Pennsylvania Primary; Where Should Sex Offenders Live?; NAFTA Revisited; Climate Change And The Rise And Fall Of Civilizations
Pennsylvania Primary
Larry checks in with Jeff Zeleny who writes "The Caucus," The New York Times' political blog, and Dante Chinni, Project Director of the Christian Science Monitor's "Patchwork Nation" to discuss voter turnout for the Pennsylvania primary.
Where Should Sex Offenders Live?
Since Jessica's Law went into effect last year, registered sex offenders must live at least 2000 feet from schools or parks in California. Yet last week, 10 day care centers and foster homes were shut down when registered sex offenders were found living in them. How serious were the offenses of the 10 former perpetrators? And if most urban areas are off limits to sex offenders, where should we put them? Larry talks with Suja Lowenthal, councilwoman for the 2nd District in Long Beach, and Dr. Tom Tobin, Vice Chairman of the California Sex Offender Management Board.
NAFTA Revisited
Larry Mantle talks with Chris Thornberg, of Beacon Economics, and Robert Scott, Senior Economist for the Economic Policy Institute, about the pros and cons of NAFTA, and about its resurgence as an issue in the Presidential election.
Climate Change And The Rise And Fall Of Civilizations
From the tenth to the fifteenth centuries the earth experienced a rise in surface temperature that changed climate worldwide-a preview of today's global warming. In some areas, including Western Europe, longer summers brought bountiful harvests and population growth that led to cultural flowering. In the Arctic, Inuit and Norse sailors made cultural connections across thousands of miles as they traded precious iron goods. Polynesian sailors, riding new wind patterns, were able to settle the remotest islands on earth. But in many parts of the world, the warm centuries brought drought and famine. In his new book "The Great Warming," anthropologist and historian Brian Fagan reveals how subtle changes in the environment had far-reaching effects on human life and how the power of climate change may disrupt our lives today.