I think this is the first time I've actually laughed at a ventriloquist

I think this is the first time I've actually laughed at a ventriloquist

It is actually 2 acts... I recommend you watch all the way through...

The problem with health care: What it costs versus what insurance companies have to pay

The problem with health care: What it costs versus what insurance companies have to pay
DAILY KOS | MAY 29, 2012
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Yes, we still need a Medicare for all option for health care in this country. A Los Angeles Times story from the Memorial Day ... Read more

Nuns Speak About Vatican Criticism - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/us/nuns-speak-about-vatican-criticism.html?ref=us

Pope Benedict Calls In Opus Dei Troubleshooter To Uncover Source Of Vatican Leaks

http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2012/04/27/pope-benedict-calls-in-opus-dei-troubleshooter-to-uncover-source-of-vatican-leaks/

If Public Jobs Were Growing At The Reagan Rate, Unemployment Would Be A Point Lower

If Public Jobs Were Growing At The Reagan Rate, Unemployment Would Be A Point Lower
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 1, 2012
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Our guest blogger is Adam Hersh, an economist at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Today's news on the state ... Read more

Newspaper Runs Ad Suggesting President Obama And Democrats Want To Murder Christians

Newspaper Runs Ad Suggesting President Obama And Democrats Want To Murder Christians
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 1, 2012
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The Daily Advertiser, a Gannett-owned paper serving central Louisiana, is standing by its decision to run an advertisement ... Read more

GOP Congressman: Women Who Undergo Abortions Should Face Criminal Charges

GOP Congressman: Women Who Undergo Abortions Should Face Criminal Charges
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 1, 2012
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Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) unwilling admitted to MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Friday afternoon that he believed women who ... Read more

CHART: Bush Vs. Obama On Private And Public Sector Job Creation

CHART: Bush Vs. Obama On Private And Public Sector Job Creation
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 1, 2012
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Our guest blogger is Michael Linden, Director for Tax and Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Even ... Read more

Allen West Responds To Florida Voting Purge By Calling On Eric Holder To Resign

Allen West Responds To Florida Voting Purge By Calling On Eric Holder To Resign
THINKPROGRESS | JUNE 1, 2012
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Yesterday, the Justice Department sent a letter demanding that Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) immediately stop purging his ... Read more

WATCH: Krugman: 'We Are Not A Household. We Are An Economy'

Interview/video

WATCH: Krugman: 'We Are Not A Household. We Are An Economy'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 1, 2012
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For most Americans, a trip to London means drinking a few pints and maybe taking a picture of one of those guards with the hats. For Paul Krugman, it ... Read more

GOP outlines two ways to keep rates low on student loans; Democrats see 'ruse'

GOP outlines two ways to keep rates low on student loans; Democrats see 'ruse'
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR | POLITICS | JUNE 1, 2012
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On a day that Speaker Boehner reportedly called the student loan fight 'phony,' the Republican leaders outlined two ways to ... Read more

Koch Brothers Mount Significant Assault, Reach Beyond Tea Party

Koch Brothers Mount Significant Assault, Reach Beyond Tea Party
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 1, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- As they strategize to spend as much as $400 million to defeat President Barack Obama and help Republicans win ... Read more

Pressure Mounts Against 'Shameful' Obama Deal

Pressure Mounts Against 'Shameful' Obama Deal
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 1, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- Two major United Nations organizations warned world leaders on Thursday to avoid restrictive free trade ... Read more

White Supremacist With Violent Past Nabs GOP Position

White Supremacist With Violent Past Nabs GOP Position
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 1, 2012
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Steve Smith, a white nationalist with a violent past, was elected to the Republican Party committee for a county in ... Read more

New Details Revealed About Planned Parenthood 'Sting' Videos

New Details Revealed About Planned Parenthood 'Sting' Videos
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 1, 2012
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The anti-abortion activist group Live Action released two videos this week of Planned Parenthood staffers discussing ... Read more

Controversial GOP Rep Makes Another Racist Remark

Controversial GOP Rep Makes Another Racist Remark
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JUNE 1, 2012
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) isn't backing down from controversial comments he made last week about Rev. Jesse ... Read more

President Clinton: Mitt Romney had a 'good business career,' but has wrong ideas for the country

President Clinton: Mitt Romney had a 'good business career,' but has wrong ideas for the country
DAILY KOS | JUNE 1, 2012
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Republicans and the Romney campaign will no doubt crow over this video of President Clinton because he says Mitt Romney had a ... Read more

Florida tells another 91-year-old WWII veteran he's not a citizen

Florida tells another 91-year-old WWII veteran he's not a citizen
DAILY KOS | JUNE 1, 2012
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One of the 2,700 voters targeted in the initial list of voters the state of Florida has determined are not citizens and are ... Read more

Convicted pedophile priest kept detailed diary

Convicted pedophile priest kept detailed diary
TOP MSNBC.COM HEADLINES | JUNE 1, 2012
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The priest always started his favorite "game" by having the young boy remove his underwear and put on loose-fitting shorts so he could fondle him more... Read more

Week In The News: Syria, Romney, Bad Jobs Report | On Point with Tom Ashbrook

The country needs good job creation numbers. So does the Obama re-election campaign. They didn’t get them this week. Just 69,000 jobs created in May. Not good. In Texas, Romney clinches the GOP nomination. In North Carolina, John Edwards walks after a jury can’t decide.

In Syria, bloody mayhem. A tipping point says Kofi Annan. It can’t go on. But it does. We’ve got an appeals court rules against the Defense of Marriage Act. New York’s mayor against super-sized sodas. Doc Watson signs off.
This hour, On Point: our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

-Tom Ashbrook

Interview/panel discussion:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/06/01/week-in-the-news-198