The Death of Terri Schiavo; Liquified Natural Gas Terminal in Long Beach?; The Silberman Report; Evangelicals Today
The Death of Terri Schiavo
Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman who had been kept alive by a feeding tube for 15 years has died, thirteen days after her tube was removed. This brings to an end the bitter legal fight between Terri Schiavo’s parents and her husband, who had legal custody over her. Larry Mantle opens the phones to hear what listeners think about this case, how it was handled, and all of the issues it raises.
Liquified Natural Gas Terminal in Long Beach?
A legal battle is being waged between federal and state agencies, business groups and environmentalists over the possible building of controversial liquid natural gas import terminal in Long Beach. Proponents of liquified natural gas, or LNG, say a local terminal is crucially needed to prevent future energy shortages and to mitigate rising fuel costs. Critics say a terminal would be dangerous for local residents because of the highly flammable nature of the liquid. Larry Mantle talks with Bill Kelly, Southern California correspondent for California Energy Circuit and the Natural Resources News Service, Seiichi Tsurumi, Executive Advisor to Sound Energy Solutions, the Mitsubishi Subsidiary that is proposing the Liquified Natural Gas Project in Long Beach, and Mark Massara, Director of Coastal Programs for Sierra Club.
The Silberman Report
The White House commissioned a report to investigate intelligence shortfalls since the attacks on September 11th, 2001. Issued today, the Silberman Report, named after Republican Laurence Silberman, said that America’s intelligence agencies were “dead wrong” about Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction. It recommended over seventy changes to how America gathers intelligence, including implementing an overhaul at the FBI and giving much more power to John Negroponte, the new director of National Intelligence. The report also absolves the Bush administration of manipulating any intelligence in order to go to war with Iraq. Larry Mantle discusses the Silberman report with the Honorable Ashton Carter, Co-Director of the Preventive Defense Project and a Professor of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He is former Assistant Secretary of Defense under the first Clinton administration, and he testified in front of the Commission.
Evangelicals Today
Host Larry Mantle speaks with three experts on the state of Evangelicals in society today. They will discuss everything from “What IS an Evangelical?” to types of Evangelicals, their political leanings, beliefs, the emerging new forms of Evangelism, and much more. Joining Larry is Eddie Gibbs, Donald A. McGavran Professor of Church Growth at Fuller Theological Seminary, Winston Gooden, Dean of the School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Diane Winston, Knight Chair in Media and Religion at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication.