RTIR Magazine

View Article  Has America Become a Country Full of Blamers?
People used to be taught to make careful decisions and live with the consequences, but instead of taking responsibility for ...   more »
View Article  Unckecked Corporate Greed and a Corrupt Legal System

Patti Zona raised her children while her husband pursued his successful career.  Patti learned about corporate structures and their demands ...   more »

View Article  This Mom’s Story of Her Son’s Meth Addiction Could Help Keep Your Kids Off Drugs
Joni Parker’s story is every parent’s worst nightmare. A single mother raising four children, her youngest child, her only ...   more »
View Article  It’s Past Time Marijuana Was Legalized
A marijuana legalization measure is on the California ballot for 2010. Many pro-marijuana advocates think it stands good chance of ...   more »
View Article  Should Returning Vets Get PTSD Therapy?
Many soldiers returning from Iraq or Afghanistan suffer from post traumatic stress. Psychodrama therapy deals with traumatic events that leave ...   more »
View Article  Ending Family Homelessness Begins at the Shelter Door

Over 1.2 million children are homeless in America today. What’s driving this surge? Find out from  Dr. Ralph da Costa ...   more »

View Article  Does Racism Still Exist in the Military?

For decades, ambitious men and women of color joined the military, in the hopes of proving to be among the ...   more »

View Article  What's Your Doctor Story?

Everyone has a doctor story. Simply ask the question and you’ll hear inspiring stories of doctors who provide outstanding care. ...   more »

View Article  What’s Really Causing the U.S. Healthcare System to Fail?
Get a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Problems and Potential Remedies You can’t turn on the news these days without hearing the ...   more »
View Article  IT’S PAST TIME MARIJUANA WAS LEGALIZED!
Former Hawaii CBS TV affiliate news man David R. Ford is recognized as the Father of the Movement to Legalize...   more »
View Article  Is 'Redneck' Really Offensive?
Former Navy commander and college professor Hawk MacKinney is a dream guest. Glib, opinionated and with a molasses-like southern charm, ...   more »
View Article  How to Console the Parent of a Murdered Child 10 Things to Say (or Not to Say)
Hundreds of thousands of American parents have suffered the loss of a child to violent crime. The New Year can ...   more »
View Article  This Guest Offers Proof Positive That Global Warming is a Myth

Global warming researcher Leo Johnson has been saying for years that global warming is a hoax perpetuated by people who ...   more »

View Article  Has Parenthood Obsession Gone Too Far?

Stories celebrating motherhood and pregnancy are moving from the covers of Good Housekeeping and Parents magazine to People and W...   more »

View Article  Former Pro-Athlete Answers Questions White People Are Afraid to Ask

The questions are endless and sometimes relentless: Black or African American? What are chittlins? Do all black people like watermelon? ...   more »

View Article  How Ordinary American Kids Are Being Teated Like Terrorists

When the U.S. Patriot Act was signed into law a few years ago, the initial point of the bill was ...   more »

View Article  Why America Needs a Third Party to End Political Gridlock

Partisanship is the only thing Democrats and Republicans will always agree upon. That leaves nearly everything else split in half ...   more »

View Article  The Price YOU Pay for Your Doctors Malpractice Fears

Does looking at a bill from your doctor leave you flabbergasted?  Do you ever wonder if you’re being needlessly poked, ...   more »

View Article  Chris Rock Started the Discussion about Black Hair… This Guest Continues It by Talking about Black Skin
Chris Rock’s new movie, Good Hair, won a Sundance Award and has African Americans talking about the extreme
measures many ...   more »
View Article  7 Things We Need to Do Now to Save Our Housing
The banks, the government, Wall Street and greed caused one of the greatest economic crashes in U.S. history …
and ...   more »
View Article  America’s Moral Compass is Broken The Surprising Way to Get Back on Track
Dishonesty, greed, and apathy permeate our culture. And while it’s clear the country’s moral compass has been derailed, few understand ...   more »
View Article  The 12 Best Ways to Give to the Homeless This Holiday Season

The holiday season is the perfect time to reach out and support the homeless in your area. But what do ...   more »

View Article  Black Former Squadron Commander Reveals Shocking Tales of Racism in the Military

In 1962, seeking to serve his country and transcend the fate that awaited many black men of the time, Joseph ...   more »

View Article  Health Care in the United States... What Works and What Doesn't

We hear about it every day in the news… health-care reform.  But what exactly IS health-care reform and why do ...   more »

View Article  The State of Race in America

The election of Barack Obama to the highest office in the United States represented a huge milestone for racial issues ...   more »

View Article  How To Feel Blessed (Not Stressed) This Holiday Season

According to the American Psychological Association, 80 percent of Americans say they’re stressed. If headlines are any indication, things appear ...   more »

View Article  What's the Best Way to Help the Homeless?

No one plans to be homeless. No child thinks that is what he wants to be when he grows up. ...   more »

View Article  Single-Payer Health Care System Makes Sense!
As dissatisfaction with the health care insurance industry continues to grow and Congress continues debating reform legislation, invite government insider ...   more »
View Article  International Expert on Bullying Explains Why America is Becoming a ‘Culture of Mean’
Are our kids living in a culture of mean?  Many people think so, including internationally- known bullying expert
Barbara Coloroso,...   more »
View Article  Iranian-Born Former Muslim Fanatic Shares How to Win the War on Terror
What can convince an intelligent, rational individual to commit an act of terror in the name of God? Author and ...   more »
View Article  How to Land a Job in 90 Days
According to the U.S. Labor Department, only 2.4 million full-time permanent jobs were open, with 14.5 million
people officially unemployed. ...   more »
View Article  Startling Connection Between the Auto Industry and Meth Labs
It’s a scenario author D.C. Fuller knows all too well: A longtime auto factory employee finds out that the plant ...   more »
View Article  Do the Media Over-Hype the ‘Bad News’?
Unfortunately, good news doesn’t sell. From a dour economic forecast to the looming energy crisis and campaign mudslinging, the media ...   more »
View Article  Who's Missing in the National Health Care Reform Package?

Why Family Caregivers Are Being Ignored

Any serious discussion on health care reform should include a discussion on the plight ...   more »

View Article  Can Obama's Health Care Reform Work?

The White House is in full press mode selling their health care reform program to members of Congress, the Senate ...   more »

View Article  Why Mothers Hold the Key to Ending Poverty and Terrorism

Despite billions in aid money over the past few decades, there are still over 70 million young children too poor ...   more »

View Article  How America Became the Land of the Peeved

The American Psychological Association recently disclosed that 60 percent of Americans are feeling angry and irritable. If headlines are any ...   more »

View Article  How Racist Are You?

10 Things You Shouldn’t Think, But Do

Is a black man president? Or is a half-white man president?  Five teenaged ...   more »

View Article  How to Get Bullying Out of Your Kids School

Think bullying is a harmless experience of youth that fades away when students graduate? Think again!  Psychotherapist Ben Leichtling, Ph.D....   more »

View Article  Could Someone You Know Be BiPolar?

In the 1980s, children considered to be severely learning disabled or epileptic may actually have had bipolar disorder, a medical ...   more »

View Article  Is Fascism Becoming Fashionable?

In politics, the blogosphere, and on talk radio, ideologues run rampant, cutting off those who disagree with them.  Whether they ...   more »

View Article  Over 1 Million Americans Are Homeless

What We’re Doing Wrong to Solve the Homeless Crisis

The numbers are startling, even before the recession began. 600,000 American ...   more »

View Article  Who You Gonna Call When the @!!*%! Hits the Fan?

His colleagues call him Dr. Disaster. When something goes terribly wrong — whether personal or political, national or international, natural ...   more »

View Article  Americans Have Forgotten How to Think For Themselves

W. Michael King will smash the myth of the independent American, explaining how we have blindly let our schools, religious ...   more »

View Article  How the Wealthy Elite Decimated the Middle Class

Douglas Friesen was an ordinary general contractor when the bottom fell out of the market. And just like millions of ...   more »

View Article  5 Secrets to Successful Transitions Despite Your Circumstances

Motivator and national speaker K.D. Hardy had six long years to think about the direction of his life.  One year ...   more »

View Article  This Guest Contends That We Are a Terminally Ill Society

According to Konrad Ventana, our society has become ill and ineffectual to the point where countless patients languish on ...   more »

View Article  Big Cars... Big Loans... Big Failures

If no one is buying your cars, why keep making them? If people can’t afford to buy houses, why offer ...   more »

View Article  How Our Government Caused the Great Economic Collapse

In his explosive new book THE BIG LIE, HOW OUR GOVERNMENT HOODWINKED THE PUBLIC, EMPTIED THE S.S. TRUST FUND, AND ...   more »

View Article  Bestselling Author Christian Schoyen contends: If Your Life is Messed Up, It’s Not Your Fault
People in the United States have been systematically victimized, used and manipulated. They don’t even realize they’ve been deceived, lied to and denied their free will. If they are struggling in the job market or financially, living lives of quiet desperation and defeat … it’s not their fault!   more »
View Article  How Japanese Businesses Bested America’s
Auto. Retail. Manufacturing. Three failures for American corporations. Three successes for Japanese corporations. How are they doing it? Ask Dr. ...   more »
View Article  How the Left is Pushing Us into Socialism
Our Founding Fathers risked their lives to create a new government in America; the likes of which this world had...   more »
View Article  Meet the ‘Master of Disaster’
When something goes terribly wrong — whether personal or political, national or international, natural or unnatural —
strategist Randall Bell ...   more »
View Article  A Searing Indictment on Today’s Corrupt Food & Drug Industry
In the past two decades Americans have become sicker, fatter and more depressed than ever. Consider this:
• 67 percent ...   more »
View Article  How Congress Has Plundered Social Security and Put Americans’ Retirement in Doubt
The original mission of the Social Security program was to ensure that all working Americans would be able to
retire ...   more »
View Article  This Whistleblower Reveals the Truth About Food Safety

Is government corruption endangering our food supply?  Interview Dr. Shiv Chopra, who spent three decades battling the Canadian government to ...   more »

View Article  This Guest Says Earth is in the Middle of a Mass Extinction!
As the world focuses on recession and global warming, there is a much bigger problem happening right under our noses. ...   more »
View Article  Health Care, Iraq War, National Security
Speaker’s Corner is a provocative series from Fulcrum Publishing addressing significant topics facing society. Experts
available for interview include: John ...   more »
View Article  Why It’s Time to Take the ‘High’ Out of Higher Education
For many young Americans, college may be an education in WHAT NOT TO DO. Many are away from home for ...   more »
View Article  What Americans Should Learn From the Great California Energy Crisis

Imagine a summer without air conditioning, television or a microwave. Without electricity, these modern conveniences wouldn’t function, our lives would ...   more »

View Article  What We’re Doing Wrong to Solve the Homeless Crisis
The numbers are startling, even before the recession. 600,000 American families—including over 1 million children—are currently homeless, and the problem ...   more »
View Article  Goodbye Freedom, Hello Fascism
In a recent interview, Sen. Dick Durbin admitted that the banks “own” Capitol Hill. Michael Trudeau says that’s not
even ...   more »
View Article  Will the Recession Become a Depression?
Learn What May Lie Ahead from This Expert Who Predicted the Crises Years Ago Economist and sought-after interview guest Allen ...   more »
View Article  Piracy on the High Seas

After a quiet couple of centuries, pirates are back. Ever since the high seas drama involving Maersk Alabama captain Richard ...   more »

View Article  Teach Kids to Stay Out of Trouble By Playing Chess

Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson is on a mission: A former Alabama state trooper, he wants to reach one million youngsters with ...   more »

View Article  Find Out Why to Expect and How to Survive a WMD Attack
Terrorists are Seeking Nuclear
Weapons and Targeting the U.S.
According to a recent AP report, a
bipartisan commission has concluded...   more »
View Article  Health Care Reform or... Health Care Control?
Government-run health care systems have failed in other countries, such as Canada and England, just to name a few. Learn ...   more »
View Article  How to Find Happiness in Tough Times
There is no doubt that times are hard all over the world. One of the most difficult things to overcome ...   more »
View Article  Out of Control Spending Won't Keep the Economy from Collapsing
Here’s how things used to work: economic growth was created by private entrepreneurs—who invested in capital
stock – and by ...   more »
View Article  Obama, Pelosi and Reed will Bankrupt the Country
Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. Gambling away hard-earned money while the cupboard is bare. Siphoning funds from one account ...   more »
View Article  What Do Obama and Angelina Jolie have in common?
They all understand the importance of service, especially on a multicultural level, to make life better for others.
Mother and ...   more »
View Article  Life and Government WITHOUT TAXES!!!
Americans are not stupid nor are they lame. Yet,
according to Thomas Nowe, they blindly accept the idea
that taxes ...   more »
View Article  What Do President Obama, Angelina Jolie, Snoop Dog and This Mother Daughter Duo Have in Common?

They all understand the importance of service, especially on a multicultural level, to make life better for others.

Mother and ...   more »

View Article  Could Disappearing Honey Bees Signal The End of the Human Race?

Honey bee colonies are dying or disappearing in record numbers, potentially jeopardizing agriculture and food supplies, but Peter Green says ...   more »

View Article  Reining in the Mexican Drug Cartels; How We Can End America’s Insatiable Demand for Illegal Drugs

Do you listeners realize that the biggest organized crime threat in the U.S. today comes from Mexican drug cartels that ...   more »

View Article  Just Like Kenneth on 30 Rock; How to Never Wake Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed

Wouldn’t it be nice to never again start your day feeling grumpy and out of sorts? To bound out of ...   more »

View Article  This Former Oil Tanker Captain Abused Drugs and Alcohol for Years; Learn Why They Still Call Them the ‘High’ Seas

Alcoholism and drug abuse are two of the most insidious problems in America today, but few Americans realize that the ...   more »

View Article  AIG, Banks, the Auto Industry; What Can Government Intervention in American Business Mean for the Insurance Industry and Policy Holders?

The American economy is facing its toughest challenge in decades. Industry after industry is faltering and the government is providing ...   more »

View Article  Recession, Global Warming, Terrorism, Child Predators, Superbugs, Identity Theft; Are We Becoming a Nation Ruled By Fear?

In this age of information overload, we’re confronted every day with a litany of reasons why we should be afraid. ...   more »

View Article  The Disenfranchisement of the American Black Family

Barack Obama’s election to President was considered, among other things, a positive step for the racial culture of the United ...   more »

View Article  He Has Been Changing the World Since He Was 4; Interview the Most Inspiring 12-Year-Old Boy You’ll Ever Meet

Are you ready to take back every excuse you have for not helping out, not getting involved, not making a ...   more »

View Article  Lessons Learned: What the Great Depression Can Teach You about Surviving the Recession

Having grown up during the harsh days of the Great Depression, author Erlene Johnson knows firsthand just how quickly our ...   more »

View Article  Are We Headed for Another Great Depression? Interview a Survivor of America’s Worst Crisis

Experts have warned that our current recession may become an actual depression. It’s a scary sentiment, considering our cultural memories ...   more »

View Article  AIG, Banks, the Auto Industry …What Does Conseco’s Potential Default Mean for the Insurance Industry and Policy Holders?

The American economy is facing its toughest challenge in decades. Industry after industry is faltering and looking to the government ...   more »

View Article  Do a Mental Bailout Show with Dr. Tim; How to Get Control of Fear in Difficult Times

The medium is the message and the message is fear. “The best stimulus package in the world won’t work unless ...   more »

View Article  Cheap Imports are Ruining Our Economy; Why Protectionism is the Solution to America’s Financial Problems

Did you know that the U.S. creates an $800 billion stimulus package that politicians in Washington, D.C. export each year?...   more »

View Article  The Real Reasons for the Wall Street Meltdown and Global Economic Collapse; Learn What May Lie Ahead from This Expert Who Predicted the Crises Years Ago

Economist and sought-after interview guest Allen W. Smith, Ph.D., has been predicting today’s “economic train wreck” for more than ...   more »