Yes, American Torture is a big topic this week on the Sunday shows, the one guest invited on to speak about why it is so very wrong is Sen. John McCain. And then there are the Great Defenders: George W. Bush; Dick Cheney; former Director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service Jose Rodriguez (he oversaw the “enhanced interrogation program”); John Yoo; John Brennan; and Michael Hayden, among others.

Yes, American Torture is a big topic this week on the Sunday shows, the one guest invited on to speak about why it is so very wrong is Sen. John McCain. And then there are the Great Defenders: Dick Cheney; former Director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service Jose Rodriguez

Croissant – Taste of Paris with Bruno Albouze Rise & Shine! Who made the coffee? Another Sunday focused on race and policing. Again, it’s sad many of these guests are only invited when race is the topic, they are so much more than the color of their skin. WASHINGTON JOURNAL:

Now that it’s Sunday maybe you’re finally tired of all the turkey and leftovers – how many mashed potatoes or macs-and-cheese can one eat over a long weekend? So for dinner tonight, I’d like to suggest some shrimp tempura. Shrimp, a cornstarch dusting, tempura batter, and a quick fry.

Now that it’s Sunday maybe you’re finally tired of all the turkey and leftovers – how many mashed potatoes or macs-and-cheese can one eat over a long weekend? So for dinner tonight, I’d like to suggest some shrimp tempura. Shrimp, a cornstarch dusting, tempura batter, and a quick fry. “3

Good morning, amigo mios.

A lot of talk today about Ferguson MO, which is good. Too bad some of these guests aren’t invited on to talk about more than race-related issues. Also, who’s interested in Rudy Guiliani’s take anyway?

Silenced: The War on Whistleblowers, Movie Night Monday Good morning, amigo mios. A lot of talk today about Ferguson MO, which is good. Too bad some of these guests aren’t invited on to talk about more than race-related issues. Also, who’s interested in Rudy Guiliani’s take anyway? WASHINGTON JOURNAL: 7:45am

Baby It’s You. Venus.

Since the financial turmoil of the 1970s made stagnating wages and relatively high unemployment the norm, Jeff Madrick argues, many leading economists have retrenched to the classical (and outdated) bulwarks of theory, drawing their ideas more from purist principles than from the real-world behavior of governments and markets—while, ironically, deeply affecting those governments and markets by their counsel.

Madrick atomizes seven of the greatest false idols of modern economic theory, illustrating how these ideas have been damaging markets, infrastructure, and individual livelihoods for years, causing hundreds of billions of dollars of wasted investment, financial crisis after financial crisis, poor and unequal public education, primitive public transportation, gross inequality of income and wealth and stagnating wages, and uncontrolled military spending.

Seven Bad Ideas: How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World Chat with Jeff Madrick about his new book, hosted by Jesse Myerson. 5pm ET, 2pm PT. A bold indictment of some of our most accepted mainstream economic theories—why they’re wrong, and how they’ve been harming America and the