CIA Director George Tenet Resigns; Key Decisions on the Supreme Court Docket; Reverse Migration; How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
CIA Director George Tenet Resigns
President Bush said Thursday that CIA director George Tenet has resigned "for personal reasons" and that his deputy will temporarily lead America's premier spy agency until a successor is found. Joining Larry is Amy Zegart, Assistant Professor of Policy Studies, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research, and Arnold Steinberg, a political strategist, involved principally with Republicans. He also has been active in foreign policy issues. When he worked on Capitol Hill years ago, his specialties included helping the U.S. Information Agency, Voice of America, and Radio Liberty.
Key Decisions on the Supreme Court Docket
Whatever happens, this Supreme Court session will be remembered as one that evaluates the limits of Executive Power with cases related to the President's authority over the Guantanamo detainees and Vice President's right to secrecy on the docket. Constitutional Law experts John Eastman, JD, PhD, Professor of Law At Chapman University School of Law, and David Cruz, Professor of Law, USC Law School, join Larry Mantle to discuss several important cases that the U.S Supreme Court is expected to rule on in the next month.
Reverse Migration
Between 1910 and 1970, millions of Blacks left the Southeast in search of a better life elsewhere. Now, many are returning. Larry Mantle talks with Los Angeles Times staff writer Mark Arax, and Chelsia McCoy, an African American who back migrated to Texas, to find out why.
How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
Yale Professor of Psychology and author, Paul Bloom, joins Larry Mantle to discuss how the latest in child development research illuminates our knowledge about what makes us human. The dualism between the body and the soul, he contends, is not a cultural accomplishment but rather a biological achievement and to prove this, he examines several elegant experiments with babies that depict the richness and power of the very young mind. Mr. Bloom's new book is called Descartes' Baby: How the Science Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human (Basic Books).