• Why Retirement Is Fast Becoming Impossible For Most Americans

Why Retirement Is Fast Becoming Impossible For Most Americans

January 12, 2014|Categories: Featured Program, Niki Site, Recent Programs|Tags: , |1 Comment

Only 2% of Americans have an adequate pension or retirement account. Yet while the picture appears to be doom and gloom our experts offer sound advice- it's not too late to turn the picture around to be able to retire with dignity.

  • The Growing Challenge with Disability Benefits

The Growing Challenge with Disability Benefits

November 20, 2013|Categories: Featured Program, Niki Site, Recent Programs|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Disability benefits are part of the social security entitlement program and increasing costs and escalating numbers of claims are causing challenges. Some economists and others question if the bad economy along with the fact that people not being able to find jobs as readily, has any connection to the increasing number of disability claims in the last decade.

  • JFK: The Dallas Mayor’s Committee on the JFK 50th Anniversary

JFK: The Dallas Mayor’s Committee on the JFK 50th Anniversary

November 2, 2013|Categories: Featured Program, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

President Kennedy's death would become a weight that Dallas citizens, including those born after November 22, 1963, would carry in their hearts for years to come. Did Dallas deserve the label that so many around the country and even the world gave to it: "The City of Hate"?

  • JFK: The Dallas Perspective and the Sixth Floor Museum

JFK: The Dallas Perspective and the Sixth Floor Museum

October 7, 2013|Categories: Featured Program, Niki Site, Recent Programs|Tags: |0 Comments

The time leading up to President Kennedy’s visit to Dallas was volatile. Adlai Stevenson, visiting Dallas a month earlier for a United Nations conference, had been attacked by a picketer. While Dallas was known as a very patriotic city, it also had a reputation for having people with extremist views.

  • JFK: The Continuing Conspiracy Theories

JFK: The Continuing Conspiracy Theories

October 7, 2013|Categories: Featured Program, Niki Site, Recent Programs|Tags: |0 Comments

Over 59% of Americans still believe Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone. They believe that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy fifty years ago was part of a conspiracy. In this episode we look at all sides of this controversy. The opinions of each of our panelists range widely.

  • JFK: The Warren Commission Report

JFK: The Warren Commission Report

October 7, 2013|Categories: Featured Program, Niki Site, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

In 1964 seven members of the President's special committee were appointed to head up the Warren Commission. This blue ribboned panel of politicians and justices were to investigate the JFK assassination, come to a conclusion, and lay the rumors surrounding the assassination to rest.

  • JFK: The Aftermath of the Assassination

JFK: The Aftermath of the Assassination

October 7, 2013|Categories: Featured Program, Niki Site, Recent Programs|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Within 48 hours of the JFK assassination we witnessed the arrest of the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, and later his shooting by Jack Ruby. The trauma of that time will be forever embedded in the memories of those who were present and those who watched and heard the news.

  • Should We Break Up the Big Banks?

Should We Break Up the Big Banks?

September 1, 2013|Categories: Featured Program, Recent Programs|Tags: , |0 Comments

Bailouts in the hundreds of billions were used in 2008 and 2009 to bolster banks, insurance companies and other businesses that were deemed by some as “too big to fail”. The Dodd-Frank legislation of 2010 was supposed to be a remedy for too big to fail, but was it really effective?

  • Suicide: A Growing Problem

Suicide: A Growing Problem

July 28, 2013|Categories: Featured Program, Niki Site, Recent Programs|Tags: , |2 Comments

Many Americans have been personally touched by the tragedy of suicide; a growing problem in the US. Teenagers are especially vulnerable to suicide and it's the second leading cause of death in older teens (up to age 24) and the third leading cause of death for children 10-15 years of age.

  • The Current Challenges and Concerns in Mental Health

The Current Challenges and Concerns in Mental Health

July 21, 2013|Categories: Featured Program, Niki Site, Recent Programs|Tags: , , |0 Comments

More than 5 million Americans suffer from some form of mental illness and one in seventeen has a severe and persistent disorder. The need for care is growing, yet there are increased challenges in diagnosing and treating those with mental health problems.