Indian Tribes Near Agreement With Governor's Office to Share Profits With State; How We Live Not (and Always Have) in the Future Tense; The Carnegie Observatories; The Life and Career of Nina Simone
Indian Tribes Near Agreement With Governor's Office to Share Profits With State
The governor's office and four Indian tribes have been negotiating for months about the tribes sharing more of their profits with the state, in order to help close its budget gap. Hanging in the balance is an initiative that would allow card clubs and horse racing tracks to operate slot machines, which would mean direct competition for the gaming tribes. The tribes and governor's office may be near to reaching an agreement. Instead of the original request of 25% of gaming profits, the tribes may agree to give approximately 15% of their annual profits to the state, as well as a $1 billion payment to help close the $14 billion budget gap. Joining Host Larry Mantle to discuss the impending agreement is Jim Sweeney, Sacramento Bureau Chief for the Copley News Service, Howard Dickstein, a partner in the Sacramento-based law firm of Dickstein and Zerbi and Darrell Steinberg, Democratic Assemblyman from Sacramento and Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee.
How We Live Not (and Always Have) in the Future Tense
Best-selling author of Bobos in Paradise and New York Times Op-ED columnist David Brooks turns his satirical eye toward suburban, middle-class American culture to explore whether we are more than the sum of our big mail boxes, herds of SUVs, chain restaurants and shopping malls. In his new book, On Paradise Drive, Brooks argues that "the Paradise Spell," an ever-present sense that there is some glorious transcendent destiny just ahead, drives Americans.
The Carnegie Observatories
The Carnegie Observatories are the birthplace of modern astronomy. Near the turn of the last century, George Ellery Hale convinced Andrew Carnegie to build Observatory headquarters in Pasadena and build a series of telescopes on Mt. Wilson. Discoveries made at the Carnegie Observatories include the mapping of the globular cluster system and the recognition of the phenomenon of stellar population. Hubble made his important discovery about the expanding universe at the Observatories. Larry Mantle speaks with astronomer and astrophysicist Dr. Wendy Freeman, appointed to direct the Carnegie Observatories in March 2003.
The Life and Career of Nina Simone
Nina Simone, who died in April 2003, was an artist who defied classification. During her career she recorded 34 albums that ranged from jazz, blues and gospel to folk and calypso. Her music not only reflected her deeply emotional and expressive style but also her profound, lifelong commitment to social justice and civil rights movements. David Nathan, music historian and coauthor of a new biography of Simone titled Nina Simone: Break it Down and Let It All Out (Sanctuary Publishing), and jazz journalist Jerry Ough, join Larry Mantle to discuss the legacy of music legend Nina Simone.