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Thursday, June 25, 2015
In the first hour, we will hear from Dr. Merrill Matthews who is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He discusses the ramifications of Supreme Court's decision on Obamacare. In the second hour, nationally-acclaimed author and historian, Garland Tucker joins us to talk about his new book, Conservative Heroes. In his book, Tucker focuses on 14 leaders from Jefferson to Reagan who shaped America.
In the first hour, we will hear from Dr. Merrill Matthews who is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He discusses the ramifications of Supreme Court's decision on Obamacare. In the second hour, nationally-acclaimed author and historian, Garland Tucker joins us to talk about his new book, Conservative Heroes. In his book, Tucker focuses on 14 leaders from Jefferson to Reagan who shaped America.

HOST

Kerby Anderson

Kerby Anderson

Host — Point of View

Kerby Anderson is host of Point of View Radio Talk Show and also serves as the President of Probe Ministries. He holds masters degrees from Yale University (science) and Georgetown University (governm...

GUESTS

Dr. Merrill Matthews

Dr. Merrill Matthews

Resident Scholar — Institute for Policy Innovation

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.co...

Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and, in 2009, Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud). He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network. Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas at Dallas

Garland S. Tucker III

Garland S. Tucker III

Author | Historian — field_542d8190101fc

Garland S. Tucker III is a nationally-acclaimed author and historian. His new book, Conservative Heroes, profiles several leaders who shaped America from our nation’s founding to the modern era. Gar...

Garland S. Tucker III is a nationally-acclaimed author and historian. His new book, Conservative Heroes, profiles several leaders who shaped America from our nation’s founding to the modern era. Garland Tucker is a frequent media guest who has appeared on major radio programs locally and nationally, as well as on television networks such as MSNBC and C-SPAN. He and his work have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and other leading publications. He is also author of the book, The High Tide of American Conservatism, which analyzed the 1924 election of Calvin Coolidge. Garland Tucker serves as chairman and CEO of Triangle Capital Corporation, a publicly traded specialty finance company located in Raleigh, North Carolina. A former member of the New York Stock Exchange, he serves on the boards of a number of companies, schools, and charitable organizations. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Washington and Lee University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

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