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Scrutinizing Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets101311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Francis Cianfrocca are joined by Daniel Mitchell, to discuss Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan, the pitfalls of instituting a national sales tax,

The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets111510.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Ken Ballen to discuss his book Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals, which

Belafonte on Herman Cain: 'Totally False' and 'A Bad Apple'

Aging crooner Harry Belafonte wants us to know Herman Cain is one “bad apple,” someone for whom prayers weren’t created. Belafonte, hitting the talk show circuit to promote his new memoir ‘Sing Your Song,’ blasted the Republican presidential candidate on

Are We Witnessing the Death of America's Middle Class?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets101011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the plan for a plan to save the Euro Zone, the possibility

The Latest Unemployment Numbers and the Loss of Steve Jobs

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets100711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the latest unemployment numbers, Occupy Wall Street and the passing of Steve

Steve Jobs, Capitalist, R.I.P.

Steve Jobs personified capitalism and free markets in as pure and beautiful a way as the world has seen in the modern generation of industrial giants. His pursuit of excellence — his passion to make Apple the best and most

Flashback: Steve Jobs and Pixar — How It Started

R.I.P. an American visionary who changed the world… —– New York Times: Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies

Apple Founder Steve Jobs Dead at 56

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) – Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. Apple announced his

The Roots of a Conservative Republican Party

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets100511.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Michael Bowen to discuss how the split between Thomas Dewey and Robert Taft led to the

A New Look at the Unappreciated James Madison

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets092811.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Richard Brookhiser to discuss his new biography of James Madison, his battle with Hamilton, his break

Our Overlawyered America

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets092111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Walter Olson to discuss his book detailing the need to reform the legal community in the

Gwyneth Gives Philanderers a Pass

For a woman who claims to love the “simple life” and who swears she’s happiest when she’s cooking for her kids, lately Gwyneth Paltrow’s face and opinion are everywhere. It seems as if Ms. Paltrow, aka Mrs. Chris Martin, hasn’t

The Solyndra Scandal and Obama's Crony Capitalism

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets092011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Elizabeth Blackney are joined by Philip Klein from the Washington Examiner to discuss the latest on the Solyndra scandal and how

Reason.tv: Smoking Bans Are No Match for New Yorkers

Smoking in bars and restaurants has been banned in New York City since 2003 but Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently added beaches, parks, and pedestrian plazas to the long and growing list of places where smoking is verboten in the Big

The Ugly American Future

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets091411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Mark Steyn, author of After America, to discuss whether a dystopian future is really upon us