Maury Allen, the great baseball writer, will be my guest on “High Noon” which airs tomorrow at the lunch hour.
The topics will be steroids, Roger Clemens and the induction of former Yankee relief pitcher Goose Gossage into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Listen in at 1460 AM, or log onto www.wvox.com.

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The topic of discussion on “High Noon” (tomorrow, Jan. 3) will be the Iowa caucuses and next week’s New Hampshire primary. We’ll provide in depth analysis, make predictions and ponder whether next month’s New York primary will have any importance in determining who will be the presidential candidates.

Also, we’ll speculate on New York City Mike Bloomberg’s plans. Will he run as an independent?

My guests will be “High Noon” regulars Mike Edelman, a Republican consultant and Jeffery Binder of the Strategic Political Group, a Westchester-based political consulting firm.

“High Noon” airs at 12 noon on WVOX radio, 1460-AM. You can also listen online at wvox.com.

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Riverkeeper’s Alex Matthiessen was my radio guest once again on “High Noon” for the full hour.

And of course, we talked about the Indian Point nuclear power plant and the effort by the facility’s owner, Entergy Northeast, to secure an operating license renewal. The current license expires in 2013.

I asked Matthiessen to respond to a Dec. 19 piece written for the Washington Post by Max Schulz, a senior fellow for the Manhattan Institute. Entitled, “A Nuclear Renaissance Ignored”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121902075.html, the article asserts that nuclear power is on the upswing in the nation with 30 new nuclear reactors on the construction drawing board.

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Schulz writes that the nuke revival should be largely credited to liberal Democrats, who used to strongly oppose nuclear power but has softened on the issue in recent years. Indeed, he notes that the moderate Democratic Leadership Committee believes nuclear energy has tremendous potential to be an important part of the country’s energy portfolio.

Among those he counts as having made “cautious statements” more less favorable to nuclear energy are Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd and Barack Obama.

The reason? Global warming has become a “signature issue” for the Democrats, Schulz says, adding that nuclear power right now is the only technology able to produce vast amounts of energy without creating greenhouse emissions.

Another reason is the lack (so far) of any viable replacement for nuclear power.

Schulz points out that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is a big exception to the Democratic change of heart. He’s called for the closing of Indian Point because of all the usual reasons proffered—not the least of which is that it is a prime target for terrorists and that any evacuation plan for such a densely populated area is unworkable.

But Schulz also says that Spitzer is in “a bind.”

He writes:
“It is one thing to espouse a general opposition to nuclear power—as many Democrats still do—but quite another to oppose an existing nuclear plant while bearng some responsibility for providing credible replacements to make up for the lost power.”

Matthiessen responded to the article and replied to other questions during the course of the show. If you missed it, the entire broadcast will soon be archived on this blog.

If I get through the snow in the next half-hour, the “High Noon” radio show will go on today as scheduled.

Today’s phone guest will be Assemblyman George Latimer, D-Rye. We’ll talk about a wide variety of issues—from taxes to MTA fare hikes to Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

The show airs shortly after noon on WVOX, 1460 AM. You can also listen by logging onto to www.wvox.com. Calls are welcome also, at 914-636-0110.

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My “High Noon” radio guests tomorrow (meaning, Thursday, Dec. 6) will be Jim Steets, spokesman for Entergy, the owners of the Indian Point power plant and Alex Matthiessen, chief executive of Riverkeeper.

Amon other ongoing issues, they will talk about Entergy’s efforts to obtain federal relicensing for the controversial nuclear power facility.

“High Noon” airs live at 12 noon on WVOX, 1460 AM. You can also listen in by logging into lohud.com. Listeners may call in at 914-636-0110.

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On Thursday, we’re doing a special two-hour “High Noon” radio program to talk about the local election results. The show will feature Journal News’s own politics reporter Glen Blain and other pundits.

“High Noon” airs at 12 noon on WVOX, 1460-AM. It also can be heard by logging onto www.wvox.com. Listeners are also invited to call in at 914-636-0110.

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Brown is the Republican candidate seeking the New Rochelle mayoralty. He’ll be on the “High Noon” radio program today to why say he should be the big cheese of City Hall and why incumbent Democrat Noam Bramson should be sent packing.

High Noon airs at 12 noon on WVOX, 1460-AM. The show also streams like at www.wvox.com.

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Today’s guest in the first half-hour of “High Noon” will be Jeff Gordinier, editor-at-large of Details magazine. He’ll talk about an article in the latest issue which claims it is now cool to live in the suburbs as opposed to the hip confines of New York City.

Who knew?

Catch “High Noon” today on WVOX, 1460-AM…or listen in by logging onto www.wvox.com.

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My guest on “High Noon” this coming Thursday will be New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson. The show airs on WVOX radio at 12 noon…but you knew that, right?

So turn your radio dial to 1460 AM or listen online at www.vox.com to hear the mayor and, if you want, you ca join in the conversation by dialing 914-636-0110.

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Herzner is my special phone guest on “High Noon” today on WVOX radio. He’s he guy who allegedly went ballistic when he got a parking ticket in White Plains, a city where parking tickets fly are handed out faster than handbills to porn theaters.

The cops arrested Herzner after he screamed at the parking attendant and then broke his hand-held computer.

Herzner has plenty to say on the matter and he will explain on the air what happened on that fateful day.

So tune into “High Noon” today at 12 noon. That’s 1460-AM, or www.wvox.com.

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