Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Andrew Malcolm from the LA Times’ Top of the Ticket blog joins us as usual to discuss politics and the media. I suspect we’ll take a bit of time to discuss the passing of Robert Novak and his impact on both. We’ll also ask Andrew what Joe Biden is doing these days, and to what policy he will shortly lend his rhetorical talents. In the second half, independent journalist Tom Steward will appear for the first time on TEMS to talk about nuclear power in Minnesota — and why a state demanding green energy has banned nuclear energy.

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