Summary: December 28th - By the time you read this, your bitter, blind, broke, gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz will be miles away from the studios of WNUR, dodging debt collectors, revenue opportunities and/or the knowledge of his own mortality. Is a best-of show enough for you? What if we told you it was a newly digitized collection of super deep cuts from those heady years when the Gregorian odometer rolled back to zeroes? Listen to how young Chuck looked! Jim Dempsey, author of Terrorism & The Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security, tells us about President Clinton's wacky new Cybercorps and gives us the lowdown on whats become of our privacy. (Jan 15, 2000) Peter Eisner, managing editor at the Center for Public Integrity surveys the lobbyist legal landscape. (March 18, 2000) Alexandra Zorn reports on the fight for sex worker rights from New York's Whore Action Network. (August 14, 1999) Larry Makinson of the Center for Responsive Politics told us about their new report concerning the success of special interests in President George W, Bush's first 100 days. (May 19, 2001) Jo Marie Greisgraber from OXFAM USA explains how World Bank-financed debt feeds poverty in Africa. (July 14, 2001) Thomas Frank, chief muckity-muck at the Baffler reveals what's on the shopping list at the "One Market Under God" (April 21, 2001) Vernon Bellcourt, National Representative of the American Indian Movement and president of the National Coalition of Racism in Sports and Media fills us in on the campaign to free Leonard Peltier and the recent Treasury Department cover-up in a case involving compensation to Native Americans for use of their lands. (Dec 11, 1999) Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth (13 June 1998)
