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‘Alternate Shots’ Episode #32. Co-hosts: John Ellis and Richard Haass. Produced by Dale Eisigner. Recorded 10 July 2026.

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Regime Change.

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Two of the very best reporters at The New York Times, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, have written an important book about President Trump’s “second presidency”. The book, Regime Change, makes it abundantly clear that the 4...

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The Escalation Trap.


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Robert A. Pape is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs. He is also the author of a Substack newsletter, The Escalation Trap, which has been (...

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American Demographics.

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The Honest Authoritarian.

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Danny Hillis is an inventor and engineer of complex machines. He has designed some of the fastest computers in the world and one of the slowest mechanical devices: the 10,000-year Clock of the Long Now.

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    Welcome. I am the founder and editor of News Items and Political News Items. I am also the founder of Bird News Items. I also do 3 podcasts: (Night Owls), (Alternate Shots) and my own.

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