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Here's my latest Heartland Politics podcast on @WVIKqc, Quad Cities NPR, with State Rep. @DanUgaste (R-65), Assistant Minority Leader, providing an update on action in the Illinois legislature as the session winds down. wvik.org/podcast/heartl…

What's the latest from Springfield? On the next Heartland Politics @DanUgaste (R-65) provides an update on the Illinois legislative session. Tune into @WVIKqc Quad Cities NPR, 90.3 FM & HD1 in the QC @830pm on Friday & 4pm on Saturday or listen online at WVIK.org

Here's my latest Heartland Politics podcast on @WVIKqc, Quad Cities NPR, with Liaquat Ahamed talking about his book, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World. wvik.org/podcast/heartl…

@the_illinoize Profiles in courage

Also worth noting Rep. Nabeela Syed (D-Palatine) took a walk on the bill. Her district essentially butts up to the Arlington Park site. She's a progressive who knows the bill is popular in her district. And she's running for Senate.

This book was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for History.

Join me on the next Heartland Politics show when author Liaquat Ahamed discusses his book Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World. Tune into @WVIKqc, Quad Cities NPR, 90.3 FM and HD1 at 830pm on Friday and 4pm on Saturday, or listen online at WVIK.org

Liaquat also gives a sneak preview into his new book coming out soon -- 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World. It's a prequel to Lords of Finance.

Liaquat reveals history through biography--the lives of four central bankers whose decisions precipitated the Great Depression and led to World War II. Key topics include the gold standard, financial "bubbles," the role of tariffs (Smoot-Hawley Act), and lessons for today.

Here's my latest Heartland Politics podcast on @WVIKqc with @fred_burton co-author of Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America. Fred is a former State Department special agent & New York Times best-selling author wvik.org/podcast/heartl…

This book provides an important backdrop on the current US-Iran War. It also profiles an American patriot who sacrificed his like for our nation--William Buckley.

On the next Heartland Politics @fred_burton discusses his book Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America. Tune into @WVIKqc, 90.3 FM & HD1 in the Quad Cities at 830pm on Friday &4pm on Saturday or listen online at WVIK.org

The co-author of Beirut Rules is Samuel Katz.

@fred_burton is a former State Department special agent and New York Times best-selling author.

@mattcorridoni @NYCMarymount Congratulations Matt. Impressive accomplishment.

Very rarely (never) do I agree to be the subject of an interview but I was happy to share my thoughts about campaigning, public service, and the opportunity to return to @NYCMarymount this spring to help honor the legacy of Geraldine Ferraro:

@nixonfoundation I enjoyed Dwight Chapin's book. The President's Man.

How long do you have? The must read: — RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon The best biographies (yet written): — Nixon A Life (1992) — Being Nixon (2014) The best analysis (yet written): — The Nixon Effect — Nixon’s White House Wars — The President’s Man — The Year that Broke Politics — The Contender — The Nixon Conspiracy — With Nixon And for the full context: — Pat Nixon: The Untold Story

Here's my latest Heartland Politics podcast on @WVIKqc, Quad Cities NPR, with Daniel Bullen, author of Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story. The balance between liberty and order with lessons for today. wvik.org/podcast/heartl…

On the next Heartland Politics Daniel Bullen discusses his book Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American Story & why this story is important for today. Tune into @WVIKqc 90.3 FM & HD1 in the QC @ 830pm on Friday & 4pm on Saturdayor listen online at WVIK.org

@JoshPhillipsPhD @AlexAndBooks_ Me too. I teach part time at a small liberal arts college.

@AlexAndBooks_ In the last few years, I’ve started encountering college freshmen who’ve said they’ve NEVER read a book.

Christie: If I were running the DCCC right now, I would take every Democratic candidate incumbent challenger, and send them to Turks and Caicos until November. Say nothing. Do nothing. Shut up. You sound stupid too. But if you go until November, you will not piss anybody off.

@roddreher Bill Evans is the best.

Spending Western Easter all day in a quiet airport lounge at Heathrow. Eight hour layover on way home to Budapest. Sitting here working on my next book and listening to the incomparable Bill Evans. My life is blessed. Thank you, Lord.