March 5 - Going to War For Israel; California's Students Occupy the Capitol; Recovering Art Stolen by the Nazis

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with a discussion with one of the signatories of a letter in today’s Washington Post urging President Obama to say no to a war of choice with Iran. Paul Pillar, the former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia joins us to explain why he and many senior military officials are concerned that what is being billed as an Iran problem, is an Israeli problem, and if there is a war with Iran, Israel will not be just a contributing factor, but the prime mover.

Part 2

Then we speak with Bob Samuels, the President of the University Council who is in the Sacramento, at the state capitol along with thousands of others, demonstrating against tuition hikes and education cuts that are decimating what was once the country’s leader in public education, California, which now languishes near the bottom with Mississippi.

Part 3

Then finally Anne Marie O’Connor joins us in the studio. She is the author of a new book “The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer”. Anne Marie writes for the Washington Post from Mexico City and we hear about her recent investigations into how the Mexican drug cartels are kidnapping immigrant women from Central America and forcing them into the sex trade, and also discuss the on-going struggle of returning art stolen by the Nazi’s to the rightful heirs of the original owners, most of whom were murdered by the Nazis.