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Monday April 30, 2007

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Tenet-cious G

by Barrie Hardymon

April 30, 2007 • When President George W. Bush accepted CIA director George Tenet's resignation, the president said, "George Tenet is the kind of public servant you like to work with." Y

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Mommy Wars No More

by Scott Cameron

April 30, 2007 • We get a lot of books sent to us for the show, and lately there's been a theme to many of the pitches we get from publishers... the long-fought "Mommy Wars." It's a battle made out to be diaper bag versus briefcase, as new moms tussle over what's ...

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Confronting Criminals

by Sarah Handel

April 30, 2007 • Ever heard of restorative justice? I hadn't, really, till recently when Talk of the Nation director Gwen Outen brought up Minnie Driver's new movie,

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Minnie Driver Can <em>Sing</em>

by Barrie Hardymon

April 30, 2007 • As promised, we are going to talk about the new movie Take, with director Charles Oliver, an

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Essay Arrest: Paranoia or Prevention?

by Scott Cameron

April 30, 2007 • Given what happened at Virginia Tech, lots of school administrators are a little

Thursday April 26, 2007

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White? Black? Asian? Other? YES!

by Scott Cameron

April 26, 2007 • Here's an easy one: What do Barack Obama, Mariah Carey,

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Bored? Try Bard!

by Barrie Hardymon

April 26, 2007 • For those who think that Shakespeare isn't fun,It's possible you simply haven't triedIncorporating language we have shunned --Such as, "

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Does Your Kid Know What You Do All Day?

by Sarah Handel

April 26, 2007 • This post might be subtitled... "Or Why Sarah's Dad Never Came to Career Day" (trust me, it's not nearly as sad as it sounds).

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Secrets of a Guest Host

by Rebecca Roberts

April 26, 2007 • I've kept a lot of seats warm at NPR when the real hosts are sick or on vacation. It's fun to do other people's jobs for a few days -- it satisfies my dilettante instincts, and I get to leave while it's all still exciting and new. It's kind of lik...

Wednesday April 25, 2007

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Political Junkie: It's Official

by Scott Cameron

April 25, 2007 • John McCain made it official this afternoon... he's announced his candidacy for the presidential nomination. Nobody seems surprised, but can he win? Democr

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Got Something In Your Eye... or Did Rudy Just Get In The Game?

by Barrie Hardymon

April 25, 2007 • The first time I had the experience of seeing a boy tear up at a movie was in high school... Brian's Song was on TV, and several of the boys from our football team (including, but not limited to the

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How I Learned To Shave My Legs With Conditioner And Other Stories

by Barrie Hardymon

April 25, 2007 • Here's a glance at what's on tap in Seventeen magazine this month.

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No Vote for You!

by Sarah Handel

April 25, 2007 • It's one of the thorniest issues in the smallest of districts... voting rights for Washington, D.C. Currently, the District has no representation in the

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Cutting Room Floor

Players Behaving Badly

by Scott Cameron

April 25, 2007 • I've been to exactly one NFL football game in the last 10 years... a Washington Redskins game that didn't have a happy ending. Still, even I can rattle off names like

Tuesday April 24, 2007

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Forced Treatment

by Scott Cameron

April 24, 2007 • When we talked last week about predicting violent behavior, one of the issues that came up was

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