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Friday

Social Security Debate

Social Security and 'Progressive Indexing'

Robert Siegel talks about President Bush's proposed changes to Social Security with Robert Pozen, chairman of MFS Investment Management. Pozen has pitched the idea of progressive indexing to the White House. The proposal calls for cutting benefits for upper-income earners.

Social Security and 'Progressive Indexing'

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Slate's Hollywood Economist: Movie Tax Loopholes

Madeleine Brand talks with Slate contributor Edward Jay Epstein about a loophole in Germany's tax code that Hollywood movie studios use to lower the cost of producing big-budget films.

Slate's Hollywood Economist: Movie Tax Loopholes

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Thursday

Opinion

Space

Slate's Explainer: Disposing of Spent Satellites

Slate contributor Daniel Engber explains how the federal government disposes of satellites when they are no longer in operation. Space agencies track some 13,000 objects orbiting the Earth, many of them dead satellites or space debris. Sometimes, the satellites are sent into a higher orbit, away from active satellites -- but often spent satellites burn up re-entering the atmosphere.

Slate's Explainer: Disposing of Spent Satellites

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Opinion

World

The Story of Pakistan's Nuclear Father

Fresh Air

Physicist David Albright is president of the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, D.C. He's the co-author of a new report on A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, that was published in the Spring 2005 edition of The Washington Quarterly. Khan sold nuclear technology and information to Iran, Libya and North Korea. He was reportedly able to do this for the last 20 years, while eluding authorities and intelligence agencies. Albright says Khan's actions have had an impact on nuclear proliferation.

The Story of Pakistan's Nuclear Father

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Wednesday

Bush's Energy Proposals Echo Earlier Plan

Robert Siegel talks with Vijay Vaitheswareen of the Economist about President Bush's new energy policy proposals. Vaitheswareen says much of what was laid out reiterates Bush's 2001 energy plan.

Bush's Energy Proposals Echo Earlier Plan

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Tuesday

Opinion

World

Secretary Rice Preps for Latin America

Free trade, immigration and leftist politics are among the hot-button issues awaiting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as she swings through Latin America this week. We talk about recent developments in Latin America, and what they could mean for U.S. policy.

Secretary Rice Preps for Latin America

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Gentrification: Blessing or Blight?

Poor people lose out when America's city centers go from urban blight to neighborhood chic -- or so goes much conventional wisdom. But new research challenges that idea, and suggests that everybody wins. We examine the costs and benefits of gentrification.

Gentrification: Blessing or Blight?

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Monday

Sunday

E-Mail Case Raises Questions About Digital Privacy

Last week, a judge in Michigan ordered Yahoo to give a deceased Marine's family full access to his e-mail account. Liane Hansen speaks with Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center about what the Michigan case means for the privacy of personal communications.

E-Mail Case Raises Questions About Digital Privacy

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Saturday

Two Views of Abu Ghraib

Some analysts argue that abuses at Abu Ghraib stemmed from confusion over the legal status of Iraqi prisoners. Jennifer Ludden takes a closer look with John Yoo, a former Justice Department legal counsel who helped write the so-called "torture memos," and Karen Greenberg, editor of The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib.

Two Views of Abu Ghraib

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Thursday

Wednesday

Opinion

News Analysis

If Confirmed, Bolton Could Face Difficult Job at U.N.

NPR's senior news analyst says that even if prospective United Nations ambassador John Bolton survives the nomination battle and is confirmed, it may be difficult for him to work with U.N. delegates who are aware of his lukewarm support in his own country.

If Confirmed, Bolton Could Face Difficult Job at U.N.

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Slate's Explainer: New Technology Unlocks Ancient Texts

Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains recent developments in multispectral imaging technology that are being used to read ancient papyrus documents. Scholars at Oxford University in England have announced the technology has yielded exciting finds, allowing researchers to read otherwise illegible fragments of ancient texts.

Slate's Explainer: New Technology Unlocks Ancient Texts

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