John Negroponte Chosen As First National Intelligence Director; Orange County Journalist Roundtable; Iraqi Election Results are Certified; Have Universities Become "Academic-Industrial Complexes"?
John Negroponte Chosen As First National Intelligence Director
President Bush has chosen John Negroponte as the first national intelligence director. Larry is joined by Loch Johnson, Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, and Patrick Morgan, Professor of Political Science at UC Irvine, to analyze the choice of Negroponte and the job he will have to do.
Orange County Journalist Roundtable
Larry Mantle talks with Orange County journalists Chris Reed, Orange County Register op-ed column editor, Jean Pasco, Los Angeles Times staff writer and Gustavo Arellano, Staff Writer for the OC Weekly, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
Iraqi Election Results are Certified
The election in Iraq is over, and the results have been certified. The Shia United Alliance Party won a majority of the seats in the National Assembly (140); the Kurds won 75 seats, and Iyad Allawi's party won 40 seats. Joining Larry to discuss the election's winners and losers is Mark LeVine, Associate Professor of History at UC Irvine, Basam Al-Husseini, Spokesman for the Future of Iraq Group and national trainer for the Iraqi elections in the U.S., and Dr. Saman Shali, Executive Vice President of the Kurdish National Congress of North America.
Have Universities Become "Academic-Industrial Complexes"?
New America Foundation fellow Jennifer Washburn asks this question in her book UNIVERSITY, INC.,: The Corporate Corruption of Higher Education (Basic Books). Washburn takes a look at how corporations give more and more money to university research programs—with strings attached. She examines the commercialization of the university system, and asks if it is for the benefit of the students. Jennifer Washburn joins Larry Mantle to discuss what she calls the “academic-industrial complex.”