The fourth edition of Dakota Talk with Rob Port and Steve Cates will be broadcast live tonight at 7:00pm central time.  Click below to listen live, and remember that you can call in to the live show at (347) 677-0693.

Tonight we’ll be discussing the American’s for Prosperity’s ballot measure cutting state income taxes, and we also have a great guest.  His name is Herb Meyer.  I’ll let his biography speak for itself:

Herbert E. Meyer is a leading authority on the use of information.

During the Reagan Administration, Mr. Meyer served as Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence and Vice Chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council. In these positions, he managed production of the U.S. National Intelligence Estimates and other top-secret projections for the President and his national security advisers. Mr. Meyer is widely credited with being the first U.S. Government official to forecast the Soviet Union’s collapse—a forecast for which he later was awarded the U.S. National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, which is the Intelligence Community’s highest honor.

Formerly an associate editor of FORTUNE, he has authored several books including “The War Against Progress,” Real-World Intelligence, and Hard Thinking. Mr. Meyer and his wife, Jill, are co-authors of How to Write, which is among the world’s most widely used writing handbooks and which is now available as a downloadable ebook for just $1.99.

Mr. Meyer’s essays on Intelligence and Politics have been published in The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, Policy Review and The American Thinker.

Mr. Meyer is host and producer of The Siege of Western Civilization, a DVD that outlines the threats to America’s security, economy, and culture.

These days, Mr. Meyer is active on the lecture circuit. He delivers his overview of global trends and developments, entitled What in the World is Going On?, to corporations, business associations, student organizations and public affairs groups throughout the world.

He also just had a column on the American Thinker called “The War About The War.” Also definitely worth your time to read.

Update: Listen to the archived edition of the show here.

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