Ed Driscoll

PJM Political: Obama, Ayn, Caesar, Scozzafava!

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

The latest edition of PJM Political checks in on Tuesday's elections, along with a tale of two competing authors: the surprisingly resurgent Ayn Rand, and "the most powerful writer since Julius Caesar." (Click here to hear the full length version of Ed Driscoll's interview with Rand biographer Jennifer Burns.)

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PJM Political 11/7/09: Obama, Ayn, Caesar, Scozzafava!

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

Tune in each Saturday to Sirus-XM’s POTUS channel (#110 on Sirius, #130 on XM) at (all times eastern) 6:00 am, 12:00 pm, 6:00 pm, and Sunday at midnight (also eastern time zone) for the weekly edition of Pajamas Media’s PJM Political!

If you missed this week’s show, click below to listen:

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Join host Steve Green of VodkaPundit.com for a snapshot of Washington and beyond:

If you missed any recent edition of PJM Political, click here and scroll through for hours of audio archives. And tune in to Pajamas Media’s PJTV.com for video coverage throughout the week.

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Atlas Resurgent: An Interview With Ayn Rand Biographer Jennifer Burns

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

(Want to download instead of streaming? Click here to download this 18 minute long interview. Or click here to download the lo-fi edition.)

Taken from the November 7th edition of Pajamas Media.com’s PJM Political on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio’s POTUS Channel, Ed Driscoll interviews Jennifer Burns, assistant professor of history at the University of Virginia. They discuss her new book, Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, and the surprisingly resurgence of Rand’s vision of free market capitalism, only months after Newsweek ushered in the Obama administration by declaring on its cover in February, “We Are All Socialists Now.”

Burns was also recently interviewed by Reason.tv as part of their retrospective on Rand. Click on YouTube player below to watch that interview:


If you missed any recent edition of PJM Political, click here and scroll through for hours of audio archives. And tune in to Pajamas Media’s PJTV.com for video coverage throughout the week.

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Breaking: Massacre at Fort Hood (Updated)

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

Reports are still sketchy, but as many as 12 are dead and 31 or more wounded in a shooting at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood, Texas. UPDATE: Report: Suspect not dead.

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Election Night Snapshot

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

What the blogosphere is saying about tonight's elections and what they portend for 2010.

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PJM Political: Lileks Returns; Lamar Ponders The New Enemies List

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

The triumphant return of the Bard of Minnesota; Sen. Lamar Alexander flashes back to the days of Nixon. Plus, are the Taliban using heroin as a weapon?

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PJM Political 10/31/09: Lileks Returns; Lamar Ponders The New Enemies List

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

Tune in each Saturday to Sirus-XM’s POTUS channel (#110 on Sirius, #130 on XM) at (all times eastern) 6:00 am, 12:00 pm, 6:00 pm, and Sunday at midnight (also eastern time zone) for the weekly edition of Pajamas Media’s PJM Political!

If you missed this week’s show, click below to listen:

(Want to download instead of streaming? Click here to download this week’s show. Or click here to download the lo-fi edition.)

Join host Steve Green of VodkaPundit.com for a snapshot of Washington and beyond:

If you missed any recent edition of PJM Political, click here and scroll through for hours of audio archives. And tune in to Pajamas Media’s PJTV.com for video coverage throughout the week.

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PJM Political: Go West, Young Podcast!

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

The podcast edition of the weekly Sirius-XM show heads west, to cover Blog World Expo in Vegas, and from CA, Western CPAC, and the Reagan Library. And it's Medically Incorrect, to boot!

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PJM Political 10/24/09: Go West, Young Podcast!

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

Tune in each Saturday to Sirus-XM’s POTUS channel (#110 on Sirius, #130 on XM) at (all times eastern) 6:00 am, 12:00 pm, 6:00 pm, and Sunday at midnight (also eastern time zone) for the weekly edition of Pajamas Media’s PJM Political!

If you missed this week’s show, click below to listen:

(Want to download instead of streaming? Click here to download this week’s show. Or click here to download the lo-fi edition.)

Join host Steve Green of VodkaPundit.com for a snapshot of Washington and beyond — way beyond, in this special road trip edition of PJM Political:

If you missed any recent edition of PJM Political, click here and scroll through for hours of audio archives. And tune in to Pajamas Media’s PJTV.com for video coverage throughout the week.

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Video: ‘Expanding The Operation’: Tim Pawlenty At WCPAC

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 - by Ed Driscoll

Minnesota's Gov. Tim Pawlenty explains how he's governed as a conservative in the state of Mondale, Wellstone, and Franken.

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