Common Sense with Dan Carlin

A Supreme Court decision involving campaign finance has Dan thinking about ways to level the Free Speech playing field. He also interviews Jackie Salit of independenttvoting.org and the Neo-Independent Magazine.

Is the USA becoming a "Banana Republic"? If the American political system is too beholden to special interests what can The People do about it? Dan gets mad that he's not doing more to help.

This extra-long, year-ending edition of the show contains clips from past episodes on a variety of topics. From Iran to Obama, torture to energy this show has a little of a lot.

Should the U.S. expand unmanned military drone attacks into Pakistan's cities as part of the War on Terror? Dan discusses the ramifications of that while also discussing marijuana and climate change.

Is the USA a nation in decline? Dan looks at the issue while discussing why things don't change more when new presidents are elected. Also: Blasphemy and the grinding between civilizations.

Dan wants an anti-corruption party to unify Americans who want a cleaner government. Also: jobs, Nazis, Bolsheviks, Socialists, lobbyists, Right-wing talk show hosts and Ben.

Dan is fascinated with the idea of genius. In this show he wonders why we don't seem to have as many geniuses in politics and statecraft as we should have. Also: What is Common Sense about?

The Obama Administration seems to have conservative FOX News in its sights. Dan thinks it's a mistake that could backfire on the White House.. Also: The Terror-Industrial complex.

The Patriot Act is being used against people who aren't terrorists. Dan is not surprised. Also: How our country's addiction to secrecy is hurting our Republic.

Is the United States breaking up? Dan reads a Pat Buchanan commentary that poses that question, so Dan talks about it. Also: Dan extols the virtues of citizen journalism in the wake of the "Acorn" expose.

Would your approach to life change if you knew that you couldn't affect anything your government did? Dan muses on whether those who stop following politics are happier. Also: showing photos of U.S. Casualties.

Dan "gets granular" on Afghanistan, terrorism, root causes and the geopolitical illness that the entire Middle East has become that is infecting U.S. Politics and foreign policy.

Controversy erupts after a Congressman suggests that representatives can't read the bills they vote on. Dan has opinions on this of course. Also: Do you have a right to be fat? Lifestyle versus health care.

Could there be a silver lining to the U.S. Government being nearly bankrupt? Dan thinks so. He also thinks the showdown between states allowing medical marijuana and the Feds prohibiting it will be entertaining.

A virus knocks KBANDEN off the digital "air" while causing Dan to be redundant and "Ben" to lose data. So in this hastily put-together show, Dan talks about stuff and "Ben" tries to compile it into a coherent show.