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This Week:
Wolves don't kill people. The amount of livestock wolves kill is miniscule and ranchers are compensated. So why do Sarah Palin and other assorted macho-types insist on expending major resources to slaughter them? Perhaps they never outgrew their childish fairy tale fears of Little Red Riding Hood says Rodger Schlickeisen. Mr. Schlickeisen is President & CEO, Defenders of Wildlife, one of the United States’ most prominent conservation advocacy organizations. His leadership since 1991 has resulted in a ten-fold growth in the organization. Formerly, he was CEO of a leading consulting firm specializing in advancing the work of progressive advocacy organizations. He served in the Carter White House in the Office of Management & Budget, was Chief of Staff for U.S. Sentator Max Baucus. Mr. Schlickeisen is also President of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, a political non-profit working to elect pro-conservation national leaders. He serves on the advisory committees of the Earth Communications Organization and the Environmental Media Association. He has earned degrees from the University of Washington, Harvard Business School and a doctorate from George Washington University. His opinion pieces and articles are widely published. |
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Next Week: United States v. Habeas Corpus Consequences of the ill-conceived, Bush-inspired "Global War on Terror" still plague American policy. The objections and legal challenges to the Bush administration's detention policy were well represented in the case of Salim Hamdan versus Donald Rumsfeld. Mr. Hamdan is now back in Yemen, but the Constitutional issues and the broader saga continue. Jonathan Mahler is a journalist and the author of The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power. In it, Mr. Mahler captures the drama that culminated in this crucial test of presidential power and the rule of law. He also wrote the highly regarded Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning, in which baseball brings 1977 New York City into sharp focus. He is a writer for The New York Times Magazine and lives in Brooklyn. This Program with Jonathan Mahler will be here at 11:50 PM GMT, Monday, July 6. |
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Paula's regular commentary is available on The Huffington Post.
new post added: July 1: Contraconceptiion ••• |
Paul Ekman and Amory Lovins are both included in Time magazine's list of the world's hundred most influential people. In addition to conversations with them, we have had the pleasure of working with both men on other projects. This accolade is well-deserved and reflects their positive contributions to improving our world. Unfortunately, others on the list have used their "influence" to our common detriment. One of the many interesting things about producing this program series is how often old becomes new again. The 24/7 news cycle in which we are now enmeshed gives us unlimited access to instant superficiality. More than a decade ago, we talked with Don Oberdorfer about his book The Two Koreas: a Contemporary History. That book and our conversation are more relevant, and useful, today than much of today's instant chatter. On May 27, investor and shareholder activist Robert A.G. Monks again attended the Exxon Annual Meeting in support of shareholder resolutions requiring Exxon to adequately address climate change, renewable energy and board independence. There's more information at http://www.exxonmutualfundshares.org/. As usual, Exxon management was unresponsive. Consequently, "Bob (Monks) has decided that this was the last time he would attend. He tells the story very eloquently in an essay, 'My Last ExxonMobil Annual Meeting,' on his blog at www.ragm." We are also pleased to note that biological anthropologist Richard Wrangham has just published Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human which we look forward to discussing with him after he returns from the Congo. There Dr. Wrangham will observe bonobo's reintroduced into the wild by Claudine André. |
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— For years people have been asking us to make these programs available in a form which they may download and take with them. New programs are now available in MP3 format. Over time we will update our extensive backlist to MP3 and begin phasing out RealAudio. • • • |
