A Malaysian jetliner crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border, killing all 298 people on board. If this was a deliberate act, how does it affect the conflict between Ukraine and here Russia? Is it a game-changer?
This week also saw Israel launch a ground invasion into Gaza amid continuing rocket fire from Hamas into Israeli towns across the border. Israel has taken plenty of international heat for its actions, but it maintains that it is acting to defend its citizens from Hamas’s terrorism. Is Israel engaging in legitimate self-defense, or is it using the kamagra online canada inekezwartbol.nl rocket fire as an excuse to further subjugate Gaza?
Another major story this week is the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. An influx of unaccompanied children from Central America has overwhelmed the immigration system, forcing U.S. officials to house them in temporary shelters. Some Americans want to send them back to their poor and violence-ridden home countries, but others say that would be uncompassionate. What are the short-term and long-term solutions to this situation?
Finally, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s controversial Hobby Lobby decision, the Senate this week took up a bill that would have prevented companies from invoking religious freedom to avoid paying for contraception for their employees. It eventually failed. Given that the bill passing the anhhong-tdc.com cialis House was unlikely anyway, was this bill a cynical attempt by Democrats to gain support from women, or was it a real attempt to affect the Court’s decision?
Journalist Gregory Clay, political consultant Leif Larson, and communications consultant Don Owens discuss these issues.






