Chris Kissel is a writer based in Los Angeles.
Chris Kissel
Arlen Specter, Former U.S. Senator, Dead at 82
Arlen Specter, the bristly former Republican senator from Pennsylvania who often made headlines by playing the political center and confounding Republican colleagues in the Senate, died today at age 82.
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Should the United States End Foreign Aid? [POLL]
During today's Talk Back program, we discussed in depth the issue of foreign aid. Our guest, Shadman Bashir, a lawyer from Blackfoot, ID originally from Pakistan, spoke a bit about how some Pakistani leaders skim from aid provided by other countries...