State Budget Preview; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; Are The Internet And The Blogosphere Crippling Democracy?; Romance In The Ivory Tower
State Budget Preview
Governor Schwarzenegger will declare a fiscal emergency when he announces the budget today. He'll propose cuts to hundreds of state programs in order to reduce California's estimated 14 billion dollar budget deficit. A special Legislative session will be called for the lawmakers to address the current year's budget, either by cutting costs or increasing taxes within 45 days. Larry talks with L.A. Times staff writer, Evan Halper, and Jean Ross of the California Budget Project about the Governor's plans.
Orange County Journalists Roundtable
Larry Mantle talks with Orange County Register senior editorial writer and columnist, Steven Greenhut, and Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly staff writer about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
Are The Internet And The Blogosphere Crippling Democracy?
What happens to democracy and free speech if people use the Internet only to listen and speak to the like-minded? What is the democratic benefit of the Internet's unlimited choices if citizens narrowly limit the information they receive, creating ever-smaller niches and fragmenting the shared public conversation on which democracy depends? Cass Sunstein first asked these questions before 9/11, in Republic.com, and they have become even more urgent in the years since. Now, in Republic.com 2.0, Sunstein thoroughly rethinks the critical relationship between democracy and the Internet in a world where partisan Web logs have emerged as a significant force in politics.
Romance In The Ivory Tower
Many universities forbid intimate relationships between faculty members and students but is the "right to romance" protected by the Constitution? Author Paul Abramson, joins Larry Mantle to discuss his opposition to university prohibitions on relationships between faculty members and students. In his new book, Romance in the Ivory Tower he argues provocatively that the issue of faculty-student romance engages our fundamental constitutional rights and cannot depend on university policies.