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‘Mark Reardon Show’ Interview Airs Today at 3

February 17th, 2012 · No Comments

Make sure you listen to “The Mark Reardon Show” on KMOX radio today at 3 p.m. Central to hear my interview with host Mark Reardon about my book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice. Also, make sure you stop by Main Street Books Saturday afternoon, 1 to [...]

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CBS Radio Fails to Mention Muslims’ Role in Massacre of Hundreds of Christians in Nigeria

March 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The differences between news reports on the recent massacre of hundreds in Nigeria are stark. Listening to St. Louis’ KMOX-AM 1120 this morning, I heard the CBS Radio News report about about some 200 people being killed in “sectarian violence” during the past few days had left at least 200 dead in Nigeria.  Conversely, Australia’s [...]

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Former CNN Hack Charles Jaco Shows True Colors (Update)

February 18th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Former CNN journalist Charles Jaco showed his true colors to St. Louis blogger Adam Sharp Wednesday during a left-wing health care reform rally in downtown St. Louis. When confronted with questions about his consistently-biased reporting about members of the Tea Party Movement for local Fox affiliate KTVI Fox 2 News, the newsman most famous for [...]

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Jim Talent Predicts Leadership Crises on Capitol Hill

January 21st, 2010 · No Comments

Former U.S. Senator Jim Talent (R-Mo.) told listeners to The Mark Reardon Show on St. Louis’ KMOX-AM this afternoon that he thinks leadership crises on Capitol Hill might overtake health care reform as the biggest issue in the nation’s capitol during the upcoming week.  Stay tuned!

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St. Louis Tea Party Media Coverage Mixed

November 29th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Having worked with journalists at NHK while living in Japan 20 years ago, I was excited to see a crew from the Japanese television network at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis Saturday afternoon.  My first thought:  “The local tea party movement had finally earned a spot on the world stage.”  But I was wrong. [...]

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Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, Cy Young Awards

October 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments

BREAKING NEWS ITEM #1: President Barack Obama has been named the 2009 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” despite the fact that the deadline for submitting nominations for the once-prestigious award was only 12 days into the 44th president’s term. BREAKING NEWS ITEM [...]

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Rudeness Precedes Racism at Obama Inauguration (Updated)

January 21st, 2009 · 9 Comments

The rudeness that greeted President George W. Bush and Pastor Rick Warren was surpassed only by the divisive flavor of Dr. Joseph Lowery’s closing prayer at yesterday’s inauguration of President Barack Obama. While walking a tightrope of propriety and keeping his remarks less vile than those Rev. Jeremiah Wright might have delivered if given the [...]

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