click 710knus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Did Islamist agitators manufacture the huge protest against those Danish cartoons? Of course. Did they also stage the recent imam airliner incident? Very likely. Should Turkey, the cradle of ancient Christianity, treat the Pope and all Christians more tolerantly? Yes. Is jihad for Allah the greatest global threat to human freedom today? Yes absolutely.

With me in the studio this Sunday will be Flemming Rose, the courageous Danish editor who first published those cartoons. He'll speak at CU-Boulder the next day. "Backbone Radio with John Andrews" has never had a more notable guest, or a more urgent topic, in our 100-plus shows. I hope you will listen in and call in.

** Separately on this show, we'll also talk with Rima Barakat, a Palestinian-American active in the Denver Muslim community, about her recent published attack on Israel, which has triggered continuing debate.

** Andrew Romanoff, Speaker of the Colorado House, will join me to discuss his Democrats' election success and next year's legislative outlook. We'll hear more on the happy Dems (and unhappy Miamians) from Rocky Mountain News columnist Mike Littwin.

** And Rebecca Hagelin of the Heritage Foundation will tell us about her book "Home Invasion," a tough report on the moral cesspool surrounding America's kids -- and what you can do about it.

Our show is the most principled, most patriotic, most faith-based, most Colorado-proud spot on your weekend radio dial. I'd be honored to have you as a listener. The chance to exchange ideas with fellow Americans like you is a source of needed hope right now.

Yours for self-government, JOHN ANDREWS

Radio, Nov. 26: Beautiful for pilgrim feet

Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, Denverand now also on 1460 KZNT, Colorado Springs To listen online from anywhere, click 710knus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "O beautiful for pilgrim feet, whose stern, impassioned stress a thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness." America's beauty is in her ideals, truths, and traditions, even more than in the plains and mountains that we love. Thanksgiving is one of those, the Pilgrim feast that holds on as a 21st-century holiday, and I hope you had a happy one.

Our forefathers' westward push ultimately reached the continental divide and Backbone Colorado USA. There in my hometown of the heart our family gathered yesterday. From there on Sunday we'll once again bring you "Backbone Radio with John Andrews." We too are impassioned about freedom, as every topic and guest this week will testify.

** Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi and ballot integrity expert Al Kolwicz will join me to talk about lessons of the 2006 election and prospects for 2007.

** I'll discuss the view from the Right with actor and columnist Joseph C. Phillips and scholar Bruce Frohnen, editor of the new encyclopedia on American conservatism.

** And Heritage High School senior Alex Chandler, elected "Governor of Colorado" by 100 of his peers at a youth convention at the Capitol this week, offers his State of the State.

Matt Dunn also returns to the Backbone microphone after 8 months' campaign leave. Joshua Sharf will help me knock the rust off his studio skills. Krista Kafer is on assignment in Wyoming, but don't miss her latest blog at BackboneAmerica.net.

Our show is the most principled, most patriotic, most faith-based, most Colorado-proud spot on your weekend radio dial. I encourage you to listen in and call in. The chance to exchange ideas with fellow Americans like you is one of things I'm most thankful for.

Yours for self-government, JOHN ANDREWS