http://www.libertyweek.org The Weekly Podcast of the Competitive Enterprise Institute Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:12:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Celebrate the new era of Change and Hope with Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist. Your hosts update you on the trials and travails of Sen. Stevens of Alaska (happy 85th Ted!), run-down the list of would-be cabinet secretaries, warn of the return of pirates ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/166 Join your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist this week for an election roundup featuring Barack Obama, John McCain, Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, and some guy named Chuck Baldwin. We revisit the status of our friend Ted Stevens and his possible successor (could it be Sarah Palin?) and ask why ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/160 Join your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist this week as we take on election day madness, the tradition of Guy Fawkes Day, campaign sabotage, the ghost of the Fairness Doctrine, how the coming depression is actually a minor recession, why the Department of Justice can't help itself from destroying ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/151 Your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist discuss the looming presidential election, Halloween, the conviction of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the continuing economic unease, tough times for the U.S. Postal Service, American companies react to Internet censorship abroad, Cox's new wireless service, Microsoft's new web-based OS Azure, and all the ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/144 This week hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist discuss environmental journalism, the Twitter revolution, maxing out the national debt clock, Iain Murray's Fannie-fueled cyber-fight with Matt Yglesias, falling oil prices, a massage chair on loan to Sen. Ted Stevens, the dangers of building your own bubble house and latest in ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/118 Your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist welcome listeners back to another episode of LibertyWeek. The panel starts by reviewing movie news and taking notice of a major gathering of environmental journalists in nearby Virginia. News topics include the wildly fluctuating Dow Jones Industrial Average, the latest $250 billion worth ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/115 Regular hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist welcome special guest commenter and friend of LibertyWeek William Yeatman back to the program. We start out by re-capping the weekend’s entertainments, including films presented at the American Film Renaissance annual film festival here in Washington, D.C., the victory of the New England Patriots ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/108 Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist wish our listeners a Happy New Year (5769), while reporting on the latest in federal bailout proposals with our colleague and special guest Iain Murray. We then move on to jailed Egyptian journalists, the end of the HIV travel ban in the U.S., advances in ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/103 Cord Blomquist and guest-host William Yeatman tackle the subsidy for Yankee stadium, falling DSL prices, Sarah Palin's hacked email, the no-drilling energy bill, and continue to track the saga of London 2012. SPECIAL GUEST: John Berlau joins us to discuss the ongoing Wall Street bailout debacle and explains to us how ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/90 This week, your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist discuss the meltdown on Wall Street, Nancy Pelosi’s opposition to offshore drilling, the War on Bottled Water™ and a breakthrough for Paralympic athletes. SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL GUEST: Radu Burnete (our Romanian intern) joins us to consider how European Union rules have made short ... http://www.libertyweek.org/archives/79