Topics include discussion about Gay Marriage, President Barack Obama, Congressman Joe Walsh, and more

Plus a brief interview at the end of the show with Khaled Al-Ameena, the editor-in-chief of the English language Saudi Gazette in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, calls to talk about US Saudi Relations, the war against al-Qaeda and the effort by Gulf Arab States to stop the brutality against civilians in Syria by Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad. Visit the Saudi Gazette at www.SaudiGazette.com.sa

8 am (Detroit): Lina Matta of the ANA Contemporary Arab film series starts on Wednesday May 9th and runs thru the 15th in New York. For more information, visit online at www.anaarabcinema.com.

8:20 Hasan Nawash of the Palestine Center of Detroit discusses the upcoming Nakba commemoration dinner in Dearborn, Michigan May 20

8:40 am Detroit attorney Joumana Kayrouz discusses the upcoming 2012 Lebanon Emigrant Beauty pre-Pageant competition being held in Dearborn May 24. The American pre-pageant competition, open to Lebanese American women between the ages of 17 and 27, will be held Thursday, May 24 at the Greenfield Banquet Hall, 4770 Greenfield, in Dearborn, Michigan. The winner of the Dearborn beauty pageant will join pre-pageant winners from more than 35 other countries at Castle Assouf in Dhour Shweir, Lebanon on August 11. Get information at www.MissLebanonEmigrants.com. Clcik here to read the release

- 8 AM - Bryan Smith is the Executive Director of the Township Officials of Illinois. The Township Officials of Illinois have released a report by noted researcher Wendell Cox that finds that townships in the Chicagoland area and Illinois provide valuable services to taxpayers and that these townships are now unfairly under attack. The report shows that small local governments, such as townships, spend and borrow less than other forms of government; give individuals a close connection and accountability with their elected officials; save taxpayers money; and provide top-notch, coordinated services. The full report can be found at (Click here)

- 8:30 AM - Syrian American Council member Sana Khatib discusses the fight to unseat Bashar al-Assad as president-for-life and dictator of Syria. She’s also the coordinator of the Text for Syria Campaign at www.text4syria.com

THIS WEEK: 8 am (Detroit): 10 months after the killing of Jessica Mokdad, we discuss the investigation and the aspects of the murder. Was it an “Honor Killing?” Is it being used by extremists for political reasons. Right wing hate groups Like Spencer and Geller have tried to turn the issue into an anti-Islamic one rather than compassion for a murdered young woman … Click to read story. … Click here to Visit Jessica’ Mokdad’s Facebook Memorial Page … Click here to view the CBS News report on Jessica’s StepDad who was accused of murdering her

Also, is America safer one year since the killing of Osama Bin Laden?

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- 8 AM - Newly elected Cook County GOP Chairman Aaron Del Mar discusses the fight to restore the relevance of the GOP in Cook County. Click to visit the web site of the Cook County GOP …

- 9 AM -Guest Alan Snitow of Snitow-Kaufman Productions discuss his new documentary with co-producer Deborah Kaufman & “Between Two Worlds” about the current American Jewish culture wars. The documentary will be shown in Chicago May 2 at Temple Sholom, cosponsored by New Israel Fund, and May 3 at Northwestern University.

- 9:30 AM - Osama Bin Laden killed by Navy Seals one year ago. Is America safer today and have we won the war on terrorism?

- 8 AM - Comedian Charley Warady in Israel talks about his comedy and his book 5IVE SPEED and his sequel. Warady, who lives in Jerusalem in Israel, discusses our comedy experience and writing his memoirs.

- 8:40 AM - Aladdin Elaasar is an expert on Egypt and the Arab World. He has been a frequent commentator on the Middle East on American and international TV and Radio networks such as CNN, ABC, NBC, NPR, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, BBC radio and TV, and others. Elaasar has been teaching Mid-Eastern studies at several American universities. He was nominated as a candidate for the presidential elections in Egypt in 2005. His campaign gained worldwide media coverage. His columns cover international relations, current events, and Arab/American issues. He was cited in Guardian, New York Times, The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Paris Match, La Stampa, and the international press. He is the author of The Last Pharaoh: Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Obama Age.He also wrote:For Stars and Stripes: American-Arabs in the U.S. Military,and, Silent Victims: Arab and Muslim Americans Post 9/11.

Aladdin Elaasar is an expert on Egypt and the Arab World. He has been a frequent commentator on the Middle East on American and international TV and Radio networks such as CNN, ABC, NBC, NPR, MSNBC, FOX NEWS, BBC radio and TV, and others. Elaasar has been teaching Mid-Eastern studies at several American universities. He was nominated as a candidate for the presidential elections in Egypt in 2005. His campaign gained worldwide media coverage. His columns cover international relations, current events, and Arab/American issues. He was cited in Guardian, New York Times, The Huffington Post, Washington Post, Sunday Times, Paris Match, La Stampa, and the international press. He is the author of The Last Pharaoh: Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Obama Age.He also wrote:For Stars and Stripes: American-Arabs in the U.S. Military,and, Silent Victims: Arab and Muslim Americans Post 9/11.

- 8 AM - MJ Rosenberg discusses the vicious campaign against him by rightwing writer Alan Dershowitz.

- 9 AM Marisol Velzaquez from Morton College discusses the college’s job fair that will be held on Wednesday April 25. For more information visit www.Morton.edu

- 9:20 AM - Columnist Monroe Anderson discusses the murder charges against George Zimmerman and the distortion of the issues in the killing of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012. Read Monroe’s blog.

- 8 AM We discuss the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic with author Jeff Nilsson, the historian for the Saturday Evening Post who provides historical insight on the 100th anniversary of The Titanic (April 15th) and the magazine’s original coverage of the event in 1912 and 1913. Click here to read Jeff’s article

- 8:40 AM Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown discusses her election landslide victory over Chicago Alderman Ricardo Munoz in the March 20 Illinois primary.

- 9:20 AM Columnist Emil Guillermo joins us to discuss former Washington DC Mayor and convicted crack cocaine user Marion Barry’s racism and the silence of the African American leadership and on the mass killer in Oakland, California. Read column on Barry.

We discuss the future of Egypt, the growing conflict with Israel and the prospects for Democracy there with Khaled Sayed, the director of the film “Egypt: The Story of the Revolution.” Click to go to Khaled’s film web page.  (Read this article about Egyptian presidential politics.) Click here for an overview of the candidates for Egypt’s presidency

8:45 AM Dr. Opada Alzohaili completed his internal medicine degree from Damascus University Medical School in Damascus, Syria.  He had his internal medicine training at Wayne state university and finished  Endocrinology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Alzohaili is Board Certified in Endocrinology  with special emphasis on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, insulin resistance, the management of polycystic ovarian disease, and obesity.  He is an assistant professor of endocrinology at Wayne State University in Detroit

- 8:30 AM Phil Tourney of the USS Liberty survivors organization discusses the online battle with Cindy McCain, the wife of US Senator John McCain who says she doesn’t care about the killing of American soldiers — when it isn’t politically correct. Survivors have been posting comments on her Facebook fan page and she angrily has deleted them saying she “doesn’t care” about that issue of her father-in-law’s role in covering up the killings of the 34 American soldiers and civilians by the Israeli military on June 8, 1967. Click to read a story on it.

- 9 AM Author Paola Caridi will be in Chicago from March 26th to 29th to speak at the University of Chicago & Northwestern about her new book, Hamas; From Resistance to Government discussing the rise of Hamas and the complex feelings that Palestinians have toward getting behind a government that supports violent resistance. Caridi asserts Hamas is caught between the desire to resist its oppressor and the need to provide support for a refugee people. Caridi conducted years of on-the-ground research and interviews with residents of Gaza and leaders of Hamas. Journalist and historian PAOLA CARIDI has lived in the Middle East and Jerusalem since 2001. She contributed to the founding of the press agency Lettera22 and has worked with several Italian dailies, weeklies and reviews. Hamas: From Resistance To Government, her second book, was published in Italy in 2009 and in Palestine in March 2010. She maintains a blog, Invisiblearabs, on Arab pop culture and politics.

- 9:20 AM We’ll review the results of the March 20 Illinois Primary in the GOP Presidential contest between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum with media and political consultant Jeff Davis of Victory Media. We’ll also look at the results in other election contests including in the heated battle for the Board of Review between Republicans Sean Morrison and Dan Patlak, and other battles including Rick Munoz versus Dorothy Brown in the Democratic battle for Circuit Court Clerk, and more. The slate backed by extremist Congressman Luis Gutierrez was defeated across the board. What impact will that have on Guttierez’ fanaticism? Click here to read a column on the election turnout.

… we also talk about the Etch a Sketch controversy. Click to read story

Other issues: — Florida law takes the right of homeowners to defend themselves to a new level, allowing people to kill someone who they perceive is attacking them. It’s called the “stand your ground law.” Last week, a self-proclaimed vigilante in Miami George Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, alleging that the boy attacked him. The dead boy was found with Skittles in his hand. Are legislators in Florida really that stupid and doesn’t that make Florida one of the most unsafe states in America today where you can be killed because someone else thought you were threatening them, even though you have a gun and the alleged attacker doesn’t? And, does this ridiculous “Stand Your Ground” Law also apply to the dead teenager. Zimmerman reportedly was following the teenager and does the teenager have the right to defend himself under that law? Or, does the law only apply to the survivor, not the murder victim? Read a story on this tragedy.