John Snyder no John Snyder john.snyder@inthepublicsquare.com http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/podcasts/podcasts.htm In the Public Square provides an intelligent, genial and joyful forum where people with differences may grapple with each others ideas and opinions. en-us In the Public Square Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:15:00 GMT 60 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. Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:15:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/110226.htm John Snyder no 59:22 Tea Party, Union, Anti Union, Indianapolis, Indiana, Rally, Right to Work, Mitch Daniels, Protest, thugs 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. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:15:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/110210.htm John Snyder no 59:22 Church and State, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, endorsement of religion, Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists, Preference for one religion, 1st Amendment 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? Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:15:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100929.htm John Snyder no 59:22 homosexual union, gay marriage, Prop 8, marriage licensing, church and state, same sex, definition 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. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:15:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100615.htm John Snyder no 59:50 Political Compromise, Primaries, Apologetics, Christian, Korean War Ship, Fish or Chicken, George Bush, Obama, Threat of War John Snyder is guest to Don Croah of WAVA 105.1 FM in Washington DC. Listen in as we discuss the question of Separation of Church and State, including the history and role of the Supreme Court. Fri, 06 Jun 2010 22:15:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100604.htm John Snyder no 01:01:05 separation of Church and State, Incorporation Doctrine, Justice Tawny, establishment of Religion, First Amendment, Christian, Apologetics 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. Wed, 26 May 2010 22:15:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100526.htm John Snyder no 00:59:59 Christianity, Bureaucracy, Democracy, Pendleton Act, Civil Service Reform, Public Service Unions, Apologetics In the Public Square tackles Tax Day and the Tea Party Phenomenon, the Recent Federal Court Decision that declared the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional and the sources and cause of poverty as Nick has recently returned from El Salvador where he worked as a volunteer for a international charity organization. Listen in as Host John Snyder, Engineer Nick Ellis and Mr. Curmudgeon recover from the April 15th blues. Tue, 18 May 2010 16:30:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100518.htm John Snyder no 00:59:52 National Day of Prayer, Constitutional Analysis, Separation of Church and State, Wisconsin Judge, Tea Party There has been much political talk among Conservatives who are alarmed and properly outraged by recent federal power grabs. The growing question is this: Do states have recourse in "nullification" and "secession" to assert their reserved powers under the 10th Amendment? Listen in as Host John Snyder, Mr. Curmudgeon and Nick Ellis discussion the Constitutional and natural law question: How do conscientious Americans resist lawless government? Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100420.htm John Snyder no 01:09:39 secession, nullification, reserved powers, 10th Amendment, We the People, states rights, lawlessness, constitutional government Many Americans are incensed that the Obama Administration is in process of removing the trial of terrorists from Military to Civilian Criminal Courts. What motivates the Left to try Jihadists who have violated the rules of war as if they were ordinary American criminals? Attorney General Eric Holder claims than transparency is necessary for American credibility?or are there deeper psychological reasons? Listen is as Host John Snyder discusses the Criminalization of War with Stephen Z. Nemo (Mr. Curmudgeon) and Mr. Everyman, Nick Ellis. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100331.htm John Snyder no 52:58 Eric Holder, Obama, Denial, Psychology, Constitutional rights, terrorists, Terrorism, Jihadists, Criminal Courts, Trial of terrorists, Military courts Atom Smashers, Apologetics, String Theory, Judaism, Denominationalism, Works Doctrine and the New Mighty Men of God pass under cursory examination, along with other subjects in this wide ranging discussion between Host John Snyder and a fan named Joe. Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100327.htm John Snyder no 01:37:54 Atom Smashers, Apologetics, Catholicism, String Theory, Judaism, Denominationalism, Works Doctrine, Mighty Men, Christianity, Science, Big Bang Listen in as Host John Snyder, Mr. Everyman Nick Ellis and Stephen Z. Nemo, (AKA Mr. Curmudgeon) discuss the Left's Death Wish. Despite polling data that shows opposition above 70%, why are Democrats defying public opinion and apparently willing to destroy themselves in order to pass "reforms" that the American people do not want? What does this tell us about the Left's worldview and the character of the Democratic Party? There is more here than mere political difference. We are dealing with true believers--the age old character of arrogance and evil in the guise of martyrs to a false religion called Utopia. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100222.htm John Snyder no 58:20 Death Wish, Barack Obama, Christianity, Tea Party, Socialized medicine, nancy Pelosi, Democrats, true believers, Nihilists, arrogance, Self-destructiveness It is becoming irresistably evident that Iran is developing an atomic weapon. Still, the West and the United States seem to be dedicated to ignoring this horrifying possibility. What is it about our post-modern, post-Christian world that refuses to come to grips with hard facts and difficult choices. Listen in as Host John Snyder, Steven Z. Nemo (AKA Mr. Curmudgeon) and Mr. Everyman, Nick Ellis discuss, Iran and the Bomb. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100222.htm John Snyder no 56:39 Iranian, Bomb, Christianity, Appeasement, Nihilism, Fantasy, Despair, Indiference, Post-modernism, Denial, Iran Potential Presidential candidate Sarah Palin went to Tennessee this week and spoke to the rising power of the Tea Party movement. What is this neew force on the political landscape? Is the Tea Party a true conservative movement? Do the Republicans and radio talk showhosts really understand what this movement represents? Is there a danger that the Tea Party movement will divide the right wing in November 2010? Listen in as Host John Snyder and guests Mr. Curmudgeon and Mr. Everyman-Nick Ellis discuss the Tea Party Phenomenon. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100216.htm John Snyder no 57:21 Tea Party, Christianity, Abraham Lincoln, Sarah Palin, Conservative, third party, Obama Debt, indifference and redirection of emphasis means that America soon will have no manned space program. This means the United States will be incapable of repairing orbiting satellites and space stations, which ultimately means reduced military intelligence. In short, this country will be falling behind China, Russia, Europe and possibly even Iran in mastering the "High Ground" of space. This is one of the many dangerous consequences of government diverting its attention from its primary duty of national defense, and concentrating on programs and enterprises that are simultaneously imprudent and unconstitutional. Listen in as Host John Snyder, Everyman Nick Ellis and Mr. Curmudgeon discuss, "Our Dying Space Program." Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100207.htm John Snyder no 31:03 Space Program, NASA, Debt, National Defense, China, Satellites, John Snyder, Curmudgeon, Iran Orbit After the election in Massachusetts – politicians and people alike are seeing a swing to the Right. Is this as Democrats claim, simply a local election with a poorly run campaign? Or is it because of Obama and politics on a national level? Perhaps it’s because of something deeper, some ideological difference that separates these two arena’s of philosophy. Tune into our first Skype podcast with John Snyder, Mr. Curmudgeon and Nick Ellis on In the Public Square. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/100130.htm John Snyder no 35:25 Moral judgment, history, God, human actions, omissions, duty to know, innocence In a world of decisions which involve moral responsiblity human beings are bound by moral conscience and therefore, cannot plead that they did not, or could not know the consequence of their actions. ,,The judgment of God and history is based on a presupposition that human being have can and do comprehend the moral consequence of action. Hence, all human action, like negligence, is governed by an operational assumption that moral beings have a DUTY TO KNOW. This is why innocence is so hard to find. Even when we think we know, our fallen nature often voluntarily blinds us to the consequence of poor decisions and omissions of action. This is why we are bound morally and held accountable to think deeply about serious things. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/091120.htm John Snyder no 47:19 Moral judgment, history, God, human actions, omissions, duty to know, innocence Guest Jennifer Lahl of the CBC (Center for Bioethics and Culture) is interviewed by John Snyder and Alexandra Berauer regarding the CBC's new documentary: THE LINES THAT DIVIDE-a full length investigative report into stem cell research, both adult and embryonic, surveying the issues from a scientific and ethic perspective. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/091030.htm John Snyder no 54:41 Stem Cell research, Center for Bioethics and Culture, Jennifer Lahl, John Snyder, Alexandra Berauer, Embryonic, Adult stem cells, bioethics Exactly 2000 years ago one of the momentus conflicts of human history stopped the Roman Empire in its tracks and unwittingly transformed the European continent into a contested battleground between two distinctive cultural camps: Romans and Germans. Listen in as Host John Snyder explains how this relates to Martin Luther, the Reformation, Whig History and the spirit of Freedom. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090908.htm John Snyder no 48:24 Christianity, Battle of the Tuetoburg Forest, Arminius, Augustus, Caesar, Publius Quintilius Varus, Legions, Roman, German, Protestants and Catholics, Whig History, Anglo Saxon Freedom Always the public debate in America is between left and right, liberals and conservatives, red and blue. Rather than remaining trapped in these politically questionable contexts, perhaps it is wiser to view the great divide in human thinking as expressions of human character and personality. Perhaps these political divisions are a false dichotomy between materialists and spiritualists. Listen in as Host John Snyder discusses a better way to think about these categories: Lizards and Wizards. Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090905.htm John Snyder no 54:29 liberals and conservatives, spirtualists, Christianity, apologetics, metaphysicians, materialists, libertarians, leftists, red and blue Despite our love affair with freedom, freedom is not and cannot be absolute. Freedom must have limits and boundaries. No constitution, no body of law or armed force is adequate to police a morally confused people who confuse lawlessness with freedom. The only question is this: shall the boundaries of liberty be set by the state or by the invisible constraints of character? Tue, 31 Aug 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090829.htm John Snyder no 58:49 Christianity, Law, lawlessness, Character, Madison, Jesus, Apostle Paul, Freedom, Liberty, Antinomianism, Anne Hutchinson, J.P. Morgan God is the author of history and He uses human events, migrations, and wars to instruct, to honor and to chasten. Listen in as Host John Snyder discusses the way in which the Author of History constructs and unfolds events, rears up peoples and nations and punishes the sins of pride, androgyny, spoiling affluence, child-murder and deconstructed meaning. Tue, 29 Aug 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090829.htm John Snyder no 51:58 chastening of America, arrogance, history, Christianity, sloth, sin, pride, androgyny, spoiling affluence, child-murder, abortion, deconstructed meaning, iron rod Many Christians and Conservatives love to bash Barack Obama. But the problem with our culture is not Obama. It is way deeper. Listen in as Host John Snyder explains the trouble with the Left, the Right and the American People. Tue, 27 Aug 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090827.htm John Snyder no 58:49 Apologetics, Barack Obama, Christianity, Wrong about everything, Democratic Party, LIberalism, Leftism, Conservatives, Id, culture, society Many of us feel safer knowing that certificating bodies and government agencies accredit professionals and provide assurance that their knowledge and skills comport with community standards. Nevertheless, there is a darker side to the licensing of knowledge. What dangers exist in allowing the state to assert that it has authority over the dissemination and application of knowledge? Is the proper role of authority to sanction skill and knowledge or does knowledge more properly bestow authority? Listen in as Host John Snyder exposes The Dangers of Credentialism. Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090825.htm John Snyder no 53:42 Christianity, credentials, certifications, professional bodies, licenses, sin, authority, Pharisees, Phariseeism, statism Listen in as Host John Snyder reads his paper Faith Foundation of Reason where he explains what faith is-- as opposed to the heretical ideas that have come to displace our proper understanding of faith. This chasm between those who believe faith is a magic talisman, and those who understand faith as a call to action, is the New Great Schism in our church. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090619.htm John Snyder no 51:49 reason, faith, works, christianity, great schism, heresy, magic, call to action Listen in as Host John Snyder tells about an unexpected insight that came to him while walking the edge of the Tidal Basin on the Capital Mall. Listen as he develops some ideas about the difference between the counterfeit words of politicians and the nature of what makes words profound and important. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090612.htm John Snyder no 1:00:39 Wisdom, Rhetoric, Gettysburg Address, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Jabberwocky, Capital Mall, Second Inaugural Listen into this three-way discussion on the legal, theological and philosophical rationale for marriage. Host John Snyder interacts with guest attorneys Alexandra Berauer and Daniel J. DeWit for a rambunctious conversation that attempts to get to the core of what marriage really is. So much of the institution has changed over times that in many ways, even Christians, are likely to confuse the legal accretions of marriage, for marriage itself. By reexamining this God ordained institution perhaps, we can arm ourselves better for the coming culture war over the meaning and definition of marriage. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090306.htm John Snyder no 1:30:35 marriage, homosexual unions, prop 22, gay marriage, licensing sex, christianity, purpose of marriage Host John Snyder and ITPS Contributor Daniel J. DeWit discuss how issues of character, virtue and moral consciousness are at the center of our present financial crisis. Although we tend to perceive economics as exclusively the domain of material things like goods and services, the market actually reflects the invisible commerce of good faith and character. If we do not enter the market in good faith, economic transactions begin to break down. If we do not bring virtue and character into the bargain, the free market will fail. We have forgotten that without honesty and good faith capitalism cannot work. Free enterprise, which has served us so well, will become as predatory and dysfunctional as socialism. Tragically, America does not understand this anymore, because we have become both nihilists and materialists. We think the market is purely a place of physical exchange. Rather human bargains and promises are metaphysical things. We do not understand this--because we believe we can get something for nothing. Honest men know better. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090227.htm John Snyder no 1:49:27 Christian economics, capitalism, free enterprise, free market, christianity, john snyder, virtue, honesty, good faith, character This week Alexandra Berauer hosts American Genocide: the War on Black Babies. Listen to guests Walter Hoye discuss his legal challenge to the Oakland California Bubble Ordinance that prevents pro-life literature and signs from coming within a certain measured range of abortion mills. Attorney Dana Cody of Life Legal Defense will give an inside look at what has thus far happened during the sentencing hearing, and the legal complexities of Walter case over the last month of so. In addition, Walter and Alexandra provide an interesting discussion on why we should view the killing of little black babies as an American Genocide. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090220.htm John Snyder no 1:29:58 Abortion, Pro-life, Walter Hoye, Genocide, killing black babies, Roe v. Wade, Alexandra Berauer, Dana Cody, Life legal Defense February 12, 2009 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln whose views of life were diametrically opposite to one another. Listen in as Dr. Fuzale Rana of Reasons to Believe and ITPS's David Llewellyn discuss these two men and two world views they personify. Dr. Rana will discuss the science that Darwin did not understand, and David will illuminate the ideas of the great Emancipator-Abraham Lincoln. We will explore the metaphysics of evolution and materials and compare it to the ideas of Lincoln. Can we properly assert that human beings have a nature, if our natures evolve and are beholden to change over time? Lincoln asserted that humanness is fixed and absolute. Darwin, on the other hand, believed and advocated that nature and man are neither fixed nor absolute in meaning or nature over time and evolution. Only one of these views can be true. Which is it? Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090213.htm John Snyder no 1:29:03 Darwin, Lincoln, Evolution, Materialism, February 12, 1809, John Snyder, Equality, Human Nature, Christianity, Fuz Rana, David Llewellyn Listen in as Host John discusses the catastrophe of the Republican Party and its betrayal of its conservative roots. Besides the focus that is generally directed toward the world of politics and economics, John discusses the bankruptcy of conservative talk radio and its failure to grasp the tenets and principles of what a conservative is. In short, without a return to the eternal veraties, without learning how to speak of first things, and moral principle, the political right has no chance of helping rebuild this country. Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090206.htm John Snyder no 1:32:20 Republican Party, Betrayal, Conservative Roots, conservative talk radio, failure, principles Tonight Host John Snyder discusses the Puritan Revolution and the history of the idea that law and not men hold power in constitutional government. With the swearing-in of Barack Obama and the concerns of many conservatives, there is whispering rebellion against the abuse of overbearing and non-constitutional governmental power. All true, but have we reached the point of rebellion? What is the remedy for the lawlessness of the state? How should we rather reform society and culture other than by force? Listen in as Host John outlines the accomplishments of the Puritans and shows that “culture war” is nothing new—that the transformation of society, men and states, comes not by legislation, laws, decrees, presidents, tax reform, or economic power—but by the reformation of the soul. Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090131.htm John Snyder no 1:35:36 Origin of People's sovereignty, Puritan Revolution, Constitutional Government, government control Listen in as Host John Snyder discusses Socialism’s confusion of the Church and the State. It is not conservatives and Christians who wish to unify the authority of Church and State. Rather it is the left that creates in the state a surrogate and counterfeit religion that presumes to be the origin of morality and the source of meaning. This is what Nazism was. It was what the heroic socialism of Stalin and Lenin was. Its historical antecedents are Caesarism and the priest-kings of antiquity. Socialism is an atavistic return to the tribal origins of religion, family and state all being one indistinguishable institution run by the father-priest-king. Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090124.htm John Snyder no 1:31:51 Socialism in America, Barak Obama Listen in as Host John Snyder and Co-Host Alexandra Berauer discuss the internal difficulty of governing a nation that has too expansive a view of liberty. With examples from the Walter Hoye Case in Oakland, and the Marriage Amendment in California, the ITPS team will explore the problem of whether express words in the law should trump the implied reach of unenumerated rights. And when implied rights as discovered and asserted by judges and special interest groups trump the express will of the people when it is explicitly stated in legislation, can a republic survive if it is ruled by the whim of lawless judges? Too often freedom gives rise to sloth and indifference because we are caught up in the distractions of a consumer society. We need to be informed upright custodians of our liberty, because it is only with liberty that we can fulfill our natures as creative spiritual beings. Listen in as ITPS discusses the Problem of Liberty. Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/090117.htm John Snyder no 1:31:30 Problem of Liberty, too expansive, walter hoye Listen is as Host John Snyder discusses whether Socialism is really good for us? In light of what we should expect under an Obama Administration and a Democratic Party controlled Congress, Americans should begin thinking more deeply about what Socialism will mean for us, and why we should be leery of it. Republican talk radio vehemently condemns the excessive transfers of wealth under a welfare state as being unjust, intrusive of economic liberty, and an impediment to productivity. But are these the most dangerous aspects of Socialism? Tonight Night a conservative Christians will explore what Socialism is at a deeper level. Is the problem with the welfare state primarily one of inefficiency and restricted freedom or is there something deeper in the presumptions of Socialism that ultimately run contrary to human nature as we find it rather than what we wish it were. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/081226.htm John Snyder no 1:34:27 Democracy, Socialism, free enterprise, economic freedrom, welfare state No Available Description Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/081223.htm John Snyder no 1:35:40 Democracy, Socialism, Republican minority, Democratic majority After an series of appalling stories in the News about murders, stampeding customers at Walmart and perverted child imprisonments, ITPS discusses the decline of our culture. Listen in as Alexandra Berauer and Host John Snyder have a rambunctious discussion about the deplorable condition of our soulless modern society. Is it possible to teach the civic virtues? Is the Church doing enough? How do we inject more God into the world of vacuous and mindless secularism? How do we get back on track? Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/081220.htm John Snyder no 1:37:34 Democracy, Virtue, Culture, American, News, Current Events, Society, Secularism, Solutions This week Host John Snyder discusses the beam in the eye of the Republican Party and challenges some of the assumptions of knee-jerk conservatism and blabber-mouth talk radio. Later we commemorate the anniversary of the great and terrible battle of Fredericksburg (Dec 11th 1862), where the Union Army under Major General Ambrose Burnside was tragically defeated in a effort to cross the Rappahannock River in winter and carry the battle for the republic into Virginia and contest the Confederate army of Northern Virginia on its own turf. Seldom discussed and mostly forgotten, this battle serves as an illustration of the kinds of problems a democratic nation confronts in times of unpopular war and what presidents and generals do and often fail to do in the crisis and political confusion of war.. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/081213.htm John Snyder no 1:36:04 Battle of Fredricksburg, Ambrose Burnside, Rappahannock River, Republican Party, Lessons, unpopular war, crisis After an series of appalling stories in the News about murders, stampeding customers at Walmart and perverted child imprisonments, ITPS discusses the decline of our culture. Listen in as Alexandra Berauer and Host John Snyder have a rambunctious discussion about the deplorable condition of our soulless modern society. Is it possible to teach the civic virtues? Is the Church doing enough? How do we inject more God into the world of vacuous and mindless secularism? How do we get back on track? Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/081206.htm John Snyder no 1:34:33 Democracy, Virtue, Current News, Walmart, perversion, church, secularism Why do civilizations decline? Is wealth bad for us? Does prosperity destroy the work ethic and nurture decadence and entitlement? Could it be that freedom is ultimately toxic to us? If civil and economic success breeds generations of slothful reprobates, is the decline and fall of great civilizations inevitable? Listen in as Alexandra Berauer and John Snyder discuss the challenge of affluence and freedom and the tragic effect of plenty in the decline and degeneration of culture. Is it possible to overcome the influences and momentum of vulgarity, ennui and self-indulgence? Listen as the ITPS crew explore creativity and nobleness as inherent to us as men and women, and remind those of us who despair in our modern culture atrophy, that all men bear the image of God, that we are inherently spiritual beings, creators, thinkers, and problem solvers. It is only when we indulge the appetites and forsake character and the higher aspirations of the spirit do we become effete, little and ugly. Even so, when we reject the noble and good, for the perverse and stupid, the barbarian comes and in his simple forthright way begins the regeneration of a civilization by asserting simple, primary things over the complex, confused decadence and distractions of materialism and the vanity of acquisitive affluence. Poverty therefore is not the absence of material things; rather it is the absence of spiritual rectitude. The question is: is it possible for societies and individuals to regenerate and reform themselves? Christians have an answer. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/081128.htm John Snyder no 1:39:49 Democracy, Virtue What are the differences that separate the political Left from the political Right? Many people believe that the primary distinction is rooted in competing economic views of life and fiscal policy. Oddly, the Left and the Right today both hold similar, if not identical, views of man as a political and economic animal. Indeed these common assumptions that have gorwn invisible to us, have given rise to the present malaise in the shattered Republican Party. Tragically the political Right in America has drifted into collusion with the Marxist view of men and things. Listen in as Host John Snyder attempts to get below the surface of this question and discusses the political divide within the context of character and metaphysics. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/081114.htm John Snyder no 1:38:28 Democrat Republican Differences, Distinctions, Political Makeup Listen in as In the Public Square interviews three Contributing Editors regarding the economic crisis unfolding over the last week and more. Mr. Conservative, Edmund Burke, Contributing Editor for ITPS, makes his debut tonight and will bring special knowledge of government and economics into the discussion. Last, Mr. Curmudgeon, our very own Stephen Z. Nemo, will contribute his cultural-political take on the unraveling of the economy. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080926.htm John Snyder no 1:30:00 Economic Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, NYSE, Economy, Edmund Burke, Curmudgeon This week on Life in the Public Square, Alexandra Berauer will interview special guest Jonathan Zachariou who pastors near UC Davis, California. Closely involved with California 's Proposition 4 which will appear on this November’s California ballot, Jonathan will discuss this controversial initiative, which would require parental notification prior to an under-age child obtaining an abortion. Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080919.htm Alexandra Berauer no 1:30:00 Abortion, Legal, Prop 4, Proposition 4, Jonathan Zachariou, Babies, Genocide, Planned Parenthood, Children, Parental Notification Modern apologists for Darwinian Naturalism claim that ID (Intelligent Design) is merely the fevered imaginings of desperate Christians. Is that criticism true? In the time of Darwin the cell was seen simply as a mass of protoplasm. Now we know on much closer examination that that the simple single cell is not so simple. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080912.htm John Snyder no 1:43:09 Darwin, Darwinism, Natural Selection, Christian, Creation, Evolution, Fuz Rana the Two Party System in America—a system never envisioned by the founders and deplored by those who watched it grow into what it is today. What advantages or disadvantages accrue to a two party system? Are parties just aggregations of interests or are there deeper foundations to this political divide? Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080905.htm John Snyder no 1:29:59 Polotics, Republican, Democrat, Political System, America, Two Party, America, American Listen in as the In the Public Square team discusses the hot button issues of immigration and population and explores popular assumptions that growing populations are bad and that static population growth is good. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080830.htm John Snyder no 1:37:06 Politics, Immagration, immagrant, Illegal, Population, Mexican, Culture Who was Alexander Solzhenitsyn? After establishing himself as one of the preeminent critics of Stalin and Soviet Communism, he was stripped of his Russian citizenship and forced to emigrate from his country in the 1970’s. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080822.htm John Snyder no 1:37:36 Politics, Political Correctness, National Defense, Culture Discussion on how political correctness is causing a willful blindness not only to issues of national defense and economic well-being but also is resulting in a systematic revision of facts which prevent us from thinking clearly and prudently about issues of great moral and national importance. Fri, 16 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080815.htm John Snyder no 1:33:13 Politics, Political Correctness, National Defense, Culture discuss the development and history of the atomic bomb, the military necessity of nuclear weapons and moral objections and the arguments in favor of the use of the bomb. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080808.htm John Snyder no 1:31:43 Public Square, John Snyder, Atomic Bomb, Japan, Military, Nuclear, Hiroshima Co-host Alexandra Berauer interviewed Ms. Dana Cody, Executive Director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation and Mr. Walter Hoye, Founder and President of Issues4Life regarding the legal maelstrom known as anti-reproductive-rights crimes statutes such as exist in numerous states in America and particularly in the State of California. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080801.htm John Snyder no 1:31:29 Public Square, John Snyder, Abortion, Crime, Dana Cody, Issues4Life, Walter Hoye Host John Snyder discusses food prices, oil production and the mortgage crisis as all being related to America’s singular love-affair with regulation and legislation by litigation. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080725.htm John Snyder no 1:35:21 Public Square, John Snyder, oil, mortgage, crisis, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, News In the Public Square two hour LIVE interview with Dr. Hugh Ross will center on the unsettling observation that there are just too many things that are perfectly tuned in the universe for human life to have simply popped into existence by accident. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080718.htm John Snyder no 1:29:52 Public Square, John Snyder, KTKZ, Hugh Ross, Christianity, Science, creation, intelligent design The underlying philosophical ideas that govern the idea of America Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080711.htm John Snyder no 1:33:07 Public Square, John Snyder, KTKZ, Republican, Christianity, America, 4th July, Independance day In honor of the Fourth of July, Host John Snyder will discuss the Metaphysics of America. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080704.htm John Snyder no 1:32:43 Public Square, John Snyder, KTKZ, Republican, Christianity, America, 4th July, Independance day Hosts John Snyder and Alexandra Berauer review and critique three Supreme Court decisions: Boumediene v. Bush, Kennedy v. Louisiana and the District of Columbia v. Heller. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080627.htm John Snyder no 1:28:38 Public Square, John Snyder, KTKZ, Republican, Christianity, Supreme Court, Boumedine, Guns, 2nd Amendment Many jurists, including conservative Justice Scalia of the US Supreme Court, hold that the Declaration has no legal authority in how we read and interpret the Constitution. Harry Jaffa disagrees... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080620.htm John Snyder no 1:25:33 Public Square, John Snyder, KTKZ, Declaration of Independance, Harry Jaffa, Constitution Often we are taught that the roots of democracy should be traced to Athens and the Golden Age of Greece. While this is partiallytrue, it does not tell us the whole truth. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080613.htm John Snyder no 1:31:42 Public Square, John Snyder, KTKZ, Republican, Christianity, Democracy War is often seen as only a physical act of violence committed by nations against one another. This is not a very insightful way of looking at war. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080606.htm John Snyder no 1:37:21 Public Square, War, War is not the answer, KTKZ, Talk Radio Almost all Republicans are unhappy with their party right now. Why is this? What does the Republican Party represent? Where did it go wrong? What are its core values? Fri, 30 May 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080530.htm John Snyder no 1:33:51 Public Square, John Snyder, KTKZ, George Bush, Bush, Republican, Republican Party This is our first Life in the Public Square Program, the purpose of which is to cast a broad light on life issues, such as abortion, cloning, euthanasia, and end of life issues. Fri, 23 May 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080523.htm John Snyder no 1:33:43 Public Square, Alexandra Berauer, KTKZ, abortion, cloning, euthanasia, assisted suscide Just days after the California Supreme Court Decision, hosts John Snyder and Alexandra Berauer discuss the legal basis for the ruling which sanctions marriage between homosexual couples. Fri, 16 May 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080516.htm John Snyder no 1:50:13 Public Square, California Supreme Court, Gay, Homosexual, Culture, American Culture, Gay Marriage Hosts John Snyder and Alexandra Berauer discuss the importance of the Public Square in a self-governing community. Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthepublicsquare.com/archives/inthepublicsquare/080509.htm John Snyder no 1:50:39 In the Public Square, Government, John Snyder, Alexandra Berauer, KTKZ, Talk Radio