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Meditations and recollections on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; with guests and listener call-ins.

 

 

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Thursday
May122011

The Turning Point - 05/12/11

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The Madness of Crowds, The Blessings of Solitude...

Mike explains how it is abnormal for human beings to live in cities (especially HIS city)... 

A discourse on the universal need for solitude and the absolute necessity for human companionship.

Thursday
May052011

The Turning Point - 05/05/11

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The Tale of Bin Laden, or, Ding Dong The Wicked Witch Is Dead

...Or at least the pictures of The Witch are in the process of being photo-shopped.

Is the "Mission" accomplished now? Can we get out of that poor country and try to paste together the ripped-up scraps our Constitution?

A musing on Justice, Vengeance and the real domestic terrorists who are still at large.

Thursday
Apr282011

The Turning Point - 04/28/11

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Prepare!

The End of the World is at hand!! And when it comes, will you be awake for the live telecast or peacefully dozing?

Thursday
Apr212011

The Turning Point - 04/21/11

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Old Time Religion

Midway between Passover and Easter -- Sin, guilt, torture, patriarchy, stonings, passive obedience to authority and mass murder... Gimme that old time religion!

Thursday
Apr142011

The Turning Point - 04/14/11

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Hold The Presses!

"When you wake up, get up. And when you get up, do something." - Martin Luther King

"I have a dream..." - Martin Luther King

Are we asleep or awake -- dreaming or acting consciously? How much richer and compassionate the world would be if we understood that we are constantly crossing and recrossing the borderline between the two states.

Thursday
Apr072011

The Turning Point - 04/07/11

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"Entitlements" or Just Human Decency?

Are selfishness and arrogance now the basic requirments for political advancement"? Is cruelty to the old, the sick, children and the needy the new morality?

...My days as rookie Welfare worker on The Lower Eastside of Manhattan and some comments on who and what REALLY needs to get "slashed".

Thursday
Mar312011

The Turning Point - 03/31/11

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Courses Of Action

Martin Luther King or Malcolm X? We are not living in India and the people running America are not British gentlemen...

A discussion of the state of things in our country now and what courses of action are left open to average citizens when the States and the Federal government are controlled by the criminal rich.

Thursday
Mar242011

The Turning Point - 03/24/11

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Sticks and Stones...

Obama a) Unveils a national website for an anti-bullying campaign and tells bullied kids they've "Got a friend in the White House". Then, b) He issues a statement giving his Presidential seal of approval to the treatment of Bradley Manning! And you wonder-- Am I hearing right?

...Mike talks about bullying-- personal, political and otherwise; Who does the bullying and who gets bullied...

Thursday
Mar172011

The Turning Point - 03/17/11

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Japan: The Fragile And Ephemeral Quality Of Life

Thanks to technology -- with both its worst and best aspects on display at this moment-- we are presented with the unavoidable fact that every human being on the planet is connected with every other human being.

No man is an Island anymore, so go on-line, take your iodine pills and lets all heed the wake-up call, from Wisconsin to Cairo to Tokyo.

Thursday
Mar102011

The Turning Point - 03/10/11

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Bigotry, Intolerance, Exclusivity...

From the Nazis to the US House of Representatives and all over the United States (and good part of the rest of the world)...  It seems like history is going backwards...

We're all in the same boat in the middle of the same storm, but instead of rowing together we argue over who gets to sit where and what the right prayer is to say over the oars.

Thursday
Mar032011

The Turning Point - 03/03/11

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Uprisings and Revolutions

Does every uprising and revolution, whether small or large, need a hero to succeed?

Is it possible for a great groundswell of popular change to succeed without a great charismatic leader?

Asking questions about the universal desire and need for heroes. And, wondering about the great dangers involved in trading our moral and intellectual responsibilities for the passive worship of heroic figures.

Thursday
Feb242011

The Turning Point - 02/24/11

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Auschwitz Memorial

The directors of The Auschwitz Memorial are taking steps to make it more relevant to a generation for whom The Holocaust is "ancient history". Do we need such active memorials so far beyond the events that occurred? Absolutely but there's a need to think about the reasons why we need them-- for the sake of our collective history and our own, personal lives.

Thursday
Feb172011

The Turning Point - 02/17/11

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Attention Deficit Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Hyperactivity Disorder, ad nauseum.

How convenient for parents and teachers to unload their own failures and lack of parental responsibility onto their kids and, incidentally, keep therapists busy drug companies rich.

Too many people who shouldn't have children have them anywway, and then, when its clear they've screwed up the first one they have another! World without end, Amen.

Thursday
Feb102011

The Turning Point - 02/10/11

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Revolution!

Funny (and sad) how not one country anywhere around the Eygyptian Democracy protestors--not Israel, not one of their Arab neighbors, not Hamas, not The Palestinain authority--not even the inventors of Democracy, the USA, wants this revolution to succeed.

Its exhilarating watching Egyptians flood the streets and stop all business as usual in the face of the US supported Egyptian dictatorship.

Reminds you as an American what Democracy is supposed be all about.

Thursday
Feb032011

The Turning Point - 02/03/11

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Go Ahead Punk, Make My Day...

What is it about age that fears youth so much?

What is this universal struggle between tyranny and freedom? Its as if the old and powerful believe there is just so much life to go around and they refuse to let the young flourish.

Tuesday
Feb012011

The Turning Point - 01/27/11

REPEAT SHOW: Re-broadcast of a previous program.

Thursday
Jan202011

The Turning Point - 01/20/11

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The Spirit of The Sixties Re-awakens

As things get worse in America; as the rich and powerful take away our food, our houses, our jobs, our money, our basic services and freedoms, we can detect a turning of consciousness -- The country was born in revolution and its long past time for another one.

Thursday
Jan132011

The Turning Point - 01/13/11

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America Is Dangerously Ill

Hate speech, dangerous political rhetoric, out-and-out violence.

But to cure the body, you have to know where the poison is coming from... Today we do a summary of symptoms and a beginning attempt to identify the toxins.

Thursday
Jan062011

The Turning Point - 01/06/11

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Its a New Year

Same as it ever was, or completely different, or both? Resolutions and change -- the big secret revealed, which turns out to be no secret at all.
Friday
Dec312010

The Turning Point - 12/30/10

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The Battle of the Bulge

Gay Marriage and the first snow of your childhood... An essay on the better angels of our natures.