Wisconsin and Indiana have become the focus of a political showdown between union backed Democrats and Republicans. In Indiana the democrats split town refusing to vote on issues such as the “Right to work”, and Mitch Daniel’s school reform. Engineer Nick Ellis and Diana Jewel, both Indiana residences, share their experiences at the Indianapolis state capitol building of the Indianapolis Tea Party’s counter-rally – aimed at voicing a different opinion from the unions, only to be met with typical union-thug tactics.

After a long hiatus, John and Nick are back and wrangling about the proper meaning of "Separation of Church and State." Listen in as the Host and Engineer Par-Excellance show how modern sloppy thinking has conflated Jefferson's expression with the actual meaning and words of the 1st Amendment and how the idea that endorsement and preference for religious ideas has come to be wrongly construed as constituting an establishment of religion.

Listen is as Mr. Angry Man Nick Ellis interrogates Host John Snyder regarding the issue of homosexual marriage. Are there sound non-religious reasons for opposing same-sex unions? Why does the state need to be involved in licensing marriage anyway? Should the state get out of the business of issuing licenses? Why shouldn?t courts, let alone society, accept the redefinition of marriage?

Listen in as Host John Snyder, Mr. Curmudgeon and Engineer Par Excellence Nick Ellis discuss the recent primaries and the outrageous attack on a Korean Warship. The conversation turns raucous as the ITPS team concludes that middle of the road policies are almost never the right ones. We must choose between fish or chicken.

Listen in as In the Public Square Team discusses the American bureaucracy that cannot be changed. Since Civil Service Reform in the 1890?s (The Pendleton Act) the idea that government should be run by ?professionals? has resulted in the creation of a permanent class of government employees who cannot be fired or laid off. Consequently, all our elected representatives are beholden more to the interest of public service unions and bureaucrats than to the American people. Congressional Representatives, Senators, Cabinet Members and Presidents come and go by the election process but the same old government employee class continues to accrue power and empire build without any recourse in the process of democracy. Ultimately, this means that America is less and less a government of, for, and by the people, and more and more a government controlled by a permanent ruling class.

With rioting in Athens Greece and the gathering darkness of a looming debt crisis descending over Europe and the United States, In the Public Square takes on the tragic meaning of debt, its relationship to character and national moral health, and the deeper implications for Christians who do more than account in dollars and cents. Listen in as Mr. Curmudgeon, Engineer Extraordinaire Nick Ellis and Host John Snyder discuss--The Ticking Debt Time Bomb!