Our guest is the brave woman from Somalia who has – to understate the case – courted some danger in criticizing and leaving Islam. A former member of the Dutch parliament, she has recently been disinvited as commencement speaker at Brandeis University. Her appearance on our program in 2007 is memorable for the depth of her analysis and the force of her life story.

A full conversation from 2008 in which one of the country’s best and most unapologetic social critics tells it the way it really is – and the way it must be changed if we are to survive as a competent nation.

If states are laboratories, the lesson from Illinois is “Don’t do this, ever!” Kristina Rasmussen of the Illinois Policy Institute expounds on how to make a mess – and a continuing tragedy – through government  programs.

Author Christina Hoff Sommers in an assertive 2005 conversation.

Milt talks with Dr. Helen Smith about her new book Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream – and Why It Matters.