LAPD Denies Racial Profiling; The Economic Slowdown: How is it Affecting You?; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; McCain's Healthcare Plan; A Literary Conversation with Nicholas Basbanes
LAPD Denies Racial Profiling
Los Angeles Police officials announced yesterday that they had wrapped up over 300 investigations of racial profiling and concluded that none had merit. The announcement had some LAPD critics outraged. But how does one measure racial profiling? Is it possible to know what's going on in the head of a police officer when he opts to question someone? Larry Mantle talks to Chief William Bratton and Delores Jones-Brown of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
The Economic Slowdown: How is it Affecting You?
Are we in a recession? Recent numbers show the economy has slowed down, but is not retracting. Economists spend a lot of time discussing whether or not the word "recession" is appropriate, but at the end of the day, people are still paying more for everything, especially gas and food. Meanwhile, housing values continue to fall and the financial sector is feeling the pain. Larry asks KPCC's listeners how they're doing financially and how the country's economic woes are changing their behavior.
Orange County Journalists Roundtable
Larry Mantle talks with William Lobdell, City Editor of the Orange County Edition of the Los Angeles Times, and OC Weekly staff writer Gustavo Arellano about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
McCain's Healthcare Plan
40 million Americans are without health insurance and Senator John McCain has announced his plan to tackle the crisis. Larry and his guests discuss the details of the Senator's proposal to find out who benefits, who loses, and who pays the bill. They also compare how his plan measures up against those of the Democratic Presidential candidates. Dr. Richard Brown of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and Joseph Antos of the American Enterprise Institute discuss the merits of McCain's plan.
A Literary Conversation with Nicholas Basbanes
Larry talks with literary critic and columnist Nicholas Basabanes. His latest book, "Editions & Impressions," brings together the best of Mr. Basbanes' book journalism. In it he describes a library springing up on the battlefield in Iraq, a Swedish palace library left unfinished when builders walked off the job three centuries ago, and his meeting with one of the most prolific book thieves of the twentieth century.