Michigan Results in; Candidates Move on to Nevada, South Carolina; Bush Exempts Navy from Sonar Injunction; Latino Voting Attitudes and the Presidential Election; Why We Need Nerds
Michigan Results in; Candidates Move on to Nevada, South Carolina
Larry talks with Christian Science Monitor White House Correspondent Linda Feldmann about the January 15th Michigan primary results, and about how the outcome may affect the Republican race. Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, political analyst for KNBC, and James Rainey of the Los Angeles Times join in and offer a preview of the upcoming Nevada and South Carolina primaries.
Bush Exempts Navy from Sonar Injunction
President Bush has exempted the Navy from a recent ruling prohibiting the use of sonar in training exercises off the California Coast. A federal judge in Los Angeles had issued a preliminary injunction earlier this month requiring the Navy to create a 12-nautical-mile, no-sonar zone along Southern California to protect marine mammals. Bush said in a memorandum that sonar use in the exercises is essential for national security. Larry Mantle talks with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy Wade Sanders and National Resources Defense Council Senior Attorney Joel Reynolds about the President's decision, the Navy's need for sonar, sonar's effect on whales, and what legal action may be taken next.
Latino Voting Attitudes and the Presidential Election
The Latino voting bloc is growing larger and larger. How will Latinos vote in the upcoming presidential election? Larry talks about Latino attitudes on race, gender, and major political issues with the Pew Hispanic Center's Paul Taylor, Jaime Regalado at Cal State L.A.'s Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, and Gregory Rodriguez of the New America Foundation.
Why We Need Nerds
Why are our children so terrified to be called "nerds"? And why are "nerds" almost impossible to find outside America? Larry Mantle talks with psychotherapist and psychology professor David Anderegg about his new book Nerds. The book examines the cultural history of nerdiness, the origins of anti-nerd prejudice, and why Anderegg thinks anti-intellectualism is damaging to our culture.