Private Communities, Public Access; Al Qaeda and The Internet; Mexico; Slow Down!
Private Communities, Public Access
As more and more gated communities are built in Southern California, more conflicts with surrounding neighbors are arising over public access to roads, trails and parks. The latest controversy concerns the decision by the Los Angeles City Council to allow the erection of a gate on Canyon Back Road near Brentwood. Opponents of the gate say it’s illegal, and that it would restrict public access to the Santa Monica Mountains. Larry's guests include Wendy Rosen, President of the Upper Mandeville Canyon Association; Richard Zien, former chairperson of the Gate Committee for the Crown Homeowners Association; and Tom Freeman, pro-bono council for the Canyon Back Alliance.
Al Qaeda and The Internet
A recent New Yorker article states that one group that tracks terror Web sites has gone from monitoring twelve sites to monitoring more than four thousand. An article in next month’s Atlantic Monthly chronicles information discovered on the main computer used by Al-Qaeda's chief strategists in the years leading up to 2001, including information about tactics, motivations, and the planning of September 11th. Larry speaks with Paul Eedle, journalist and director of the London based Out There News, about Al Qaeda's increasing reliance on the internet for their own communication and to further its goals.
Mexico
Larry Mantle talks with Los Angeles Times staff writer Sam Quinones about a variety of issues in Mexico including the recent elections.
Slow Down!
One day, journalist Carl Honore realized that his life was far too hectic. He rushed through airports, he was grumpy all the time, and he even rushed his son’s bed-time stories. When he saw a newspaper article extolling the virtues of “the one-minute bedtime story,” he realized that something had to give and wrote a book called "In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement in Challenging the Cult of Speed" (HarperCollins). He tapped into a larger zeitgeist, the slow movement, a reaction to the crazed speed of contemporary life. Carl Honore joins Host Larry Mantle to discuss the art of slowing-down.