The World and Everything in It - Nov. 5, 2011
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News, reviews, and interviews: a look at musical politicians, a conversation with Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist, Susan Olasky discusses three new books, a speech from Paul Ryan, and Billy Graham turns 93
In this week's program, an interview with Ted Cruz, a look at musical politicians, a conversation with Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist, economics roundup with Warren Cole Smith, a notable speech from Paul Ryan at the Heritage Foundation, Susan Olasky reviews four books about God's work in the world, an interview with author Scott Lamb, and much more.
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The TW&E History Book
- Nov. 5, 1605—The unsuccessful 1605 Gunpowder Plot sought to kill King James I and members of Parliament.
- Nov. 7, 1917—Vladimir Lenin seizes power in Russia, the start of decades of deadly communism.
- Nov. 5, 1968—Richard Nixon beats Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Alabama Gov. George Wallace to win the presidency.
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The World Champion St. Louis Cardinals lose La Russa—and maybe Albert Pujols too?
- Scott Lamb is director of research for Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and the co-author of Pujols: More Than the Game (Thomas Nelson).
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Book Nook: Reviews by Susan Olasky
- WORLD News Group senior writer Susan Olasky reviews God Is Red by Liao Yiwu (Harper Collins), A Heart for Freedom by Chai Ling (Tyndale House), and Out of the Far Corners: An Epic Tale of Rejection, Grace, and Deliverance by Peter Iliyn (YWAM Publishing). Read more about these books.
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Notable Speeches: 'Saving the American Idea'
- Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is chairman of the House Budget Committee. The full text of his speech "Saving the American Idea: Rejecting Fear, Envy and the Politics of Division" is online here.
- Read Emily Belz's Web Extra report on Ryan's speech.
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Greece reaps what it sowed
U.S. economic train gathering steam?
Radio preacher Harold Camping issues an apology
- Reporter Warren Cole Smith covers the economy and the markets for WORLD News Group.
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Decades of Billy Graham's sermons now online
- The Billy Graham Audio Archives is a project of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Assosication.
- Dr. Graham's latest book is Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well (Thomas Nelson).
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Date of New Hampshire primary set
A conversation with Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist
Remembering Revolutionary War patriot Joseph Warren
- The 2012 GOP caucus and primary schedule is posted here.
- Ralph Reed is founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Grover Norquist is the president of Americans for Tax Reform.
- Commentator Tony Beam heads the Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville University in South Carolina.
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Musical politicians
- Herman Cain's 1996 gospel album Sunday Morning is available as an mp3 download from Amazon.com.
- A recording of President Harry Truman playing Debussy's "Premiere Arabesque" is here.
- Learn more about former Vice President (and Nobel Peace Prize recipient) Charles G. Daws, composer of the tune used for the pop standard, "It's All in the Game."
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Supreme Court refuses to hear case about roadside crosses in Utah.
- Justice Clarence Thomas' dissent is here (PDF).
- Learn more about the Alliance Defense Fund.
- Ted Cruz is the former solicitor general of Texas and is running for the U.S. Senate.
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Congress subpoenas White House materials on funding to now-bankrupt 'green energy' company
Media feeding frenzy over thinly sourced allegations about Herman Cain
- Read Emily Belz's Web Extra report on the Solyndra subpoenas.
- Read more about the decision by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to subpoena White House documents.
- The Media Research Center analyzed the "unrelenting network coverage" of the Cain story.
