Mark DeSantis failed to break a 70-year tradition of Democratic machine rule in the city of Pittsburgh, but he succeeded in breaking a 70-year tradition of one-party debate. He tells Jerry what he learned and what he plans to do with what he learned.

Also, Mark and Jerry talk with one of the world’s leading Iran experts, Patrick Clawson, about what he learned from reading the new intelligence report to the very end. Patrick will be speaking Tuesday evening in Oakland at the Carnegie Lecture Hall on this topic. For more information please call Lisa Premo at 412-992-5214 or visit the site of the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh.

And Peter Fleming from Wilke Associates warns investor and entrepreneurs about the absolutely disastrous consequences if Congress fails to fix AMT. Finally, founder of LeadCap talks about what he’s doing to make India more economically competitive by raising a new generation of leaders.

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