Monday, 10/15
Adrian Cronauer, Vietnam War Veteran, Former Armed Forces Radio and Televisions Service Broadcaster, and Former Attorney Specializing in Communication Law, Re: Fairness Doctrine
Friday, 10/12 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 10/11
Meryl Braunstein, Attorney, Volunteer for the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, and Co-Chairman of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Super Sunday, Re: Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Annual Phone-a-thon
William H. Farley, Chairman of the Mayor’s Commission to End Chronic Homelessness, Re: Plan to End Homelessness in Hartford
Wednesday, 10/10
John Hinderaker, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: Republican Presidential Candidates Debate
Monday, 10/8
Robert Timberg, Former White House Correspondent, Reporter, and Editor of the Baltimore Sun, Editor-In-Chief of “Proceedings,” and Author of “John McCain: An American Odyssey”
Thursday, 10/4
Lisa Chedekel, Staff Writer for the Hartford Courant, Re: Mentally Unfit Soldiers - Suicides: A Treatment Issue Special Report
Wednesday, 10/3
Scott Bates, Professor for Homeland Security and Defense at the National Defense University, Vice President for National Security at the Center for National Policy, Police Commissioner and Commissioner for Emergency Management in Stonington Borough (CT), and Former Senior Policy Advisor for the US Homeland Security Committee, Re: Inside Burma’s Police State/Upcoming Visit to Iraq
Tuesday, 10/2
Sgt. Marco Martinez, Author of “Hard Corps: From Gangster to Marine Hero”
Monday, 10/1
Mark Boughton, Mayor of Danbury, Re: Illegal Immigrant Arrest Lawsuit
Linda Schwartz, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Re: Results of the “Stand Down 2007” Program
Tom Marzullo, Columnist, Physicist, Educator, and Former US Army Special Forces Combat Soldier and US Navy Submariner, Re: Phony Solider Story
Friday, 9/28 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 9/27
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s Attorney General, Re: Federal Law Barring Illegal Immigrants from Receiving Federally Funded Benefits
Ed Guay, Economist for Wintonbury Risk Management, Re: The Federal Reserve Cutting Interest Rates
Wednesday, 9/26
Bill Sammon, Political Analyst for Fox News Channel and Author of “The Evangelical President: George Bush’s Struggle to Spread a Moral Democracy throughout the World”
Clifford D. May, President of The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Re: Iraq Policy
Tuesday, 9/25
Katie Levinson, Communications Director for Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee Campaign, Re: Giuliani’s Campaign for President of the United States
Pete Hegseth, First Lieutenant in the Army National Guard, Iraqi War Veteran, and Executive Director of Veterans for Freedom, Re: Iraq War
M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, Re: Vetoing the Bonding Package
Monday, 9/24
Lewis Andrews, Executive Director of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: The Cost of Universal Health Care
Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, Re: “Albert Schweitzer’s Legacy: The Dangers of Nuclear Weapons”
Friday, 9/21 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 9/20
John Leo, Editor of MindingTheCampus.com and Former Columnist with U.S. News & World Report, Re: Has Free Speech Left the University?
Robert Moffit, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Hillary Clinton’s Health Care Plan
Wednesday, 9/19
Jed Babbin, Former Air Force JAG and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in the First Bush Administration, Editor of Human Events and Human Events.com, and Co-Author of “Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States,” Re: Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Moveon.org
Tuesday, 9/18
Linda Schwartz, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Re: "Stand Down 2007” Program
Jeff Jacoby, Op-Ed Columnist for The Boston Globe, Re: Reaction to Governor of Massachusetts’ Plan for Casino Licenses in Massachusetts
Friday, 9/14 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Wednesday, 9/12
J.D. Foster, PhD., Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the Economics of Fiscal Policy at The Heritage Foundation, Re: Fair Tax vs. Flat Tax
Tuesday, 9/11
Peter D. Feaver, Alexander F. Hehmeyer Political Science Professor at Duke University, Former National Security Council Staff Member Under Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush, and Author of “Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations,” Re: MoveOn’s McCarty Moment
Monday, 9/10
Scott Bates, Professor for Homeland Security and Defense at the National Defense University, Vice President for National Security at the Center for National Policy, Police Commissioner and Commissioner for Emergency Management in Stonington Borough (CT), and Former Senior Policy Advisor for the US Homeland Security Committee, Re: Anniversary of 9/11
Peter Wolfgang, Executive Director of the Family Institute of Connecticut, Re: Same-Sex Marriage Rally
Friday, 9/7 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Kevin Witkos, State Representative (Avon and Canton), Re: Tractor-Trailer Crash at Foot of Avon Mountain
Thomas J. Herlihy, State Senator (Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury and Torrington), Re: Tractor-Trailer Crash at Foot of Avon Mountain
Wednesday, 9/5
Captain Jack Nugent, Former U.S. Navy Captain and Southington Attorney, Re: Iraq War Vote
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs at the Heritage Foundation, Columnist for The New York Post, Re: Checking China / Iraq War Vote
Ralph Peters, Columnist for the New York Post and Author “Wars of Blood and Faith: The Conflicts That Will Shape the 21st Century,” Re: Observations from Iraq/Iraq War Vote
Tuesday, 9/4
Jeff Jacoby, Op-Ed Columnist for The Boston Globe, Re: Is Senator Craig Really a Hypocrite?
Friday, 8/31 (With Guest Host Peter Brookes)
(Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs at The Heritage Foundation)
Kim Kagan, President of the Institute for the Study of War, Re: Iran’s Involvement in Iraq
Army LT Colonel Chris Garver, Multinational Force-Iraq Spokesman, Re: Status of the Surge in Iraq/National Security
Brian Darling, Director of Senate Relations at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Congressional Activities After the Holiday
John McIntyre, Co-Founder of RealClearPolitics.com, Re: Presidential Polls
Ben Lieberman, Senior Policy Analyst on Energy and Environment at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Gas Prices After Labor Day
Thursday, 8/30
George Gombossy, Consumer Watchdog Columnist for the Hartford Courant, Re: Possible Problems with the CL & P Meters
Peter Fenn, Democratic Consultant, Re: State of the Democratic Party/Primary in Florida/John Edwards Comments on Hilary Clinton
Wednesday, 8/29
Rowan Scarborough, National Security Correspondent of the Washington Examiner and Author of “Sabotage: America’s Enemies Within the CIA,” Re: Physical and Mental Strain on the Troops
Rich Lowry, Editor of the National Review, Re: No Middle Ground in Iraq
Thursday, 8/23
Jed Babbin, Former Air Force JAG and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in the First Bush Administration, Editor of Human Events and Human Events.com, and Co-Author of “In the Words of Our Enemies,” Re: Sean Penn Reaction to Jed's Comments About the Inevitability of the War
Wednesday, 8/22
Joe Courtney, U.S. Representative (2nd District of Connecticut), Re: Update from Washington
Jeff Jacoby, Op-Ed Columnist for The Boston Globe, Re: Global Warming Articles
Friday, 8/17 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 8/16
Lawrence Cafero, State Representative (Norwalk) and House Republican Leader, Re: Support for Rudy Giuliani for President
Wednesday 8/15
Daniel Gilbert, Republicans in Name Only, Re: Grassroots Movement Allowing People to Cast Their Vote For Which Republican's Have Abandoned Core Beliefs of Their Party
Tuesday, 8/14
Ed Guay, Economist for Wintonbury Risk Management, Re: Sub Prime Rate Mortgages
Monday, 8/13
Steve Gill, Host of “The Steve Gill Show” on Numerous Radio Stations in Tennessee, Chief Political Analyst for WKRN News 2 in Nashville, TN, and Author of “The Fred Factor: How Fred Thompson May Change the Face of the '08 Election,” Re: Fred Thompson/Health Care
Friday, 8/10 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Wednesday, 8/8
Jonathan Hoenig, Managing Member of Capitalistpig Asset Management LLC, Re: Bailing Out Mortgage Companies and Individuals
Tuesday, 8/7
David Gratzer, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Re: How Socialized Medicine Doesn’t Work
Monday, 8/6
J. Stan McCauley, Republican Nominee for Mayor of Hartford, Re: Campaign for Mayor of Hartford
Friday, 8/3 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 8/2
Emil H. Frankel, Former Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Former Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Transportation (1991-1995), and Senior Vice President and Principal Consultant of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), Re: Bridge Infrastructure/Bridge Collapse in Minnesota
Wednesday, 8/1
Rev. Dr. Keith Roderick, Washington Representative for Christian Solidarity International and Secretary General of the Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights, Re: Iraq’s Christian Exodus
Tuesday, 7/31
Robert Moffit, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Senate Health Reform: Paying More to Help Fewer
Friday, 7/27 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 7/26
Pete Hegseth, Executive Director of Vets for Freedom and First Lieutenant for the 1-69 Infantry (New York Army National Guard), and Melissa Richards Weavers, Iraqi Veteran, Re: Keeping Soldiers Fighting in the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Wednesday, 7/25
John Hinderaker, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: Iran/Keeping the Flying Imams Airborne
Andrew McCarthy, Director of the Center for Law & Counterterrorism at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Contributor at National Review Online, Re: Congressional Democrats Cutting the Provision in Homeland Security Legislation that Protects the Public from Being Sued for Reporting Suspicious Behavior that May Lead to a Terrorist Attack
Tuesday, 7/24
Roger Moss, Manager Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival and Manager of the East Hartford Parks and Recreations Department, Re: Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival
Jeanne Milstein, Child Advocate for the State of Connecticut, Re: Teen Dating Violence
Monday, 7/23
Audrey Hudson, Homeland Security Reporter for the Washington Times, Re: Congressional Democrats Cutting the Provision in Homeland Security Legislation that Protects the Public from Being Sued for Reporting Suspicious Behavior that May Lead to a Terrorist Attack
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Update from Washington
Thursday, 7/19
Jeff Jacoby, Op-Ed Columnist for the Boston Globe, Re: Debate Against the War in Iraq
Wednesday, 7/18
Melissa Richards Weavers, Iraqi Veteran, Re: Debate Against the War in Iraq
Tuesday, 7/17
Rowan Scarborough, National Security Correspondent of the Washington Examiner and Author of “Sabotage: America’s Enemies Within the CIA”
Monday, 7/16
M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, Re: Heroes4Hire Job and Career Fair
Thursday, 7/12
Matthew Daly, Policy Scholar for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: A Compromised State Budget?
Jeff Jacoby, Op-Ed Columnist for the Boston Globe, Re: Why We Fly the Flag
Wednesday, 7/11
Tom Marzullo, Columnist, Physicist, Educator, and Former US Army Special Forces Combat Soldier and US Navy Submariner, Re: War on Terror
Tuesday, 7/10
Ron Kaufman, Republican Analyst, Chairman of the Executive Committee at Dutko World Wide, and Former Advisor to Republican Presidents, Governors, Members of Congress, Re: Attacks on Fred Thompson
Ralph Peters, Columnist for the New York Post and Author “Wars of Blood and Faith: The Conflicts That Will Shape the 21st Century,” Re: The Call for an Immediate Pull Out of all Troops
Friday, 7/6
Special Edition of “WTIC's Computer Talk with TAB”
Thursday, 7/5
Special Edition of “WTIC's Computer Talk with TAB”
Wednesday, 7/4
Peter Brown, Assistant Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute and Writer for RealClearPolitics.com, Re: “Health Care, Not Social Security, the Third Rail of 2008”
Jeb Babbin, Former Air Force JAG and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in the First Bush Administration, Editor of Human Events and Human Events.com, and Author of “In the Words of Our Enemies”
Steve “Sparky” Hassenplug, Music Critic, Re: Upcoming Music
Lewis Andrews, Executive Director of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: Taxes
Walid Shoebat, Former PLO Terrorist and Author of “Why We Want to Kill You: The Jihadist Mindset and How to Defeat It”
Bay Buchan, Former Treasurer of the United States, Political Commentator on CNBC/MSNBC and CNN, Manager of Tom Tancredo’s 2008 Presidential Bid, and Author of “The Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton”
Phil Maymin, Policy Scholar at the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: “Connecticut’ll Pay It”
Monday, 7/2
John Olsen, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, Re: Check Card Provisions/Secret Ballots
Friday, 6/29
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 6/28
Rich Lowry, Editor of the National Review, Re: Illegal Immigration
Wednesday, 6/27
Matthew Spalding, Ph.D., Director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation, Re: Immigration Bill
Tuesday 6/26
Edward Koch, Former Mayor of New York City and Author of “Buzz: How to Create It and Win with It”
Walid Shoebat, Former PLO Terrorist and Author of “Why We Want to Kill You: The Jihadist Mindset and How to Defeat It”
Friday, 6/22 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 6/21
Jeb Babbin, Former Air Force JAG and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in the First Bush Administration, Editor of Human Events and Human Events.com, and Author of “In the Words of Our Enemies”
Wednesday, 6/20
D. Dowd Muska, Philip Gressel Fellow for Tax and Budget Policy for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: Connecticut Property Tax Study
Tuesday, 6/19
Dr. Helen Smith, Forensic Psychologist and Blogger on http://drhelen.blogspot.com, Re: Wife’s Getting Away with Killing Their Husbands
Captain Jack Nugent, Former U.S. Navy Captain and Southington Attorney, Re: Effects on the Troops Moral By Senator Harry Reid Comments
Monday, 6/18
John McKinney, State Senator (Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, and Weston) and Senate Minority Leader Pro Tempore, Re: State Budget Negations
Friday, 6/15 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 6/14
Bernie Sweeney, Director of the Connecticut District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Re: New Patriot Express Loan Initiative
Wednesday, 6/13
Phil Maymin, Policy Scholar at the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: “Connecticut’ll Pay It”
Tuesday, 6/12
John Hinderaker, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: What Did the CIA Tell President Bush About Iraq?
Monday, 6/11
Jeff Jacoby, Op-Ed Columnist for the Boston Globe, Re: “A Study in Contrasts” Column
Thursday, 6/7
Peter Fenn, Democratic Consultant, Re: Democratic Candidates for President Strategies
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s Attorney General, Re: Is Issuing ID Cards for All Residents of New Haven Legal?
Wednesday, 6/6
James Pethokoukis, Senior Writer at U.S. News & World Report, Re: Observation of the Democratic Debate in Manchester, N.H.
Tuesday, 6/5
Patrick Scully, Director of Media and Communications for the State Senate Democrats, Re: Budget/Tax Plan
Monday, 6/4
Joe Courtney, U.S. Representative (2nd District of Connecticut), Re: Trip to the Middle East
Bob Moffit, Director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Universal Health Care
Friday, 6/1 (Open Line Friday)
M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, Re: Budget
Thursday, 5/31
Daniel Gressel, President and Founder of Teleos, and Board Member of the Yankee Institute, Re: Connecticut’s Proposed Income Tax Increase
Wednesday, 5/30
Evan Coyne Maloney, Documentary Film Maker, Editor and Columnist on http://brain-terminal.com/, and Pioneer Video Blogger, Re: “Indoctrinate U” Documentary
Bill Hamzy, State Representative (Bristol and Plymouth) and Deputy Minority Leader, Re: State Budget/Gas Tax
Tuesday, 5/29
Cheryl Cepelak, Co-Chairperson of the 14th Annual Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure, Re: 14th Annual Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure
Friday, 5/25 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 5/24
Kevin Creed, Retired Army Officer and Lawyer at Newman, Creed, & Associates, Re: Fish House Running for Military Families Road Race
Bay Buchan, Former Treasurer of the United States, Political Commentator on CNBC/MSNBC and CNN, Manager of Tom Tancredo’s 2008 Presidential Bid, and Author of “The Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton”
Raphie Etgar, Curator of the “Coexistence” Art Exhibit, and Joshua King, Vice President of Community and Media Relations for The Hartford, Re: “Coexistence” Art Exhibit
Wednesday, 5/23
D. Dowd Muska, Philip Gressel Fellow for Tax and Budget Policy for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: Connecticut’s Tax Burden
Tuesday, 5/22
Ralph Peters, Columnist for the New York Post, Re: Why the New “War Czar” Will Fail”
David Jeffers, Lay Preacher, Retired Army Master Sergeant, Father of Sgt. Eddie Jeffers (US Army Infantryman Serving in Ramadi, Iraq), Blogger on http://davidjeffers.thevanguard.org, and Author of “Understanding Evangelicals: A Guide to Jesusland,” Re: Evangelical Vote with the GOP Presidential Contenders
Monday, 5/21
M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, Re: State Budget, Economy, Property Tax Cap, and Keeping Taxes Down
Friday, 5/18
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 5/17
Tom Marzullo, Columnist, Physicist, Educator, and Former US Army Special Forces Combat Soldier and US Navy Submariner, Re: War on Terror
Matthew Kauffman, Staff Writer for the Hartford Courant and Lisa Chedekel, Courant Staff Writer for the Hartford Courant, Re: Mentally Unfit Soldiers Special Report
Linda Schwartz, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans' Affairs, Re: Mentally Unfit Soldiers
Wednesday, 5/16
Alisan Adams, Co-Leader of FRG of the 143rd CSSB, Re: Fundraising for Homecoming Weekend
John Hinderaker, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: Bullying Bloggers/The Democrats' Campaign to End Their Anti-Military Image
Tuesday, 5/15
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Columnist for The New York Post, Contributing Editor of FamilySecurityMatters.org, and Author of “A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, WMD and Rogue States,” Re: “Iran v. The Saudis”/“Where Jackals Play Watchdog”
Monday, 5/14
Pat Scully, Director of Media and Communications for the State Senate Democrats, Re: State Budget
Friday, 5/11 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 5/10
Jeff Jacoby, Op-Ed Columnist for the Boston Globe, Re: Legalizing Adult Incest
Colonel David Hunt, Retired Colonel in the U.S. Army, Former Senior Research Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Fox News Military Analyst and Author of “On the Hunt: How to Wake Up Washington and Win the War on Terror”
Lawrence Cafero, State Representative (Norwalk) and House Republican Leader, Re: State Budget
Wednesday, 5/9
Michael Fedele, Lt. Governor of Connecticut, Re: Property Tax Relief/Honor Flight Project
Jennifer Rubino, Co-Chair of the A Taste of The Cove Gala 2007 and Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Cove Center for Grieving Children, Re: A Taste of The Cove Gala 2007
Tuesday, 5/8
Ron Kaufman, Republican Analyst, Chairman of the Executive Committee at Dutko World Wide, and Former Advisor to Republican Presidents, Governors, Members of Congress, Re: Reaction to the Republican Candidates Debate
Jeff Epstein, Founder and President of America's Truth Forum (ATF), Re: Plot to Attack the Fort Dix Army Base
Monday, 5/7
John Fund, Opinion Journal Columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Re: “The Shadow Candidates”
Friday, 5/4 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 5/3
Lewis Andrews, Executive Director of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: Failure of Connecticut’s Income Tax
Wednesday, 5/2
Rick Moran, Administrator of http://rightwingnuthouse.com, Re: War on Terror
Tuesday, 5/1
Andrew McCarthy, Director of the Center for Law & Counterterrorism at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Contributor at National Review Online, Re: George Tenet’s Appearance on 60 Minutes
Tom Marzullo, Columnist, Physicist, Educator, and Former US Army Special Forces Combat Soldier and US Navy Submariner, Re: Reports that Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been Killed
Scott Bates, Homeland Security/Terrorism Expert, Former Senior Policy Advisor for the US Homeland Security Committee and Current Vice President and Senior Fellow for National Security at the Center for National Policy, Re: Reports that Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been Killed
Monday, 4/30
Walid Phares, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Analyst for Fox News, Author of “The War of Ideas: Jihadism Against Democracy”
Friday, 4/27
Special Edition of “WTIC's Computer Talk with TAB”
Thursday, 4/26
Special Edition of “WTIC's Computer Talk with TAB”
Wednesday, 4/25
Special Edition of “WTIC's Computer Talk with TAB”
Tuesday, 4/24
Special Edition of “WTIC's Computer Talk with TAB”
Friday, 4/20 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 4/19
Matthew Daly, Policy Scholar for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: Standing Up for Fiscal Responsibility
Brigitte Gabriel, Terrorism Expert, Founder of ACT (American Congress For Truth), and Author of “Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America,” Re: Nancy Pelosi Visit to Saudi Arabia/War on Terror
Wednesday, 4/18
Lou DeLuca, State Senator (Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown and Woodbury), and Senate Republican Leader, Re: Taxes/Budget
Joe Gazzola, Publisher of Niche Hartford Magazine, Re: Spring Launch/Charitable Event
Tuesday, 4/17
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s Attorney General, Re: Urge for Defense Department to Correct Misinformation and Provide Veteran Benefit
Bill Smith, President and Licensee for Jennings Smith Investigations, Inc., and Ralph Difonzo, Retired Special Agent for the FBI, Violent Crime Expert, Director of Special Investigation Services for Jennings Smith Investigations, Inc., and Member of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crimes, Re: Shootings at Virginia Tech
Monday, 4/16
Jeff Epstein, Founder and President of America's Truth Forum (ATF), and Paul Williams, Author of “The Al Qaeda Connection” and the Upcoming Book “The Day of Islam,” Re: The Paul Williams Case
Friday, 4/13 (Open Line Friday)
Ray Dunnett, Concert Promoter and Benefactor to Moore's Sawmill, Inc., and Donny Moore, Musician and Owner of Moore's Sawmill, Inc., Re: Contra Dance for the Moore's Sawmill, Inc. Restoration Fund Benefit
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 4/12
David Jeffers, Retired Army Master Sergeant, Father of Sgt. Eddie Jeffers (US Army Infantryman Serving in Ramadi, Iraq), Blogger on http://davidjeffers.thevanguard.org, and Author of “Understanding Evangelicals: A Guide to Jesusland,” Re: “Hope Rides Alone”
Angela McGlowan, Founder and President of Political Strategies and Insights, Fox News Political Analyst, and Author of “Bamboozled: How Americans are Being Exploited by the Lies of the Liberal Agenda”
Wednesday, 4/11
Rich Lowry, Editor of the National Review, Re: Political Quotes Opposing Cutting Spending on the Troops/Immigration
Tuesday, 4/10
John Hinderaker, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: Dom Imus' Remarks
Dr. Rod Paige, Former Secretary of Education and Author of “The War Against Hope: How Teacher’s Unions Hurt Children, Hinder Teachers, and Endanger Public Education”
Monday, 4/9
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Columnist for The New York Post, Contributing Editor of FamilySecurityMatters.org, and Author of “A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, WMD and Rogue States,” Re: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Trip to Syria
D. Dowd Muska, Philip Gressel Fellow for Tax and Budget Policy for the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: Why Tennessee Shouldn’t Follow Connecticut with the Income Tax
Friday, 4/6 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 4/5
Guy Gilchrist, Syndicated Cartoonist, Re: Supporting Our Troops
Debra Burlingame, Sister of Charles F. “Chic” Burlingame (Pilot of American Airlines Flight 77) and Board Member of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, Re: Flying Imams Lawsuit
Wednesday, 4/4
Tom Marzullo, Columnist, Physicist, Educator, and Former US Army Special Forces Combat Soldier and US Navy Submariner, Re: The War on Terror
Friday, 3/30 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 3/29
M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, Re: Property Tax Relief
Ralph Peters, Columnist for the New York Post and Author of “Never Quit the Fight”
Winslow Wheeler, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information, Re: “Congress, the Defense Budget, and Pork: A Snout-to-Tail Description of Congress’s Foremost Concern in National Security Legislation” Report
Wednesday, 3/28
Elana James, Formerly of the Hot Club of Cowtown and Bob Dylan’s Touring Band, Re: Debut CD
Friday, 3/23 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 3/22
Pam Hess, Pentagon Correspondent for the United Press International (UPI), Re: Recent Visit to Iraq
Pam Sawyer, State Representative (Andover, Bolton, Hebron, and Marlborough) and Minority Whip, Re: Should Legislators Be Full-Time?
Tuesday, 3/20
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Columnist for The New York Post, and Author of “A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, WMD and Rogue States,” Re: “Pacific Power Play: China’s Naval Expansionism”
Monday, 3/19
Jed Babbin, Former Air Force JAG and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in the First Bush Administration, Editor of Human Events and Human Events.com, and Co-Author of “Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States,” Re: Democrats Trying to Control the Media
Friday, 3/16 (Open Line Friday)
Barbara Vicevich, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Retired Law Professor at the University of Miami, Re: Dismissal of 8 U.S. Attorney’s and Possibility of Firing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Thursday, 3/15
Dick Couch, Former CIA Officer and Author of “Chosen Soldier: The Making of a Special Forces Warrior”
Linda Schwartz, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Re: Correcting Inaccurate Information About the Veterans’ Affairs Facility in Rocky Hill and Governor Rell’s Request to the Federal Government to Improve the Exchange of Information Between the Federal Government to the States on Returning Injured Veterans
Wednesday, 3/14
Matt Auger, Lawyer and Member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Re: Helping Disabled Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq Who Have Been Denied Benefits
Tuesday, 3/13
Hugh Hewitt, Syndicated Talk Show Host, Blogger, and Author of “A Mormon in the White House? 10 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney”
Ron Winter, Vietnam Veteran and Member of the Gathering of Eagles, and Author of “Masters of the Art: A Fighting Marine's Memoir of Vietnam,” Re: Protecting the Vietnam Veterans Wall in Washington D.C.
Friday, 3/9 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 3/8 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Ed Guay, Economist for Wintonbury Risk Management, Re: China’s Economy
Wednesday, 3/7 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Bill Gertz, Defense and National Security Reporter for the Washington Times, Analyst for Fox News, and Author “Enemies – How America’s Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets – and How We Let It Happen,” Re: Possible China Threat
Jim Geraghty, Contributing Editor of National Review and Author of “Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership,” Re: Straw Poll Results/Possibility of Senator Chris Dodd as a Dark Horse for President of the United States
Tuesday, 3/6
Jerry Corsi, Co-Author of “Unfit for Command” and Staff Member of www.TheVanguard.Org, Re: Rumor of a North American Union
Dr. Kathleen Cairns, Clinical Psychologist (West Hartford), Certified Hypnotherapist, and Author, Re: Narcissistic Children/Why Children Want to Be “Stars”
Monday, 3/5
Steve Wabrek, Former Resident (31 Days) of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Laura Wabrek, Mother of Steve Wabrek, Re: Neglect at/Conditions of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Friday, 3/2 (Open Line Friday)
Rob Simmons, Former U.S. Representative (2nd District of Connecticut) and Nominee for Connecticut’s First Business Advocate, Re: Possibility of Becoming Connecticut’s First Business Advocate/Conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theater
Thursday, 3/1 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
John Wiltse, Deputy Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Re: What Is Connecticut Doing to Upgrade the Conditions of Connecticut Based Veterans Centers
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Columnist for The New York Post, and Author of “A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, WMD and Rogue States,” Re: “A World Without America”
Wednesday, 2/28 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Diane Nash, Retired Real Estate Broker and a Founding Member of Keep the Woods, Re: Trying to Preserve the Ethel Walker Woods Land
Friday, 2/23 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 2/22
Anne Stanback, Founder and President of Love Makes A Family, Re: Possibilities of Making Gay Marriage Legal
Wednesday, 2/21
Melissa Richards Weavers, Iraqi Veteran, Re: Live From Florida
Friday, 2/16 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Wednesday, 2/14
John Hinderaker, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: The Conservatism Gap/Voters Hate Everyone
Tuesday, 2/13
Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine, Re: How Moral Is Capitalism?
Friday, 2/9 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 2/8
Chris Healy, Chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party, Re: GOP Perspective on Governor Rell’s Budget
D. Dowd Muska, Phillip Gressel Fellow for Tax and Budget Policy at the Yankee Institute, Re: Analysis of the Governor’s Tax Increase
Clive Crook, Senior Editor for the Atlantic and Opinion Columnist for National Journal Magazine, Re: “Don’t Think I’m Defending Bush, But…” Article in National Journal Magazine/Global Warming
Wednesday, 2/7
Peter Brown, Assistant Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute and Writer for RealClearPolitics.com, Re:
“Health Care, Not Social Security, the Third Rail of 2008”
Patrick Michaels, Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies at the Cato Institute, Re: Global Warming
Tuesday, 2/6
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Columnist for The New York Post, and Author of “A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, WMD and Rogue States,” Re: Where Iraq Stands
Monday, 2/5
D. Dowd Muska, Phillip Gressel Fellow for Tax and Budget Policy at the Yankee Institute, Re: Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers for Post Employment Benefits Other Than Pensions (GASB 45)
Friday, 2/2 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 2/1
Scott Bates, Homeland Security/Terrorism Expert, Former Senior Policy Advisor for the US Homeland Security Committee and Current Vice President and Senior Fellow for National Security at the Center for National Policy, Re: Homeland Security and the War on Terror
Wednesday, 1/31 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Bill Hamzy, State Representative (Bristol and Plymouth) and Deputy Minority Leader, Re: Democratic Committee Clerks Caught on Tape Rifling Through the Desk of an Assistant Republican Clerk
Jeff Jacoby, Op-Ed Columnist for the Boston Globe, Re: “Democrats' Silence on Jihad is Deadly”
Monday, 1/29
Linda Schwartz, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Patricia H. Mayfield, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor, Re: “Heroes 4Hire” Veterans Job Fair
Steve Malanga, Contributing Editor of City Journal and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Re: Rudy Giuliani: The Conservative Candidate
Friday, 1/26 (Open Line Friday))
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 1/25
Dr. Lewis M. Andrews, Executive Director of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: Free College for High School Students
Wednesday, 1/24
Jason Bartlett, State Representative (Bethel, Danbury & Redding), Re: Creating a Special Trust Fund to Help Pay for Future Universal Health Care in Connecticut
Monday, 1/22
John Fund, Opinion Journal Columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Re: “Shades of Grey: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Road to National Health Care”
Herman Badillo, Author of “One Nation, One Standard: An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed Just like Other Immigrant Groups”
Friday, 1/19 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 1/18
Charles Hurt, Reporter for the Washington Times, Re: GOP Hits Pelosi’s ‘Hypocrisy’ on Wage Bill
Wednesday, 1/17
Scott Johnson, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Being Classified as a Civil Rights Group
Pat Scully, Director of Media and Communications for the Senate Democrats, Re: The State of Health Care in Connecticut
Tuesday, 1/16
Col. Austin Bay, Retired Colonel (Armor) in the U.S. Army Reserve, Syndicated National Security Columnist for Creators Syndicate, Professor at the University of Texas' Plan II Undergraduate Honors Program, Blogger on http://austinbay.net/blog, Developmental Aid Advocate, War Game Designer, and Author of “The Wrong Side of Brightness,” Re: Sunni Arab Countries Upset Over Possible Iranian Takeover of Iraq
Friday, 1/12 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Tuesday, 1/9
Rich Lowry, Editor of the National Review, Re: What Will Be the Role of the Republicans in Congress?
Monday, 1/8
D. Dowd Muska, Phillip Gressel Fellow for Tax and Budget Policy at the Yankee Institute, Re: The State of Health Insurance in Connecticut
Friday, 1/5 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 1/4 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Ralph Peters, Columnist for the New York Post, Re: “Terror’s Surprise Loss: Islamists Fold in Somalia”
Wednesday, 1/3 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
David Lightman, Washington Bureau Chief for the Hartford Courant, Re: Will Congress Be Bi-Partisan?
Friday, 12/22 (WTIC Holiday Store Remote - Glastonbury) (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 12/21 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Rob Simmons, U.S. Representative (2nd Congressional District of Connecticut), Re: Democrats Throwing Out the Earmarks
Wednesday, 12/20 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Peter Hoekstra, U.S. Representative (Second Congressional District of Michigan) and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Re: NSA Wiretapping
Friday, December 15th (WTIC Holiday Store Remote - Avon) (Open Line Friday)
Jed Babbin, Former Air Force JAG and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in the First Bush Administration, and Co-Author of “Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States,” Re: “Intrusive Facts” Piece on RealClearPolitcs.com
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 12/14
Arthur C. Brooks, Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Nonprofit Studies Program at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Author of “Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism”
Brett Schaefer, Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs Fellow The Heritage Foundation, the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, and The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, Re: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s Final Speech Takes Aim At U.S.
Wednesday, 12/13
Bruce Bartlett, Writer for Creators Syndicate and Author of “Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy,” Re: “Libertarian GOP Defection?”
Tuesday, 12/12
David Lightman, Washington Bureau Chief for the Hartford Courant, Re: Obama Fever
Friday 12/8 (Open Line Friday) (WTIC Holiday Store Remote – Avon)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 12/7
Bradley Hoffman, President of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, Re: Lights, Camera Pick It Up! Super Sunday
Wednesday, 12/6
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., President of the Center for Security Policy and Columnist for the Washington Times, Re: “The Iraq Surrender Group”
Tuesday, 12/5
Steve Malanga, Contributing Editor of City Journal and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Re: New York’s Hospital Problems
Dr. Christine B. Whelan, Journalist, commentator, and Author of “Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women,” Re: More American Children are Being Born to Unwed Mothers
Monday, 12/4
Rudolph Tanzi, PhD., Professor of Neurology at Harvard University Medical School and Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts eneral Hospital, Re: Study to Identify the Genetic Basis of Disease to Find a Treatment
Friday, 12/1 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 11/30
Robert MacLean, Former Federal Air Marshal and Vice President of the Federal Air Marshal Service Unit of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA), Re: Air Marshals, Pilots, and Security Officials Reluctant to Report Suspicious Behavior For Fear of Being Called “Racist”
Martha Stout, Author of “The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us”
Tuesday, 11/28
Ron Kaufman, Republican Analyst, Chairman of the Executive Committee at Dutko World Wide, and Former Advisor to Republican Presidents, Governors, Members of Congress, Re: State of the Republican Party in New England
David Lightman, Washington Bureau Chief for the Hartford Courant, Re: Who is Middle Class?
Monday, 11/27
Dr. Lewis M. Andrews, Executive Director of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: The Coming Crisis in Suburban Schools
Wednesday, 11/22
Jeb Babbin, Former Air Force JAG and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in the First Bush Administration, and Co-Author of “Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States,” Re: Loose Canons: Go Big, Go Long, or Go Home
Janice Podsada, Staff Writer for the Hartford Courant, Re: “PS3: Tales From The Sidewalk” Article
Tuesday, 11/21
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Trip to the Ukraine/ “A Mideast Nuke Mistake: Arabs May Arm in Fear of Iran” and “Ukraine: A Revolution Recedes” Articles
Monday, 11/20
Tim Kane, Ph.D., Director of the Center for International Trade and Economics (CITE) at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Demographic Characteristics of the U.S. Military Recruits Before and After 9/11
Larry Cafero, State Representative (Norwalk) and House Minority Leader, Re: Newly Appointed Head of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives in the State of Connecticut
Friday, 11/17 (Open Line Friday)
Jennifer Abbott, Board of Directors for Gifts of Love and Event Organizer for the Fifth Annual Fall Fundraiser for Gifts of Love, Re: Fifth Annual Fall Fundraiser for Gifts of Love
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Wednesday, 11/15
John Hinderaker, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: Reaction to the Democrats Taking Control of Congress and New Forum on Powerlineblog.com
Chris Shays, U.S. Representative for the 4th Congressional District of Connecticut, Re: How He Won Re-Election
Friday, 11/10 (Open Line Friday)
AJ Jansen, Musician and Awarded the 2005 Best Female Modern Country Vocalist from the Connecticut Country Music Association and the 2006 NACMAI Horizon Female Vocalist of the Year, Re: Upcoming Performance
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 11/9 (Remote Broadcast from Kamco Building Supplies w/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Ralph Peters, Columnist for the New York Post, Re: Donald Rumsfeld Stepping Down as U.S. Secretary of Defense
Wednesday, 11/8 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Alan Schlesinger, Former Mayor of Derby and Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate, Re: Reaction to Election Night
Jim Geraghty, Contributing Editor of National Review and Author of “Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership,” Re: Reaction to the National Elections
Tuesday, 11/7 (Election Day)
Peter Fenn, Democratic Consultant, Re: Democratic Strategies in the Upcoming Political Elections
Joe Lieberman, U.S. Senator (CT), Re: Reminder to Vote/Re-Election Campaign
Monday, 11/6
Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., Conservative Activist and Co-Author of “Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry,” Re: Demand for John Kerry to Apologize to the Military
Rob Simmons, U.S. Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut, Re: Reaction to John Kerry’s Comments and Re-Election Campaign for U.S. Representative for the 2nd District of Connecticut
Nancy Johnson, U.S. Representative for the 5th Congressional District of Connecticut, Re: Re-Election Campaign for U.S. Representative for the 5th District of Connecticut
Friday, 11/3 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 11/2
Oliver North, Former U.S. Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Combat-Decorated Marine, Syndicated Columnist, Host of “War Stories” on Fox News Channel, and Author of “The Assassins”
Wednesday, 11/1
Chris Shays, U.S. Representative (4th Congressional District of Connecticut), Re: Campaign for U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Connecticut
Lt. Col. John Whitford, Director of Communications for the Connecticut National Guard, Re: Connecticut Veterans Day Parade
Rob Simmons, U.S. Representative (2nd Congressional District of Connecticut), Re: John Kerry’s Comments
Ron Kaufamn, Republican Analyst, Chairman of the Executive Committee at Dutko World Wide, and Former Advisor to Republican Presidents, Governors, Members of Congress, Re: Republican Strategies in the Upcoming Political Elections
Monday, 10/30
M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, Re: Re-Election Campaign for Governor of Connecticut
Rick Wolff, Host of “The Sports Edge” on WFAN 660 AM – NY, Former Head Coach of the Mercy College Baseball Team, Former Roving Coach for the Cleveland Indians (Performance Enhancement Skills and the Mental Approach to the Game of Baseball), and Author of “Coaching Kids for Dummies,” Re: Parents Involvement in Getting Their Children Playing Time in Sports
Friday, 10/27 (Open Line Friday)
Michael P. DeLong, Former Lieutenant General Deputy Commander - U.S. Central Command and Author of “Inside CentCom: The Unvarnished Truth About the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,” Re: War on Terror
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 10/26 (W/ Guest Co-Host Iraqi Veteran Melissa Richards Weavers)
Jeff Epstein, Founder and President of America's Truth Forum (ATF), Re: War on Terror
Rob Simmons, U.S. Representative (2nd Congressional District of Connecticut), Re: Troops in Iraq
Wednesday, 10/25
Alan Schlesinger, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senator of Connecticut, Re: Reaction to Monday’s Debate
Monday, 10/23
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Re: “Korea's Nightmare: Horrors of Life in the North”
Friday, 10/20 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 10/19
Ray Carrier, Sr., Commandant of the Hardware City Detachment (New Britain) Marine Corps League, and John Lynch, State Liaison for Governmental Affairs for the Marine Corps League, Re: Importance of Marine Corps Leagues/“Flags of Our Father” Coming to Theaters
John Hinderaker, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: Can All the Polls be Screwy?
Wednesday, 10/18
April Teveris, Republican Candidate for State Representative (Ashford, Tolland, and Willington) (http://aprilteveris.org/), Re: Unfunded Mandates/Campaign for State Representative
Monday, 10/16
Rob Simmons, U.S. Representative (2nd Congressional District of Connecticut), Re: Campaign Issues/Current Events
Thursday, 10/12
Ed Guay, Economist for Wintonbury Risk Management, Re: The Financial Role of China
Sean Williams, State Representative (Watertown and Woodbury), Re: Dishonest Campaign TV Ad
Wednesday, 10/11
Ralph Peters, Columnist for the New York Post, Re: “No More Troops: It’s Up to the Iraqis Now”
Maj. General Paul Vallely, Co-Authors of “Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror,” Re: Why We Can't Win the War on Terror
Tuesday, 10/10
Ron Kaufman, Republican Analyst, Chairman of the Executive Committee at Dutko World Wide, and Former Advisor to Republican Presidents, Governors, Members of Congress, Re: Representative Mark Foley Situation/Effects on November Elections
Monday, 10/9
Jed Babbin, Former Air Force JAG and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in the First Bush Administration, and Co-Author of “Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States,” Re: The Importance of Values Voters/Possibility of North Korea Conducting Nuke Tests
Friday, 10/6 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Steve “Sparky” Hassenplug, Music Critic, Re: Upcoming Music
Thursday, 10/5
Bill Smith, President & Licensee for Jennings Smith Investigations, Inc., and Dr. Vic Ferry, Security Consultant for Jennings Smith Investigation, Re: Security in School
Wednesday, 10/4
Jim Geraghty, Contributing Editor of National Review and Author of “Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership,” Re: Democratic Strategy for the Upcoming Elections/Representative Foley Situation
Peter Hoekstra, U.S. Representative (Second Congressional District of Michigan) and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Nancy Johnson, U.S. Representative (Fifth Congressional District of Connecticut), Re: The War on Terror, National Security, and the National Intelligence Estimate
Monday, 10/2
Juan Williams, Political Analyst for Fox News and Author of “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965,” Re: Culture of Failure Tainting African Americans
Friday, 9/29 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 9/28
Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of The Weekly Standard, Co-Host of The Beltway Boys on Fox News Channel, and Author of “Rebel-in-Chief: Inside the Bold and Controversial Presidency of George W. Bush”
Wednesday, 9/27
Thomas Petruny, Superintendent of the Seymour Public Schools, Re: Enforcing School Dress Codes
Tuesday, 9/26
Bill Gertz, Defense and national Security Reporter for the Washington Times, Analyst for Fox News, and Author “Enemies – How America’s Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets – and How We Let It Happen”
Monday, 9/25
Dr. Lewis Andrews, Executive Director of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, Re: Blueprint for Reform: A Guide for Key Campaign Issues 2006
Friday, 9/22 (Open Line Friday)
Joe Lieberman, U.S. Senator, Re: U.S. Senate Campaign
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 9/21
Brigitte Gabriel, Terrorism Expert, Founder of ACT (American Congress For Truth), and Author of “Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America,” Re: Reaction to the Pope’s Comments
Linda Schwartz, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Re: “Stand Down” 2006 Program
Wednesday, 9/20
Peter Gioia, Vice President and Economist for the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA), Re: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke’s Meeting About possibly Raising Interest Rates and What that Could Mean to the Economy and Connecticut Businesses
Monday, 9/18
Dr. Harvey Kushner, Contributing Editor for FamilySecurityMatters.org, Terror Expert, and Author of “Holy War on the Homefront,” Re: Who’s Right, President Bush or the Republican Senators About If Suspected Terrorists Should be Detained and Tried
Friday, 9/15
Lanny Davis, Former Special Counsel to the Clinton White House and Author of “Scandal: How “Gotcha” Politics is Destroying America”
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 9/14
Rob Simmons, U.S. Representative (2nd Congressional District of Connecticut), Re: National POW/MIA Recognition Day in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, 9/13
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Members of the CIA Being Forced Into Getting Liability Insurance
Tuesday, 9/12
Stephen Rose, Senior Economic Fellow at Third Way, Re: What's (Not) the Matter With the Middle Class?
Monday, 9/11
Jim Geraghty, Contributing Editor of National Review and Author of “"Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership”
Vincent Forras, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Gear Up Foundation, Re: Remembering 9/11 Live from Ground Zero
Friday, 9/8 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 9/7
Kathryn Barrere, Sister of Peter Hanson, Who Died aboard United Airlines Flight 175 on 9/11/01, Re: Peter, Sue Kim, and Christine Lee Hanson Memorial Foundation / 9/11 Remembrance
Andrew Bacevich, Professor of History and International Relations at Boston University, and Author of “The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War,” Re: The Islamic Way of War
Wednesday, 9/6
Kevin Rennie, Former State Senator, Criminal Lawyer, and Columnist for NE Magazine in the Hartford Courant, Re: Connecticut Politics
Monday, 9/4 (Best of Sound Off Connecticut Show)
- Rich Lowry, Editor of the National Review and Author of “Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years”
- John McIntyre, Co-Founder of RealClearPolitics.com
- Ron Kaufman, Republican Analyst, Chairman of the Executive Committee at Dutko World Wide, and Former Advisor to Republican Presidents, Governors, Members of Congress
- Chris Shays, U.S. Representative (4th District – CT)
- Patrick J. Buchanan, Author of “State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America”
- Jim Vicevich Playing the Violin
Friday, 9/1 (Open Line Friday)
Elizabeth Hamilton, Staff Writer for the Hartford Courant, Re: Where are all the Single People in Connecticut?
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: Movies In and Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 8/31
Amy Sullivan, Contributing Editor at the Washington Monthly, Re: Democrat’s Losing More Religious Voters
Ed Guay, Economist for Wintonbury Risk Management, Re: “Devaluing Labor”
Tuesday 8/29
Patrick J. Buchanan, Syndicated Columnist, Television Commentator, Founding Editor and Contributor to The American Conservative Magazine, Former Reform Party Candidate for President of the United States in 2000, and Author of “State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America”
Monday, 8/28
Chris Shays, U.S. Representative (4th District – CT), Re: Troop Withdrawal From Iraq
Mary Alice Carr, Vice President of Communications for NARAL Pro-Choice New York, Re: The FDA Approving of Plan B Pill Without Prescription
Friday, 8/25 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: “World Trade Center,” “Idlewild,” “Invincible,” “How to Eat Fried Worms,” and “Beerfest,”In/Coming to Theaters
Steve “Sparky” Hassenplug, Music Critic, Re: Sound Off Summer Music Festival
Wednesday, 8/23
John Fund, Opinion Journal Columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Re: Article on Bush’s Brain
Tuesday, 8/22
Peter Brown, Assistant Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute and Writer for RealClearPolitics.com, Re: “No Reason to Expect Democrats to Win Over Evangelicals” Article
D. Dowd Muska, Phillip Gressel Fellow for Tax and Budget Policy at the Yankee Institute, Re: “Fifteen Years of Folly: The Failures of Connecticut’s Income Tax” Study
Thursday, 8/17
Rabbi David Small, Rabbi at Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford, Re: Visit to Israel
Wednesday, 8/16
Rich Lowry, Editor of the National Review and Author of “Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years,” Re: Hilary Clinton Calling for Donald Rumsfeld’s Resignation
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Crisis in Lebanon
Tuesday, 8/15
Jim Amann, State Representative (Milford) and Speaker of House, Re: Endorsement of Joe Lieberman for U.S. Senate
Will Kimbrough, 2004 Americana Music Association’s Instrumental of the Year and Headlining Act for the Sound Off Summer Music Festival, Re: New CD “Americanitis” Sound Off Summer Music Festival
Monday, 8/14
Bob Gorman, Equipment Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, Re: Stanley Cup Fundraiser for the Lance Corporal Lawrence R. Philippon Memorial Scholarship Fund
John McIntyre, Co-Founder of RealClearPolitics.com, Re: The Future of the Democratic Party
Friday, 8/11 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: “World Trade Center” and “Little Miss Sunshine” In Theaters Now
Thursday, 8/10
John Hinderacker, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: Reuters Photos Fraud
Laura Mansfield, “In His Own Words: A Translation of the Writings of Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri,” and Jeff Epstein, Terrorism Expert, Re: Terrorist Plane Plot in Britain
Wednesday, 8/9
Alan Schlesinger, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senator, Re: Post-Primary Reaction/Upcoming Senate Campaign
Ron Kaufman, Republican Analyst, Chairman of the Executive Committee at Dutko World Wide, and Former Advisor to Republican Presidents, Governors, Members of Congress, Re: Lieberman/State of the Republican Party
Peter Fenn, Democratic Consultant, Re: Reaction to the Connecticut Primaries
Tuesday, 8/8
David Lightman, Washington Bureau Chief for the Hartford Courant, Re: Today’s Primary Elections
Sue Lavelli-Hozempa, Candidate Running for State Representative in the 58th District of Connecticut, Re: Campaign for State Representative
Mark Pryor, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, Re: Lieberman’s Senate Campaign
Monday, 8/7
Walid Shoebat, Former PLO Terrorist, Re: Conflict in Lebanon
Thursday, 8/3
Susan Bysiewicz, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, Re: Military Absentee Ballots for the State Primaries
John DeStefano, Mayor of New Haven and Democratic Candidate for Governor of Connecticut, Re: Campaign for Governor
Charlie Moret, Managing Director of Marketing and Communications for Connecticut Innovations, Inc., Re: Connecticut Clean Energy Fund
Wednesday, 8/2
Ralph Peters, Retired U.S. Army Intelligence Officer, Strategist, Author of “Never Quit the Fight,” and Columnist for the New York Post, Re: The Road to Qana
Dan Malloy, Mayor of Stamford and Democratic Candidate for Governor of Connecticut, Re: Campaign for Governor
Tuesday, 8/1
Kevin Rennie, Former State Senator, Criminal Lawyer, and Columnist for NE Magazine in the Hartford Courant, Re: U.S Senate Race in Connecticut
Louis DeLuca, State Senator (Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Thomaston, Watertown and Woodbury) and Senate Republican Leader, Re: State Budget Surplus
Friday, 7/28 (Open Line Friday)
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: “Miami Vice,” “Scoop,” and “The Ant Bully” Coming to Theaters
Steve “Sparky” Hassenplug, Music Critic, Re: Upcoming Music
Thursday, 7/27
Jed Babbin, Former Air Force JAG and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in the First Bush Administration, and Co-Author of “Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States,” Re: Israel
Scott Johnson, Minneapolis Attorney, Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and Writer on Powerlineblog.com, Re: Attacks on John Bolton By the New York Times
Wednesday, 7/26
John Fund, Opinion Journal Columnist from the Wall Street Journal, Re: “Borderline Insanity”
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Middle East
Tuesday, 7/25
Aaron Mannes, National Review Online, Re: “Terror in Buenos Aires” Article
Trevor Bothwell, Freelance Writer and Research Associate at the Free State Foundation, Re: Democrats vs. Wal-Mart Article on RealClearPolitics.com
Monday, 7/24
Vincent Valvo, Editor of the Hartford Business Journal, Re: Clean Energy Fund Investigation
Friday, 7/21 (Open Line Friday)
Alan Schlesinger, State Representative, Re: Candidacy for U.S. Senator
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: “Clerks II,” “Lady in the Water,” “My Super Ex-Girlfriend,” and “Monster House” Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 7/20
Luel Swanson, Simsbury Resident, Re: Experience in the Peace Corp in Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 7/19
Jim Amann, State Representative, House Speaker, and Big Al Anderson, Legendary Country Singer, Re: New Media Tax Credits to Increase CT Film and Music Production
Tuesday, 7/18
Diana Irey, Washington County (PA) Commissioner and Pennsylvania’s 12th District Republican Congressional Nominee Republican for U.S. Congress, Re: Candidacy against John Murtha
Monday, 7/17
Tom Marzullo, Columnist, Physicist, Educator, and Former US Army Special Forces Combat Soldier and US Navy Submariner, Re: Terrorism
Friday, 7/14 (Open Line Friday)
Pam Sawyer, State Representative (Andover, Bolton, Hebron, and Marlborough) and Minority Whip, Re: Amann Suspending Top Aide Due to Passing Out of Political Invitations
Thursday, 7/13
Ed Guay, Economist for Wintonbury Risk Management, Re: Jump in Tax Revenues Curbing Deficit
Guy Gilchrist, Syndicated Cartoonist, Re: Cartoonist Academy Art Auction and Wine and Cheese Party Benefiting Operation First Response
Alan Schlesinger, Former Mayor of Derby and Candidate for U.S. Senate, Re: Possibility of Quitting Campaign Due to Complaints About Gambling Asked by Under an Assumed Name
Wednesday, 7/12
Deborah Orin, New York Post Columnist, Re: Possibility of Hilary Clinton Running For President in 2008
Michelle Deegan, Co-Coordinator of ONE, Susan Roman, Co-Coordinator of One, and Tracy Maloney, Coordinator of Bridge2Peace, Re: A Night of Hope
Tuesday, 7/11
Larry Bailey, Retired Commanding Officer of the Naval Special Warfare Center U.S. Navy Seal and President of Vietnam Vets for the Truth, Re: Trying to Stop Representative Murtha (http://bootmurtha.com)
Lee Swislow, Executive Director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Re: Ballot Question on Banning Same-Sex Marriage in Massachusetts/Marriage Equality/Same-Sex Lawsuit in Connecticut
Monday, 7/10
Vincent Forras, Chairman and Founder of the Gear Up Foundation, Re: Health Problems Persist After Ground Zero Work During 9/11
Friday, 7/7 (Open Line Friday)
Rob Simmons, U.S. Representative for the 2nd District of Connecticut, Re: Accusations of Refusal to Investigate Government Improperly Spied on Civilians
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: “Pirates of the Caribbean” Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 7/6
Peter Fenn, Democratic Consultant, Re: Joe Lieberman’s U.S. Senate Campaign
Christopher Caruso, State Representative (Bridgeport) and Co-Chair of the Government Administrations and Elections Committee, Re: Possibility of Lisa Moody Being Fired or Resigning
Wednesday, 7/5
Alan Schlesinger, Former Mayor of Derby and Candidate for U.S. Senate, Re: U.S. Senate Campaign
Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Re: North Korea Missile Testing
Friday, 6/30 (Open Line Friday)
Nancy Kennon, Director of Operations for Familysecuritymatters.org, Re:
Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone, Re: “Superman Returns,” “Strangers with Candy,” and “The Devil Wears Prada” Coming to Theaters
Thursday, 6/29
Lisa Siegel, Staff Writer for the Connecticut Law Tribune, Re: Justice Sullivan Not Having to Testify Before the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee
Alison Acosta Fraser, Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, Re: Line Item Vetoes
Ward Carroll, Editor of Military.com, Re: Iraq/Afghanistan Update
Nancy Johnson, U.S. Representative for the 5th District of Connecticut, Re: FBI Task Force on Cyberstalking
Wednesday, 6/28
Chris Shays, U.S. Representative from Connecticut’s 4th District, Re: Hearing on Sexual Assaults in the Military
John McIntyre, Co-Founder RealClearPolitics.com, Re: New York Times Controversy
Dr. John Mertens, Professor of Engineering at Trinity College and Independent Party of Connecticut Candidate for U.S. Senate (Running Against Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont), Re: U.S. Supreme Court Taking Up If the Government Should Regulate “Greenhouse” Gases
Ben Lieberman, Senior Policy Analyst, Specializes in the Clean Air Act, Climate Change, and the Impact of Environmental Policy on Energy Prices as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation, Re: Alternative Energy
Tuesday, 6/27
Steve Gill, Host of “The Steve Gill Show” on 99.7 WWTN FM in Nashville, TN, Re: Rep. Harold Ford Jr. Running for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's Seat
Chris Frances, WTIC News Reporter, Re: Coast Guard Academy Cadet Webster Smith Court-Martial Case
Monday, 6/26
Peter Brooks, Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and Author of “A Devil’s Triangle: Terrorism, WMD and Rogue States,” Re: Upcoming Column/ US-China Economic and Security Commission
Thursday, 6/22
Sebastian Mallaby, Reporter for the Washington Post, Re: U.S. Praising Freedom and Democracy to Support Foreign Policy
Rinker Buck, Hartford Courant Reporter, Re: Previous Article on Chris Shays
Frank Highland and Aaron Sain, The Right Brothers (Musical Group), Re: New CD/Tour
Wednesday, 6/21
Paul Streitz, Head of the Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Control, Re: Illegal Immigrant Child in DCF Custody Attending College Paid For by the State of Connecticut
