March 2 - "Has Netanyahu Gone too Far?"; "Kremlin Murder Incorporated"; The Failure of the Press to Explain the Steep and Sudden Rise of Gas Prices

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with the tone of reconciliation expressed by Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu in his address to the annual AIPAC conference in Washington, where he was preceded by the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power who insisted that the “bond between the United States and Israel is still a national commitment”. Guy Ziv, a professor at American University’s School of International Service and Director of the Israel National Security Project joins us to discuss his article at CNN, “Has Netanyahu Gone Too Far?” and whether Netanyahu’s controversial  speech to Congress on Tuesday will be an anti-climax.

Part 2

Then we speak with Nina Khrushcheva, a Professor in the Graduate Program of International Affairs at The New School and author of “The Lost Khrushchev: A Journey into the Gulag of the Russian Mind” about her article at Project Syndicate “Kremlin Murder Incorporated” and what the U.S. and the West can do to avoid a deepening hostility and military arms race with Russia as they try to find a way to deal with Putin who does not care what the West thinks of him, is not bothered by sanctions, and continually reminds the world that Russia is nuclear power.  

Part 3

Then finally we examine further the real reasons behind the steep and sudden rise in the price of gas that appears to have little to do with supply and demand since the price of crude remains below $50 a barrel. A former investment banker who spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs & Co, Wallace Turbeville, joins us to discuss the direct relationship between the ability of the big Wall Street banks to buy enough congressmen to overturn provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act that then enabled them to speculate in the oil futures market and gouge the American public at the pump while the mainstream press continues to parrot fictions about refinery fires etc., to shield the real culprits who are fleecing their fellow Americans.