Clovis Maksoud

Biography:

Ambassador Clovis Maksoud, a Lebanese national, is presently Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for the Global South at American University in Washington, D.C. A lawyer, journalist and diplomat, Dr. Maksoud served as the Arab League Ambassador to India and South-East Asia from 1961-1966.

Dr. Maksoud is the author of several articles and books on the Middle East and the global south. He was also the Chairperson and Convener of many conferences on environment and development, human rights, population, and disarmament. Dr. Maksoud graduated from the American University of Beirut, went on to receive his J.D. from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and did post-graduate studies at Oxford University in Britain.

Past Shows:

	NDE Visions & Hospice Work
	Thursday November 11, 2004

Author, lecturer and hospice worker Dannion Brinkley returned to the show to discuss his near death experiences (NDEs) and his work with dying veterans. He said he'd had three major NDEs, once when he was hit by lightning in 1975, another time during open heart surgery, and a third episode during brain surgery in 1997. In the 1997 case, Art Bell conducted a radio experiment asking people to pray for Brinkley, who said he could see a "silver blue color" in his room at that moment. Brinkley also described an unusual occurrence when he was doing his hospice volunteering. An elderly vet, who had been one of the Tuskegee Airmen, was "talking" to his brother who was not physically in the room. Dannion said he saw "a beautiful silver being" that was lifting out the spirit of the vet, just as he was dying. The year 2004 holds great opportunity for spiritual growth or it could lead to an extended world war, Brinkley said, based on his "Final Vision" that he received in his 1975 NDE. The ... More
Host: George Noory

	Nuclear Power Problems
	Monday March 24, 2003

Sidney J. Goodman, a professional engineer, and author of Asleep at the Geiger Counter was the main guest during Monday's regular broadcast time. "In the beginning anyone who criticized the nuclear power industry became known as a kook," said Goodman whose book documents serious problems and misrepresentations in the field. "It would be a tragedy of the worst dimension because radioactivity is the ultimate pollution," Goodman said of the possibility that a nuclear plant would be sabotaged as part of a terrorist attack. He believes alternative sources of energy such as wind and solar should be more fully funded as nuclear plants are gradually decommissioned. John L. Loeb Jr. the former Ambassador to Denmark, was the guest during the first hour. "I'm afraid this is a deep cultural divide that none of us understood," Loeb said of the rift between Islam and the West. George opened up the lines during the last hour of the show for people to sound off on various issues. ... More
Host: George Noory