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Huckabee on the GOP
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 11:00 am

Mike Huckabee joins us. We’ll get the Huckabee view of the GOP now, and the Republican Party in the Obama era.

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Presidential Runner Mike Huckabee (Rebroadcast)
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 10:00 am

In the homestretch to Iowa and New Hampshire, former Arkansas governor and Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee has been the stunning wild card in the GOP pack. He’s spent next to nothing, turned his back on a generation of angry conservatism, and is now in striking distance of big wins in the Republican presidential primaries.
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Huckabee Rising
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:00 am

By guest host Jane Clayson
Like a revivalist preacher riding into town, Mike Huckabee — the former Baptist minister, Arkansas Governor, and long-shot Republican presidential candidate — is hogging the limelight, and sparking a lot of curiosity.
In new polls released this week, he has surged to the top of the GOP field in Iowa, and is [...]

 
On Point Today
Claude Levi-Strauss
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 image

Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, who profoundly challenged the understanding of human cultures, has died at the age of 100. We’ll look back at his work and its meaning.

 
‘09 Elections and the GOP
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 image

Conservative grassroots purists are shaking up the Republican Party. We’ll look at election results and the GOP as it looks ahead to 2010.


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California, here we come! And we need your questions!

On Point is headed west!
No, no. Not for good. Only for one show. But it’s a very special show!  The NPR station in Thousand Oaks, California – KCLU – is celebrating their 15th anniversary. We’re lucky to have been on their airwaves for nearly seven years, and they invited us out west to host a live [...]

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For Love of Science – or Money?

A new study supports the idea that U.S. dominance in engineering and science is threatened — but not for lack of training and education. It has more to do with a lack of social and economic incentives.

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Matthew Hoh’s Resignation Letter

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain, became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan. The move has generated a lot of reaction. You can read Hoh’s resignation letter, posted by The Washington Post, which reported on it here.

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