This Week: Dr. Arthur Laffer

Guest: Dr. Arthur Laffer

Topic: Economy in Peril: Solutions are Available!

Bio: Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, which gained notoriety by demonstrating that in certain situations, a decrease in tax rates could result in an increase in tax revenues. Although he does not claim to have invented this concept, it was popularized with policy-makers following an afternoon meeting with Dick Cheney in which he reportedly sketched the curve on a napkin to illustrate his argument; the term "Laffer curve" was coined by Jude Wanniski (a writer for the Wall Street Journal), who was also present. Founder and CEO of Laffer Associates in San Diego, he received a BA in economics from Yale University in 1963. He graduated from Stanford University with an MBA in 1965 and a PhD in economics in 1971. He has six children. His followers include Lawrence Kudlow, the co-host of Kudlow & Co. on CNBC; and Donald Luskin, author of the tendentious blog, The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid. Some regard Art Laffer as the greatest intransigent genius in recent memory.

This Week: Star Parker

Guest: Star Parker

Topic: Welfare reform and Star’s work at The C.U.R.E

Bio: Star Parker is the founder and president of CURE, the Coalition for Urban Renewal & Education, a 501c3 non-profit think tank that provides a national voice of reason on issues of race and poverty in the media, inner city neighborhoods, and public policy. Prior to her involvement in social activism, Star Parker was a single welfare mother in Los Angeles, California. After receiving Christ, Star returned to college, received a BS degree in marketing and launched an urban Christian magazine. The 1992 Los Angeles riots destroyed her business, yet served as a springboard for her focus on faith and market-based alternatives to empower the lives of the poor. Star has written three books. Her autobiography "Pimps, Whores & Welfare Brats" was released in 1997 by Pocket Books, "Uncle Sam's Plantation" is released by Thomas Nelson in the fall of 2003, and "White Ghetto: How Middle Class America Reflects Inner City Decay" was released in 2006.

This Week: Lionel Chetwynd

Guest: Lionel Chetwynd

Topic: Filmmaker Oliver Stone and his view of American History

Bio: Lionel Chetwynd was born in London, England, and moved to Canada at the age of eight, growing up in Montreal and Toronto. Chetwynd has written, produced, and directed over 21 documentaries. He has received both Oscar and Emmy nominations, six Writers Guild of American nominations, including an award, the New York Film Festival Gold Medal, two Christophers, two George Washington Freedom Medals, and six Telly Awards. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Chetwynd wrote THE AMERICAN 1776, the official United States Bicentennial Film. In 1987, he helped create and he wrote a tribute to the U.S. Constitution as part of the Bi-Centennial celebration staged before members of the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, and members of the President's Cabinet. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed him to The President's Committee on the Arts & Humanities.

This Week: Fred Barnes

Guest: Fred Barnes

Topic: Health Care, Fallout From the Mass. Senate Race, Cap and Trade, and Much More!

Bio: Fred Barnes is a political contributor to the FOX News Channel.  Previously, he was co-host of The Beltway Boys with Mort Kondracke.  He is also currently the executive editor of Roll Call.  Barnes is the host of two weekly radio programs, Issues in the News on Voice of America and Whats' the Story?, a syndicated show on the media. He also appears as chief correspondent on the PBS Series, National Desk. Barnes has written for numerous publications, including Reader's Digest, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Spectator, Washingtonian, The Public Interest, Policy Review and both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times of London.

This Week: Gwen Harmon

*In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Radio Free Washington will be airing this special interview the weekend prior to MLK Day.

Guest: Gwen Harmon

Topic: Civil Rights.

Bio: Gwen Harmon is the Director of Governmental and Community Affairs at the National Civil Rights Museum.  The museum is located at the Lorraine Motel, the assassination site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and it chronicles key episodes of the American civil rights movement along with the legacy this movement has left.  It serves to inspire participation in civil and human rights efforts globally.

This Week: Dr. Richard Vedder

Guest: Dr. Richard Vedder

Topic: The cost and benefits of going to College.

Bio: Richard Vedder studies higher education financing, labor economics, immigration, government fiscal policy and income inequality. A distinguished professor of economics at Ohio University, he is the author of several books, including  Going Broke by Degree, and The Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy (with Wendell Cox). Dr. Vedder earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois.

This Week: Ann Coulter

Guest: Ann Coulter

Topic: “Guilty: Liberal “Victims” and their assault on America”

Bio: Ann Coulter is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers. She is also the legal correspondent for Human Events and writes a popular syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate. She is a frequent guest on many TV shows, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Hannity, The O'Reilly Factor, The Glenn Beck Show, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, and has been profiled in numerous publications, including TV Guide, the Guardian (UK), the New York Observer, National Journal, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle magazine.