David and Margaret talk with Mitch Perlstein, President of the Center of the American Experiment.

David and Margaret talk about the heating up of the 2008 Presidential race, and then turn their discussion to the reasons behind the failure of free market reforms in parts of Latin America.

Guest: Keith Downey, candidate for the Republican endorsement, MN House, Edina 41-A.

Guests: Phil Krinkie, President of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota; Michael Tanner, director of health and welfare studies at the Cato Institute and author of Leviathan on the Right.

David and Margaret talk to Barry Casselman about his new book "North Star Rising", about the history of Minnesota's most colorful political figure.

David and Margaret talk to Neal McCluskey about his book Feds in the Classroom. McCluskey argues that the Federal Government has no positive role in education.

Guest: Randal O’Toole, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and author of The Best Laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future.

Guest: Mike Wigley, chairman of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota, on the 10th anniversary of the organization.

David and Margaret discuss free market health care reforms with Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute. Cannon focuses on the particular harm that S-Chip would do to the Health Care System and the problems with Romney-Care in Mass.

David and Margaret talk with Erik Paulsen, the likely Republican Candidate to replace retiring Congressman Jim Ramstad in Minnesota's 3rd District. Taxpayers League of MN President Phil Krinkie rounds out the hour discussing education funding.

David and Margaret talk to Senior Vice President of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve about the Housing Crisis, interest rates, and the limits of government power to control the economy.

David and Margaret talk to Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, about the issue of increasing transparancy in Government by fully disclosing government expenditures to citizens.

David and Margaret talk to Hennepin County Sheriff Rick Stanek about "Hope for the City's" Food for a Day program, the role of the Sheriff in the foreclosure crisis, and the Sheriff's response to the I-35W bridge collapse.

David and Margaret talk with Frederick Hesse of the American Enterprise Institute about his book, "Common Sense School Reform."

David and Margaret discuss the upcoming wave of school levy referendums in the Twin Cities with Tim Burke of Farmington, and finish the hour with Taxpayers League of Minnesota President Philip Krinkie discussing the levies and the ridiculous winning bid for the I-35W bridge reconstruction.

David and Margaret talk to Star Tribune columnist about the "Critical Mass" protests in Minneapolis for the first 1/2 hour. Then they switch topics to discuss the premier of a documentary "Indoctrinate U" with Charles Mitchell from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.

Co-host Margaret Martin and guest Host Mark Yost, feature writer for the Wall Street Journal, author and Lake Elmo firefighter talk with Bernie Vrona, Golden Valley firefighter and instructor at Hennepin Fire and Tech and with Lys Hopper of the Leary Firefighters Foundation, a 501(c) 3 charity that is helping to build firehouses in New Orleans faster than the federal government response. Also Mark, Bernie and Margaret discuss city funding priorities in emergency services.

Co-host Margaret Martin and guest Host Mark Yost, feature writer for the Wall Street Journal, author and Lake Elmo firefighter talk with Bernie Vrona, Golden Valley firefighter and instructor at Hennepin Fire and Tech and with Lake Elmo Fire chief Greg Malmquist about the changing role of fire fighting to first response.

David and Margaret interview Paul Jacob, Senior Advisor to the Sam Adams Alliance and longtime activist on promoting ballot initiatives and referendums across the country, discusses his fight against Oklahoma state authorities who are trying to intimidate proponents of ballot initiatives, including himself, with legal action. Recorded in Washington DC at the Heritage Foundation.

MN State Reps. Matt Dean (R-Stillwater) and Laura Brod (R-New Prague) discuss the Americans For Prosperity Conference in Washington DC, Presidential candidates and Minnesota politics with David and Margaret. Recorded in Washington DC at the Heritage Foundation.

David and Margaret talk to Dennis T. Avery, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute for Global Food Issues, about his new book "Unstoppable Global Warming."

David and Margaret talk to Megan Doyle, co-founder of Hope for the City, a privately funded relief organization which fights poverty, hunger, and disease using corporate surpluses and through private means.

David and Margaret talk to Mike Martin of the Cable TV industry about local government attempts to enter the communications industry as providers.

David and Margaret talk to Paul Chesser of North Carolina's John Locke Foundation about Minnesota's hiring of Climate Change Strategies group to manage Minnesota's carbon emission strategies.

David and Margaret talk to Minneapolis political activist George Soule about the "50 more cops" campaign, and the general incompetence of Minneapolis city government.