Guest host Lee Cowan In our cover story Cowan examines the health threats posed by the prevalence of long-lasting compounds known as PFAS in drinking water sources Robert Costa interviews retiring Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy Neil Giraldo David Pogue looks at the rise in unionization efforts at Amazon and other corporations and Seth Doane finds out how Birkenstock is going toe-to-toe with counterfeiters See Privacy Policy at https art com privacy and California Privacy Notice at https art com privacy do-not-sell-my-info [... more]

On this edition of The Outlaw Lawyers Attorneys Josh Whitaker Joe Hamer discuss EPA mandates and existing power plants West Va vs the EPA The Atlantic Coast Conference has existed since but how much longer will the schools stay together Rumors abound concerning an expanding SEC conference and several ACC schools are prime targets Josh and Joe pour over the ACC Grant of Rights and discuss Listener Questions wrap up this episode of the Outlaw Lawyer If you are facing a legal situation and have questions call Whitaker Hamer - - Law Legal Trial Judgement Case Lawyer Attorney See omnystudio [... more]

Yesterday Brian Deese - economic and political advisor for the Biden Administration - in a CNN interview was asked what he would say to American families struggling because of gas prices His response included a line that left many people stunned He said This is about the future of the liberal world order and we have to stand firm What exactly did he mean by liberal world order Logan and the rest of the Sekulow team give their analysis This and more today on Sekulow [... more]

In breaking news President Biden just said that the filibuster should be temporarily removed in order to codify Roe and accused the Supreme Court of destabilizing America and the world Logan and the rest of the Sekulow team break down President Biden's recent statements and provide their analysis on the future of the filibuster and whether Congress could codify Roe even without the filibuster This and more today on Sekulow [... more]

There's an easy way to resolve this mess put everyone under oath and then jail whoever is lying Mike Ezell Rep Chris Stewart Liz Harrington and Liz Peek join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this week's program Josh Joe are joined be fellow attorney Cassandra Nicholas also of Whitaker Hammer to discuss the hottest legal topics New Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be highlighted West Virginia vs the EPA back in the news Also today the vanity plate is discussed There is a process to get a vanity plate approved and a person in Asheville NC went through the process and received her plate but now there has been a complaint filed All this and more on this week's edition of the Outlaw Lawyer If you have a legal question [... more]

From extended COVID- shutdowns to unexpected government fines owners of alcohol-related businesses in North Carolina have faced special challenges in the past year John Trump Carolina Journal managing editor recaps some of the industry's key concerns Bar owners and operators across North Carolina filed lawsuits just before the Christmas holiday The suits challenge the executive orders Gov Roy Cooper has used during the COVID- pandemic to keep bars shuttered Jessica Thompson attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation discusses the suit she filed on behalf of owners of a popular Greenville bar It has been closed for more than nine months [... more]

Jim Axelrod talks with Humans of New York photographer Brandon Stanton about his book of international portraits Erin Moriarty reports on an Indiana town where dozens of children have fallen ill with cancer Mark Phillips looks at the controversy over the hit Netflix series The Crown Tracy Smith goes behind the scenes of Chadwick Boseman's last film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Faith Salie investigates the decades-long appeal of teenage sleuth Nancy Drew Techno Claus a k a David Pogue offers recommendations for tech gifts for the holidays and we look at the history of Hanukkah the Festival of Lights Lee [... more]

North Carolina welcomes a new state superintendent of public instruction in Republican Catherine Truitt will take the job after serving as leader of the online-only Western Governors University in this state Truitt also served as former Republican Gov Pat McCrory's top education adviser Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar assesses Truitt's top priorities in her job at the head of the N C Department of Public Instruction Mention the word environmentalism and many people will think of left-of-center activists who oppose development energy exploration and other economic activity But a recent article in the [... more]

A new Vanderbilt University report questions the academic benefits of Tennessee's prekindergarten program Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president of research and director of education studies assesses the new research and discusses its implications for state pre-K programs in North Carolina As stories about a national opioid epidemic continue to generate headlines more and more states are considering new taxes on opioid drugs Patrick Gleason vice president of state affairs at Americans for Tax Reform analyzes the growing interest in targeting opioids for taxation He explains ATR's concerns about these taxes It's hard to tell how well a government [... more]

State Attorney General Josh Stein has latched onto national campaigns designed to resist Trump administration policies Jon Guze John Locke Foundation director of legal studies analyzes Stein's actions Guze assesses whether North Carolinians stand to benefit from Stein's anti-Trump stances Most of us rely on experts to help guide at least some of our decisions But expertise can be misused especially in the political process Andrew Taylor professor of political science at N C State University wrote a recent Carolina Journal column outlining cases of an overreliance on expert opinion rather than input from affected voters and property owners in [... more]