NUKE AGREEMENT WITH INDIA; ORANGE COUNTY JOURNALISTS ROUNDTABLE; CONSERVATIVE ECONOMIST ATTACKS BUSH PRESIDENCY AND POLICIES; CREATING CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN POSTMODERN CULTURES
NUKE AGREEMENT WITH INDIA
When it comes to fighting disease, clinical trials of new drugs and treatments play a critical role. But balancing the risks of new treatments against our dire need for cures can be tricky, and financial ties between some researchers, FDA advisors, and drug companies can cast doubt on results. Also, did you know more and more clinical trials are being conducted in developing countries where oversight is questionable? Larry Mantle moderates a special panel discussion on the ethics of clinical trials. Panelists are City of Hope Cancer Center President and CEO and former FDA acting Commissioner Dr. Michael Friedman, Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics Co-Director and USC Chief of Geriatric and Internal Medicine Dr. David Goldstein, UCLA Assistant Professor of Medicine and clinical trials researcher Dr. Steven Applebaum, and Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights Health Care Policy Director Jerry Flanagan.
ORANGE COUNTY JOURNALISTS ROUNDTABLE
Larry Mantle talks with Los Angeles Times staff writer Jean Pasco, Orange County Register op-ed column editor Steven Greenhut, and OC Weekly senior editorial writer and columnist, Gustavo Arellano about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
CONSERVATIVE ECONOMIST ATTACKS BUSH PRESIDENCY AND POLICIES
Bruce Bartlett, a highly respected Republican economist and alumnus of the Reagan White House and the George H.W. Bush Treasury department, supported Bush in 2000 and helped craft his early tax cuts. But in October of 2005, he was fired from the National Center for Policy Analysis, a Texas based conservative think tank, for writing his most recent book, Imposter: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, a detailed critique of Bush’s policies that include expanding the size and scope of government, letting immigration go unchecked, and allowing the federal budget to mushroom out of control. Bartlett joins Larry Mantle to discuss the failures of the Bush presidency.
CREATING CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN POSTMODERN CULTURES
Fuller Theological Seminary professor Ryan Bolger joins Larry Mantle to talk about his new book Emerging Churches, co-authored with Fuller professor Eddie Gibbs. Based on years of field research and interviews, the authors examine the ways in which emerging churches attempt to be relevant to contemporary culture, and uncover important patterns among these new congregations which including decentralized leadership, an emphasis on relationships over structure, and generosity in service.