In Like A Lion

March is shaping up to be a big month for guests on the Northern Alliance Radio Network Volume One. The fun starts this Saturday, when we'll be joined in studio by Adnan Al-Kaissy, a.k.a. The Sheik of Baghdad.

You may recall that I wrote about The Sheik last October after he was featured in a front page article in the Wall Street Journal (sub req).

We'll discuss his fascinating life story (documented in The Sheik of Baghdad: Tales of Celebrity and Terror from Pro Wrestling's General Adnan), what he thinks about the future of Iraq, and see if he'll perform a gutwrench suplex on John Hinderaker. Live, on the air! You won't want to miss that one.

On Saturday, March 10th, the incomparable Father Richard John Neuhaus will be our guest. Father Neuhaus is the founder and editor of First Things and the author of Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy, And the Splendor of Truth, which I just finished reading while in Mexico. It is absolutely a must-read for Catholics or anyone interested in truly understanding the Church. Another sample to whet your appetite:

The delusion was also sustained because it was echoed through the general media. The media's dominate story line regarding the Church--sometimes, or so it seems, the only story line--is that of progressive dissidents challenging an authoritarian and ossified Church leadership. It is always David versus Goliath. Never mind that David is now a septuagenarian.

The Church is ever so much older and bigger, and thus can forever be depicted as Goliath. When one gets weary and is afflicted by doubts about playing David, it no doubt helps to be assured by the "New York Times" that one is on the cutting edge of inevitable change. It is no little thing to be depicted as the champion of such great goods as intellectual inquiry and academic freedom. The anointed paladins of change have, it seems, little occasion or inclination to reflect on their unoriginality.

Then, on Saturday, March 17th, we will welcome Dennis T. Avery to the show. He is co-author of Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years and although he likely will not be receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Minnesota anytime soon (or an Oscar), he does bring some much needed light to the increasingly heated rhetoric of the climate change scaremongers.

Each of this guests will be appearing at noon central time and, as always, you can hear them on AM1280 The Patriot here in the Twin Cities or live on the internet stream anywhere in the world. Feel free to join the fun by calling us 651-289-4488. Don't you dare miss any of it!