Proposition 54; The Bombing of the UN Mission in Baghdad; Lucille Ball
Proposition 54
If it passes on the October 7th ballot, Proposition 54 would prohibit classification of "any individual by race, ethnicity, color or national origin in the operation of public education, public contracting or public employment." This is the language from the text of the ballot. But what does it mean? Will police not be allowed to collect data? What about health statistics and medical research? Opponents of this proposition charge that Proposition 54 will amount to an information ban that will hurt people in the long run. Joining guest host Patt Morrison to discuss the issue is Ward Connerly, Spokesperson for "Yes" on Prop. 54, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, Director of Public Health and the Health Officer for Los Angeles County, and Daryl Smith, PhD., Professor of Education and Psychology at Claremont Graduate University.
Patt Morrison also opens the phones to take listener calls on Proposition 54.
The Bombing of the UN Mission in Baghdad
Terrorists bombed the United Nations mission in Baghdad today, killing at least twenty people and wounding over a hundred. Among those killed was the top UN Envoy to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. Guest host Patt Morrison discusses the evolving situation in Iraq with Edward Mortimer, director of communications and head of the speech-writing unit for the executive office of the Secretary General, Adam Schiff, Congressman for California's 29th Congressional District, James Woolsey, former CIA Director under President Bill Clinton, and GI Wilson, a retired Infantry Colonel in the United States Marine Corps.
Lucille Ball
Guest host Patt Morrison talks with author Stefan Kanfer about his new biography of Lucille Ball, Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball (Knopf). It traces the arc of her career, from its unlikely beginnings in upstate New York to the pursuit of stardom when she met a Cuban Conga drummer named Desi Arnaz, and became the first woman with major economic power in postwar Hollywood.