Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Robert G. Kaiser; Parker Palmer; Troops for Afghanistan: A Bill Moyers Essay

February 20, 2009

Robert G. Kaiser has been following Beltway politics for THE WASHINGTON POST for nearly 50 years. Bill Moyers talks with Kaiser about how our nation's Capitol has succumbed to lobbyists and turned government into big business. Kaiser is author of SO DAMN MUCH MONEY: THE TRIUMPH OF LOBBYING AND THE CORROSION OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. Bill Moyers is joined by Parker J. Palmer, founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal, for a conversation about maintaining spiritual wholeness even as the economy and political order seem to come apart. And a Bill Moyers essay on the human cost of war. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.