When devastating hurricane floods struck his hometown in 2004, Mayor Pat Smathers had two options: Rebuild or build better.

Smathers, a problem solving Democrat, chose the latter, partnering with fellow community leaders and state government to strengthen the mountain town his family has called home for eight generations.

As mayor, school board attorney and former champion high school and college athlete, Smathers has learned what small towns expect of their leaders: A dedication to success. A willingness to work hard. And the resourcefulness to create solutions that work for everyone.

"It's time to fulfill those expectations at the state level,â says Smathers, a husband, father of two and retired lieutenant colonel in the National Guard. âNorth Carolinians deserve a leader who will meet our state"s challenges with openness, optimism and invested innovations. As lieutenant governor, I will honor those hometown values we all share.â

Colonel Dennis Nielsen is a retired military officer with 35 years of dedicated service in the United States Air Force. During his committed time of military service he flew a variety of military aircraft including the T-38, F-100, A7, F16 and C26. He was well known throughout the military for his outstanding leadership capabilities and was selected as the Director of Safety for the Air National Guard.

While serving as the Director of Safety at ANG Headquarters in Washington DC he had the responsibility of the flight weapons and ground safety for more than 120,000 military personnel in over 200 locations. His last military assignment before retirement was flying a C-26 surveillance aircraft for the counter drug agency.

During Colonel Nielsenâs service in the military he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after diverting his A-7 fighter jet during a test flight away from a populated area after engine failure, potentially saving hundreds of lives while risking his own. This award is given only to those who distinguish themselves by heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight and is given only to exceptional and outstanding individuals.

He was also honored in a memorial statue after his image was captured by a photographer during his rescue of a small child after the crash of flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa. Additionally, the story of his bravery and leadership was later depicted in a docudrama Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232, 1992.

Colonel Nielsen graduated form the University of Nebraska with a degree in Law Enforcement. He has accomplished graduate studies with in an assortment of subjects including International Studies. He has a number of published articles including; âZeroâs Not a Number but a New Way of Thinkingâ, âVirtual Safetyâ and âVision the Ability to See.â

Col. Nielsen is also an experienced businessman who has operated several small businesses and served on the Board of Directors for others. He and his family also owned and operated a family farm. He was elected to the board of directors of a credit union and served as a member of the Sioux Gateway Airport Disaster Board. His wife, Linda Nielsen, has also owned and operated a fitness center.

Colonel Nielsen has also served a variety of community organizations and nonprofit groups. Presently he serves as the vice president and member of the board of directors of the Air Force Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes Air Force History. He is the chairman of the board of directors for a non-profit organization that provides financial counseling and tax preparation to low and moderate income individuals and seniors. Col. Nielsen has worked as a volunteer for various community organizations such as the YMCA coaching both youth soccer and basketball. He has also supported various companion animal rescue organizations with their efforts. Col. Nielsen is currently active in veteranâs affairs and maintains a web site to assist veterans and current military members. He is also a former member of Civil Air Patrol, a volunteer search and rescue organization that mentors young people interested in careers in the aviation.

Following law school, Jim returned to Lexington to practice with his father.  His father passed away, and Jim was appointed to serve his unexpired term as a member of The North Carolina House of Representatives. 

He has been a practitioner in law in Lexington for in excess of 37 years and has been admitted to practice before various Federal Courts in North Carolina and The Supreme Court of the United States.  He was named as one of the five outstanding young leaders in North Carolina by the North Carolina Jaycees and has been a local business leader with Chairmanship of the Board of Managers of Security Bank and Trust/Omni/Central Carolina Bank in Lexington.

In addition to his service in the General Assembly, Jim has taken many opportunities to help build a better community in Lexington and Davidson County.  He served on the Board of Trustees of the Davidson County Community College (1973 to 1981); the Board of Visitors of Wake Forest University Divinity School, The Select Committee of the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners; Lexington Rotary Club, member; Board of Directors United Way, member; Board of Directors at Lexington YMCA; member, and City of Lexington, Human Races Committee, member.

Jim is a conservative thinker and writer who has published sixteen books, three are multiple additions, including the Conservative Mind, âA New Model for Governmentâ and two legal treaties.  

Jim is married to his high school sweetheart, Miss Sandra Joyce Craver, of Lexington, and they have been blessed with two daughters and six grandchildren.  He has been a member of the First Baptist Church in Lexington for his entire life and has served as a deacon and moderator of the Board of Deacons. 

Jim finished second to now Senator Elizabeth Dole in the 2002 North Carolina Republican Primary for U.S. Senate and was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in the 2004 North Carolina General Election receiving in excess of 1.4 million votes. 

Born, July 2, 1951 raised and worked on the farm in Robeson county, NC. Share cropping. Graduated from St.Pauls High School 1968.

 Becky who works as a school teacher in Macon county public schools. After her 33 years of teaching school, a very noble profession, today being her very last day of teaching. As of today Feb. 29^th 08' she retires (Leap year day, so she leaped out). To you Becky, Congratulations Honey, job well done. You have paid your dues well.

I currently own a small farm in eastern NC of Sampson county. In 1996 I discontinued row crop farming, cotton, wheat, soybeans switching over to a Pecan orchard consisting of just under 1000 pecan trees. Aerial view of farm in 06'. I produce, process and store all pecans on my farm directing selling to the consumer, restaurant's, bakery's etc. My building where I process all pecans is called "The Nut House, Inc". Yes I will be the first Governor straight from the Nut House.....

Why the run for Governor!!!

I feel current politicians are out of touch with the working class in NC and the United States. They continue to penalize working people for succeeding in life by way of more taxes, while they load our wagons, tell us to pull, many people jump on for the ride. If you, put me at the Governors desk for four years I will hands down out perform any other candidate regarding tax relief. I feel politicians come by each four years trying to tell us they are one of us. I also think the working people should have a safety net and am checking into this (your ideas welcomed). If an elected official does not stand behind their campaign platform, we taxpayers should have a way of replacing them at the half way mark of their term. I ask you, please help get the word out, just compare my plans, to ALL the other candidates.

Peterson is a television personality, hosting the Jesse Lee Peterson Show, which is produced and shown by God's Learning Channel. He also hosted the nationally syndicated, conservative "Jesse Lee Peterson Show" radio talk show on the Information Radio Network until December 30, 2005.  It then restarted on April 26, 2007. It is produced by Lanelle Johnson, and the bumper music includes I Won't Back Down, Hotel California, Save Room, What's Going On and Flying Without Wings.

His organization operates several programs, including: the BOND Home for Boys, After School Character-Building Program, Entrepreneur Program, Inmate Rehabilitation Program, and counseling services.

Peterson established the annual "National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jacksonâ event. He is a member of the advisory board of Project 21, an African American conservative organization, and former board member of the California Christian Coalition.

On January 17, 2006, Peterson was a party to the case Jesse Lee Peterson, et al., v. Jesse Jackson, et al. (BC 266505), in Los Angeles County Superior Court, after a ruling the previous week by Judge George H. Wu. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit against Jackson, his son Jonathan, and others on behalf of Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, who was the alleged victim of a physical and verbal assault at an event hosted by Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. in December 2001. On January 27, 2006, a Los Angeles jury rejected Peterson's claim that Jesse Jackson had threatened him at a business meeting four years ago. The jury also found Jonathan Jackson did not hit Peterson, but split evenly (six to six) on whether he threatened an assault.

On September 21, 2005 Peterson penned a column for WorldNetDaily, in which he suggested that some of the African-American people stranded in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were "welfare-pampered," "lazy" and "immoral." Peterson also criticized New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin for blaming President George W. Bush for his lack of response to the crisis, stating that "responsibility to perform legally and practically fell first on the Mayor of New Orleans."

On February 28, 2006, as a member of a student panel discussion at the University of California, Irvine on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Peterson stated that extremist Muslims hate America.  The event was sponsored by the United American Committee and College Republicans, and gained national attention for the controversy and confrontation associated with it.

Peterson is also a member of Choose Black America, an organization of African Americans who oppose illegal immigration.

Peterson has recently made headlines after his call for support of controversial reality television host, Duane "Dog" Chapman.

Matt Lewis is a Contributing Writer for Townhall.com, the largest conservative online opinion, news and community site in America.

Matt is a frequent guest on networks like MSNBC, FOX News, and CNN. He has also appeared on various radio shows, including NPR's Talk of the Nation, The Hugh Hewitt Show, and The Mike Gallagher Show.

He has been quoted by major publications such as, The Washington Post and The New York Times, and has also authored articles for publications such as, Townhall.com, Politico, Human Events Online, and Campaigns & Elections Magazine.

Matt is also a highly sought after speaker, who has spoken for groups such as The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, American University's Campaign Management Institute, and Regent University.

In 2002, Campaigns & Elections Magazine selected Matt as a Rising Star of Politics.

Henicanâs award-winning newspaper column -- a personal, opinionated look at the news of the day â appears in the paperâs front news section every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Working from Newsdayâs Manhattan newsroom, he specializes in finding the human angle inside the news. His work puts him in the middle of politics, business, crime, race and the occasional tabloid silliness. One day, he is writing from the campaign trail. The next, heâs digging into a scandal in New York or poking fun at some self-important celebrity. Before taking on his current assignment, Henican wrote Newsdayâs subway column, leading the paper to a Pulitzer Prize for the Union Square train wreck.

In recent years, Henican has built a strong presence on TV and radio, appearing on most of the major broadcast and cable networks. He is in his sixth year under contract to the Fox News Channel, where he is a regular fixture on the networkâs prime-time, early-morning and mid-day shows. He also fills in as a guest host. At Fox, Henican is known for his lively take on the news and for dissecting complex issue in an engaging way. He has been an integral part of networkâs coverage of the Sept. 11th terror attacks, the Clinton impeachment, Election 2004 and virtually every other significant news story of the past six years. His early television experience included co-hosting a weekly transit program on New York-1, the cityâs all-news channel. His weekly âCulture Clashâ segments -- an irreverent look at television, movies and pop-culture trends â were a popular daytime feature on the USA Network.

Henican has become a familiar voice on talk radio in New York and across America. His new national weekend program, âThe Ellis Henican Show,â is syndicated by the Talk Radio Network and heard in several dozen of the nationâs top markets. Each Saturday afternoon, Henican delivers a fast-paced, two-hour romp through the news â local, national, serious, silly and those maddeningly little stories that bug everyone. Before launching his current show, Henican had a 10-year run as a talk host and daily commentator at Bloomberg Radio in New York. On the lighter side, Henican provides the voice for Derek âStormyâ Waters, a good-looking but decidedly dim crewman on âSealab 2021.â Now in its fourth season, the popular animated program airs Sunday nights on the Cartoon Network as part of the âAdult Swimâ programming bloc.

Henican is a sought-after public speaker. His articles have been published in various national magazines, including The New Republic, Cosmopolitan and Penthouse. He has ghost-written two books for Simon & Schuster -- an inside account of the nationâs largest drug-treatment program and a best-selling motivational business book. His work has been recognized with the Meyer Berger Award for Distinguished Writing About New York City, the National Clarion Award for Column Writing and shares of two Pulitzer Prizes for Spot News.

Born in Virginia and raised in New Orleans, Henican earned a bachelorâs degree in political science from Hampshire College. He has a masterâs degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he won the top student prize, the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship. He began his career as a reporter at the Kentucky Post and the Albany (N.Y.) Knickerbocker News.

Make sure to check out both his HD radio show and homepage.

Mark Williams is an opinion journalist. He is based in Sacramento, California. Williams is a regular contributor to Fox News Channel, MSNBC and Court TV and writes a newspaper column for the new Sacramento Union newspaper. Additionally he has filled in for radio talk hosts on a number of radio outlets.

He coined the term "Hildebeast" and uses it on TV, in print and on the radio to refer to Hillary Clinton. While extremely supportive of the invasion of Iraq (and an advocate of invading Iran while suggesting that Mecca also be "high on our list"), and out in front of the movement to deport illegal aliens, he also supports same sex marriage, stating that a true conservative believes that the government should leave people's bedrooms alone. He is very active in raising funds for pet shelters and adoption efforts. His dog, "Casey the pound dog" often appears when he shows up to protest Arnold Schwarzenegger (for whom he coined the term "Schwarzenkennedy"). Casey has also appeared on TV as a "spokesdog" for animal adoptions.

Williams led listeners on a lobbying trip to Capitol Hill in a drive to support immigration reform. In 2005 he and his wife (Holly) traveled to Iraq and broadcast several shows from various locations around Baghdad.

In June 2007 Williams formed MarkTalk LLC, an Internet-based, on-demand content delivery project anchored by his own daily Podcast and incorporating Podcasts, Web streams and Internet Radio from other professional journalists; interactive audio, video and text commentary.  Check out his show, The Mark Williams Show, at marktalk.com

Time magazine wrote: âBrown has stature among devoted conservatives that almost matches his physical heft (6 ft. 6 in. and 240 lbs.)â

He is president of Excellentia Inc., a consulting company specializing in non profit organizational strategy, development and marketing.

From 2001 until 2006 he served as the executive director of Young Americaâs Foundation, which saved Rancho del Cielo also known as Ronald Reaganâs Ranch or Western White House. As executive director Brown oversaw the preservation of the historic ranch and the building of the 20 million dollar Reagan Ranch Center in downtown Santa Barbara, California.

Brown is the author of three books and wrote the first bestselling Clinton expose Slick Willie: Why America Cannot Trust Bill Clinton in 1992. He was credited with launching the impeachment movement against President Clinton.

Brown has written extensively for many publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Times, National Review and Human Events. As a commentator he has appeared on numerous network and cable TV shows including: CNNâs Crossfire, the CBS Evening News, ABCâs Primetime, NBCâs Today Show, FOX News, MSNBC and more. From 1995 until 2000 he hosted his own talk radio show on Seattleâs KVI 570 AM.

As a speaker he has traveled coast to coast speaking at many universities including Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Notre Dame, University of Miami and the California Polytechnic University (Cal-Poly).

In 1988 Brown formed Citizens United. Citizens United is the largest conservative citizensâ action organization in America. Several Brown organized campaigns have been studied for their effectiveness; these include the effort to secure the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas, and the independent campaigns against Michael Dukakis and Bill Clinton. The anti Dukakis effort produced the famous âWillie Hortonâ commercial.

He is active in the Republican Party and was a delegate to both the 2000 and 1996 National conventions. In 1996 he served on that Republican National Convention Platform Committee. He has been an advisor and consultant to many political campaigns including the Bush, Dole and Forbes for President campaigns. He managed the Dole for President campaign in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska in 1988.

He served in President Reaganâs campaigns and as a political appointee in the Reagan administration. He credits a meeting with President Reagan in 1976 for sparking his interest in public service.You may visit his website at www.floydbrown.com

Ron Maxwell is an independent film director and writer from Clifton, New Jersey. He is most famous for directing the American Civil War epics Gettysburg (1993) and Gods and Generals (2003).  The third part of the Civil War trilogy written by Michael Shaara and his son Jeffrey Shaara, The Last Full Measure, is a project currently waiting for financial backing, since the bankroller of the first two parts, Ted Turner, backed out following the poor reception of Gods and Generals.  This may be due in part to the media's reaction to United States Senator, George Allen (Republican-Virginia) and Senator Robert Byrd (Democrat-West Virginia) appearing in cameo roles, both playing Confederate officers. Texas Senator Phil Gramm appears as a member of the Virginia Legislature early in the film.

Mr. Maxwell graduated from New York University (NYU) Institute of Film in the late 1960s and is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East, Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  He is presently in post-production on a full-length feature film documentary about immigration reform.

As contributing editor at the Writer Guild Of Americaâs "Written By" magazine, Steveâs reputation has given him serious entrance to the best writers and producers in the industry while also allowing him one more outlet to lampoon the entertainment business he cares so much about.

No matter what the venue, Steve always seems to be creating something unique and important.  In TV he has written for Boy Meets World, Cybill, The Smart Guy and (the new) Family Affair, as well as being acknowledged with the Prism Award and a Humanitas nomination. 

As a film director/writer Steve turned the power brokers of Hollywood on their funny bones with his biting/satirical film, My Dinner With Ovitz (www.mydinnerwithovitz.com).

As an author of the inspiring "Great Failures Of The Extremely Successful" (Tallfellow Press, Sept 2002) he was able to get the greats of many different fields to share their remarkable stories of adversity. Of "Great Failures...", Jack Canfield, co-creator of "Chicken Soup For The Soul," said, "When you finish reading this amazing book, you will never let failure or fear of failure stand in your way again."

Steve has more than shown his grasp of creating stories and characters that both entertain and enlighten (without it being jammed down our childrenâs throats).  Executive editor, Rosemary Brosnan of his whacked-out novel, "130 Tales of Winchell Mink" (Harper Collins 2004), "...it's one of the funniest and freshest manuscripts I've ever read."  "15 Minutes" (Harper Collins, 2005), another fun adventure novel, will follow.

Also, be sure to also check out the second half of the show with Chad Foster, Mayor of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas and also the President of the Texas Border Coalition.  Eagle Pass has been sued by the U.S. government for access to land to construct a border fence between the United States and Mexico.

Mayor Foster's organization was founded in 1998, when communities throughout the Texas Border Region came together to form the Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition (TBIC) to develop key recommendations for the 76th Texas Legislature. Cities, counties, workforce development organizations, community colleges, universities, and hundreds of individuals participated in subcommittees charges with the responsibilities of developing strategies to address the infrastructure needs of the region.

Today, the organization is known as the Texas Border Coalition (TBC) and it continues to be a collective voice of border mayors, county judges, and communities on issues that affect Texas-Mexico board region quality of life. TBC's vision is to be recognized leader and authority for the Texas-Mexico region in order to bring attention to the infrastructure needs of the communities along the border.

In 1994 he was a founding producer for Wattenberg's Think Tank with Wattenberg,. That same year he moved to New River Media, an independent television production company, which produced "Think Tank" as well as numerous other television programs and projects. Goldberg worked on a large number of television projects across the United States, as well as in Europe and Japan.

Goldberg joined National Review as a contributing editor in 1998. By the end of that year he was asked to launch National Review Online as a sister publication to National Review. He served as editor of National Review Online for several years, and is now editor-at-large.

Goldberg has a National Review Online column, the "Goldberg File", and a second, syndicated column, available from Townhall.com, which tends to be more uniformly serious in tone than his National Review Online column, which he has written regularly since September 11, 1998. He has also written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The Public Interest, The Wilson Quarterly, The Weekly Standard, the New York Post, The Womenâs Quarterly, and Slate. The Los Angeles Times added Goldberg to its editorial lineup in 2005.

His book Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (ISBN 0-385-51184-1) was published in January 2008. While in preparation, it had a number of different subtitles, including "The Totalitarian Temptation From Hegel to Whole Foods" and "The Totalitarian Temptation From Mussolini to Hillary Clinton".

Jim holds a B.A. in newspaper journalism, a B.S. in business administration, and an M.B.A. in taxation. He is a former newspaper reporter and a retired California CPA (Certified Public Accountant).

Jim is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and recipient of the Purple Heart award for wounds sustained while serving with an infantry unit in Vietnam, 1968 - 1969.

Mr. Gilchrist is a passionate defender of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and an avid supporter of law enforcement organizations. He has appeared on over 1000 radio and TV news and commentary shows in the past twelve months, and he believes he is only one of millions of 21st century minutemen / women / children who want the U.S. to remain governed by the ârule of lawâ and who want proactive enforcement of our national security protections and our immigration legal code. 

You may visit his website by clicking here or the Minuteman Projectâs by clicking on the link. 

And make sure to check out the segments with guests John Barger and Erik Mackenroth.  John Barger is a writer and co-creator of Skippy Shorts, a viral video phenomenon, which has taken the Internet by storm worldwide.  You'll regret missing out on these! Click here to see Skippy Shorts.  Also, Erik Mackenroth returns to Third Rail, treating our listeners to several impressions.  To check out his site and the upcoming schedule for his stand-up act click here.

In 1971, he waged a successful one-man filibuster for five months that forced the Nixon administration to cut a deal, effectively ending the draft in the United States. He is most prominently known for his release of the Pentagon Papers, the secret official study that revealed the lies and manipulations of successive U.S. administrations that misled the country into the Vietnam War. After the New York Times published portions of the leaked study, the Nixon administration moved to block any further publication of information and to punish any newspaper publisher who revealed the contents.

From the floor of the senate, Gravel (a junior senator at the time) insisted that his constituents had a right to know the truth behind the war and proceeded to read 4,100 pages of the 7,000 page document into the senate record. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that Senator Gravel did not have the right and responsibility to share official documents with his constituents. 

He then published The Senator Gravel Edition, The Pentagon Papers, Beacon Press (1971). This publication resulted in litigation, Gravel v. U.S., resulting in a landmark Supreme Court decision (No. 71-1017-1026) relative to the Speech and Debate Clause (Article 1, Section 6) of the United States Constitution.

He has worked as a cab driver in New York City, a clerk on Wall Street and as a brakeman on the Alaska Railroad. He founded and served as president of The Democracy Foundation, Philadelphia II, and Direct Democracy, nonprofit corporations dedicated to the establishment of direct democracy in the United States through the enactment of the National Initiative for Democracy by American voters.

As a nationally acclaimed forensic expert, Dr. Wecht has frequently appeared on several nationally syndicated programs discussing various medicolegal and forensic scientific issues, including medical malpractice, drug abuse, the assassinations of both President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the death of Elvis Presley, the O.J. Simpson case, and the JonBenet Ramsey cases. His expertise has also been utilized in high profile cases involving Mary Jo Kopechne, Sunny von Bulow, Jean Harris, Dr. Jeffrey McDonald, the Waco Branch Davidian fire, and Vincent Foster. A comprehensive study of these cases are discussed from the perspective of Dr. Wecht's own professional involvement in his books, Cause of Death, Grave Secrets, and Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey?  Check out his new DVD, Into EVIDENCE: Truth, Lies and Unresolved Mysteries in the Murder of JFK.

Also donât miss our interview with no one other than President Bill Clinton and stand-up comedian Erik Mackenroth.  Erik is currently headlining and featuring all around the California. He has preformed for corporate events, private partyâs and tours occasionally all around the United States. Erikâs comedy style has been compared to the famous Don Rickles. You donât know what Erik is going to do or say next.  You can check out is site here.

Dr. Williams came to international prominence in early June, 2006, as a result of his central involvement as an investigator the month prior into the suspicious activities of members of the faculty of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. These investigations, paired with investigations being conducted by Ontario police eventually led to the arrests of 17 terrorist suspects by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

He is the author of such best-selling books as The Day of Islam: The Annihilation of America and the Western World (2007), Dunces of Doomsday: 10 Blunders That Gave Rise to Radical Islam, Terrorist Regimes, And the Threat of an American Hiroshima (2006), The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, And the Coming Apocalypse (2005), Osama's Revenge: THE NEXT 9/11 : What the Media and the Government Haven't Told You (2004), The Vatican Exposed: Money, Murder, and the Mafia (2003), Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Catholic Church But Were Afraid to Ask for Fear of Excommunication (1990).

In addition, he has written several Idiot Guides, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Lives of the Saints (2002), and The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades (2001) and a scholarly text The Moral Philosophy of Peter Abelard, which garnered a National Book Award. He has been the subject of a PBS documentary and the subject of programs on the Discovery and History channels. He is a frequent guest on such national news networks as Fox News, MSNBC, and NPR.
 
As a journalist, Dr. Williams served as the editor/publisher of The Metro, the largest weekly newspaper in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Metro, under his leadership/ownership, was named one of the best newspapers in the state for editorial content by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association, and, in 1993, he became the only journalist to capture three first-place Keystone Press Awards in three distinct categories in the same year. In addition, he has penned feature articles for National Review (one of which sparked the longest running print debate in the history of a major periodical) and has served as a regular correspondent on world affairs for World Net Daily.
 
For five years, Dr. Williams served as a senior consultant on organized crime and international terrorism for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. His field work resulted in the arrests and convictions of leading crime figures.
 
Dr. Williams earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Wilkes University, a Master of Divinity degree from Drew University, and a a Ph.D. in philosophical theology from Drew University (1976). He has been the recipient of six major academic scholarships and a teaching fellowship from Lehigh University.
 
Read his interview in Global Politician. Read his article We are not safe!.

Also, make sure you don't miss out on an interview you won't soon forget with actor Jeff Conaway.  Jeff's work includes films and series such as: The Corner Office, She Spies, Man on the Moon,  Babylon 5,  Murder, She Wrote, Matlock,  Sunset Strip,  L.A. Goddess,  Bikini Summer II, A Time to Die, Freddy's Nightmares, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, Who's the Boss?, Wizards and Warriors, Taxi, Grease, Pete's Dragon, Kojak, Barnaby Jones, Mary Tyler Moore, and Happy Days to name a few.