Thu, 29 November 2007 Joining the Club What the Media Doesn't Tell You host, Larry Velvel, and author Dr. Dan Oren, Yale medical professor discuss religious discrimination at Yale and other Ivy League schools in the 20th century. In this time of presidential politics when religion is creeping into campaign issues more and more, this interview illuminates some long held prejudices and attitudes in many institutions of higher learning, and perhaps in the governmental and corporate arenas where graduates of these institutions work. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.
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Fri, 23 November 2007 The Two Income Trap What the Media Doesn't Tell You host, Larry Velvel, and author and Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren discuss the plight of so many middle income Americans who now depend upon two incomes to provide what one could 40 years ago. How did two incomes go from being thought of as a boon to the family to being a detriment? Ias the middle class truly suffering or are they just too ready to spend on unnecessary items? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.
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Thu, 15 November 2007 Are top Government Officials War Criminals? What the Media Doesn't Tell You host, Larry Velvel, and Michael Ratner, head of the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York, discuss issues surrounding the culpability of attorneys who render opinions that allow government officials to conduct apparently illegal acts. They discuss several instances when the current administration has been advised by its own lawyers that such things as torture may not be always illegal or war crimes. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.
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Thu, 8 November 2007 Takeover, part 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, What the Media Doesn't Tell You host, Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Boston Globe's Pulitzer winning reporter, Charlie Savage, about his new book, Takeover -- The return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy. Savage details the rise of a stronger and more unitary presidency from the time of Harry Truman to the present. He discusses the Signing Statements for which his work earned him a Pulitzer, and relates that to the ever increasing power of the executive branch of the federal government. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.
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Thu, 1 November 2007 Takeover, part 1 of 2 In this first of two parts, What the Media Doesn't Tell You host, Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Boston Globe's Pulitzer winning reporter, Charlie Savage, about his new book, Takeover -- The return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy. Savage details the rise of a stronger and more unitary presidency from the time of Harry Truman to the present. He discusses the Signing Statements for which his work earned him a Pulitzer, and relates that to the ever increasing power of the executive branch of the federal government. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.
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