400-408 – Lance Izumi, senior director of education studies at the Pacific Research Institute (pacificresearch.org), on where the candidates are on improving public education – especially vouchers and charter schools.
413-423 – Steve Barr, was the co-founder of Rock The Vote in 1990 and the Motor Voter Bill in 1994, was involved in the founding of Americorp with President Clinton, and he's been involved with several presidential campaign teams and even been the finance chair of the Democratic Party. But in 1999, he founded Green Dot Public Schools (greendot.org), which transforms large public schools that are failing into smaller cluster schools with amazing graduation rates. Last fall the LAUSD approving giving him control of Locke High School in the center of Watts.
428-437 – Jim Ryun, a world-record holding runner and three time Olympian (1964, 1968 and 1972), and former six-time Republican congressman from Kansas, has been hosting his Jim Ryun Running Camps for the past 30 years (ryunrunning.com) at which high school runners learn a variety of proven running skills along with Biblical principles. Two of his alumni are in Beijing: Ryan Hall, who's favored to win the gold in the marathon, and Jen Barringer in the steeplechase. We talk about the Olympics as a platform for Christian witness.
443-452 – John Collins, Executive Director of the Harvest Crusades (harvest.org), back in Anaheim August 15th, 16th and 17th, on what a New Believers Bible will mean to those who will be making a faith decision this weekend. And they're partnering this year with the Fred Jordan Mission and sponsoring a food drive. Since 1990 more than 3.6 million people have attended a Harvest Crusades event in person, and more than 290,000 have registered their decisions of faith in Jesus Christ. This Harvest will be very special – pastor Greg's son Christopher died just three weeks ago, on July 24, in a solo car accident.
458-508 – John Pearson, was for 11 years the president/CEO of the Christian Management Association (Author's Bio) until resigning in December 2005, and he's out sharing some of the wisdom he gained in a book entitled Mastering the Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Nonprofit (Regal Books, June 2008) (Press Release).
512-523 – Father Charles Sikorsky, is President of the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington, VA (ipsciences.edu), a Catholic Graduate School of Psychology, and he talks with us about the challenges of teaching psychology from a Christian worldview.
528-539 – What's your reaction when you hear this? Isn't this shameful and deceitful? Is this a big deal or no big deal?
(:38) Lin Miaoke lip-synching the Chinese National Anthem while 7-year-old Yang Peiyi actually sings it.
• Breitbart, Olympic child singing star was a fake: ceremony director.
544-554 – Is this a big deal?
558-608 – Is this a big deal?
609 – [1:30] "Your Independent, Unbiased, Advisors: Robert Micone/Bill O'Connor, The Money Guys at Applied Financial," call them at 866-SEEK-COUNSEL, or visit them online at appliedfinancialplanning.com.
612-623 – What the grossest thing you saw going on in a restaurant?
628-639 – • Des Moines Register, At-home attempt to neuter dog leads to charges.
• Fox News (8/11/08), Police: 'Cult' Starved Toddler Who Wouldn't Say 'Amen.'
(3:05) McCain, summarizes what has happened in Georgia the last few days, "Vladimir Putin Our President," the Russian bombing campaign went far outside of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
(1:09) McCain, Russia is sending a great signal to the West.
(1:13) McCain, talked with the Georgian president this morning, "today, we are all Georgians."
(:49) McCain, Georgia was one of the first converts to Christianity in the 4th century.
(:48) McCain, re Georgia and that we must stop the massive transfer of wealth to the Middle East.
• Gary Schmitt And Mauro De Lorenzo (WSJ) (8/12/08), How the West Can Stand Up to Russia.
• Victor Davis Hanson (8/12/08), Moscow's Sinister Brilliance: Who wants to die for Tbilisi?
• Rich Lowry (8/12/08), Putin Bares His Soul: McCain sees his neo-Soviet state for what it is.
• WSJ Editors (8/12/08), Vladimir Bonaparte.
• Dennis Prager (8/12/08), Why I Am Not a Liberal.
• TIME (8/7/08), The Global Ambition of Rick Warren.
• AP (8/12/08), Most companies in US avoid federal income taxes
• AP (8/12/08), Obama's "no income taxes on seniors" draws critics
• National Journal (8/12/08), Waning Global Warming Debate
• AFP (Agence France-Presse) (8/12/08), Prehistoric animals killed by man, not climate
