Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), Kerry Picket of the Washington Times returns to cover all the news inside the Beltway. In the second half, we’ll interview Matt Latimer, whose memoirs of his tenure as a White House speechwriter, Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor, have created a firestorm of controversy on the Right and not a little condemnation of Latimer himself. Find out what Latimer has to say about it all!

Update: King Banaian joins us in bonus minutes to analyze the latest economic numbers.

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