Public Opinion about the War in Iraq and Muslims; Fiscal Cost of the War in Iraq; Relations between the Department of Homeland Security and the Arab-American Community; Confusing Words
Public Opinion about the War in Iraq and Muslims
How have Americans opinions about the war in Iraq and of Muslims changed since the war’s beginning? Larry talks with John Zogby, President and CEO of Zogby International, and Carroll Doherty, editor of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
Fiscal Cost of the War in Iraq
Last month, President Bush asked for $82 billion in emergency funds to keep paying for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This request was not part of the President’s new $2.5 trillion budget. Given the rising deficit, critics wonder from where this extra money will come and when the requests for emergency funding will end. Defenders of the cost of the war in Iraq contend that the ongoing fiscal costs are worth it. Experts Jack Spencer, Senior Policy Analyst for Defense and National Security at the Heritage Foundation, and Max Sowickey, economist for the Economic Policy Institute join Host Larry Mantle to discuss the issue.
Relations between the Department of Homeland Security and the Arab-American Community
Dan Sutherland, adviser to the Secretary of Homeland Security's Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, is in Los Angeles to meet with various groups, including the Shura Council of Southern California; the American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee, MPAC (Muslim Public Affairs Council) and with the Iranian-American Lawyers Association to discuss the protection of civil rights and civil liberties and to facilitate cooperation in the ongoing war on terror. Larry talks with Salam Al-Maryati, Director and co-founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Los Angeles, and with Dan Sutherland, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security.
Confusing Words
Do you know the differences between enormousness and enormity? How about between flaunt and flout? Larry talks with Steve Kleinedler, senior editor of 100 Words Everyone Confuses and Misuses and 100 Works Every Word Lover Should Know about the incredible, or is it incredulous, world of words. Larry talks with Steve Kleinedler, Senior Editor of the American Heritage Dictionary.