New Slaughterhouse Rules; The Race to the White House; New Year's Resolutions
New Slaughterhouse Rules
As of yesterday, U.S. slaughterhouses are banned from turning sick cows in to hamburger meat. This dramatic, and some say long-overdue policy change, is part of a new plan by the Department of Agriculture designed to prevent the transmission of mad cow disease to humans in the United States. Joanne Silberner, Health Policy Correspondent for National Public Radio, joins Patt Morrison to take a look at how much modern, large-scale factory farming practices, like slaughtering "downer" cows, are responsible for the mad cow disease problem.
The Race to the White House
Ken Rudin, Political Editor for National Public Radio, and Harold Meyerson, Washington Post columnist, Editor at Large of the American Prospect, and Political Editor of the L.A. Weekly, join Guest Host Patt Morrison to discuss the 2004 Presidential Election.
New Year's Resolutions
It's that time of year again! --What resolutions are you going to make for 2004? One of the top ones that people make is to lose weight. The second most popular new year's resolution is to get personal finances in order. Okay, but what about YOU? What will you resolve to do? We want to hear all about it this hour. Give us a call and tell us your New Year's resolution for the coming year. We'd also like to hear about your past resolutions, and whether or not you kept them. Joining Patt is Anthony Helmstetter, co-founder of myGoals.com, an online service designed exclusively for setting and reaching goals, John Rabe, KPCC's health care reporter, Dr. Michael Shermer, Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine and the Director of the Skeptics Society, and Jonathan Kirsch, author, book critic and publishing attorney.