Topics for the 5/20/08 episode include:
–President Bush’s speech to the Knesset
— China’s earthquake and Al Gore
–Polar bears on the federal threatened list
–Same-sex marriage in California
–Ted Kennedy’s seizures
–Ryan Seacrest to replace Larry King?
–a possible Barack Obama veep pick
On this day in 1870, African-American law professor John Langston delivered an influential speech praising 
the civil rights policies of Republican President Ulysses Grant. Langston (R-VA) would later serve as a diplomat in the Grant administration and then be elected to a term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
This and more history of the GOP that you won’t find in history books in government schools can be found at Michael Zak’s Grand Old Partisan blog. He also wrote the book, Back to Basics for the Republican Party, on the history of the GOP.