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David John: Social Security HCN PODCAST - Ben Domenech talks with David John of The Heritage Foundation about Social Security and entitlement reform.	Matthew Mitchell: What Went Wrong With the Bush Tax Cuts BTN PODCAST - Tax cuts that are phased in, temporary, Keynesian in nature, and coupled with uncontrolled spending are hardly market-oriented policies, says Matthew Mitchell of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, who explains why the Bush-era tax cuts failed to achieve their promises.
Vern Williams: A Teacher's Thoughts on the Common Core SRN PODCAST - The New York Times recently held a symposium to air different thoughts about national education standards and tests, called the Common Core. One author who participated joins the School Reform News podcast to expound on his essay. Middle school math teacher Vern Williams has sat on the National Mathematics Advisory Panel and developed honors math curriculum for the school where he has taught for approximately 30 years in Fairfax, Virginia. He explains why good, experienced teachers ignore education fads, why education officials should consult more teachers when crafting policies and why they often don't pick the best teachers to consult, and his opinion of Common Core standards and tests.	Aaron Renn: Chicago's Diversification Challenge FIRE PODCAST - Aaron Renn of the urbanophile.com Web site has just completed an excellent months-long series of articles on Chicago and joins us to discuss the unofficial capitol of the Midwest, its recent past under former Mayor Richard M. Daley, and its present and future under current Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Ken Cuccinelli: Legal Challenges to Obamacare HCN PODCAST - Benjamin Domenech speaks with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli of Virginia, on the legal challenges to Obamacare.	James M. Taylor: Eighth International Conference on Climate Change ECN PODCAST - Heartland’s James M. Taylor and Jim Lakely talk about the Eighth International Conference on Climate Change, held in Munich Germany on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2012. The conference, co-sponsored by the Germany-based European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE), was also dubbed the Fifth International Conference on Climate and Energy. Taylor talked about his presentation, and that of several of the world’s leading climate scientists.