Episodes
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Leid Stories 07.02.20
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
After 244 Years of Independence, What's Your Version of Being 'American'?
On July 4, the nation commemorates 244 years of independence from Britain and its official beginnings as a new, free nation.
In many parts of the world, achieving national independence is cause for great celebration. But in the United States and its territories, well-choreographed, razzle-dazzle celebrations mock the truth of how this nation, and our national identity, came to be--and in so many ways, still is.
Leid Stories asks: What's your version of what it means to be American?
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Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Leid Stories 07.01.20
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Are You Ready for A Proxy President?
As they approach the home stretch of the 2020 presidential race, the Democratic and Republican parties and their candidates apparently have struck a deal: The subject of fitness for office is off limits.
Trump, 74, won't have to explain his erratic and bizarre behavior and policies, and Joe Biden, 77, avoids having to deny that his own advisers worry he's in cognitive decline.
EIther way, whoever wins the election will come with a lot of mental-health baggage, which raises the question: In that event, who actually will be president -- the winning candidate himself or several unseen "advisers?" Are we comfortable with that -- president by proxy?
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Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Leid Stories 06.30.20
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Are We Doomed to Two-Party Politics?
Leid Stories discusses the pickle many of us have been in for years: We're not in the Republican camp and don't want to be; the Democrats take us for granted; and third parties are in disarray and show little or no interest in courting our vote.
Are we doomed to live in this political vortex, forced to make decisions we'd rather not make?
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Leid Stories