Los Angeles County Election Results; Schwarzenegger's Transition into Power; The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy; Closing the Racial Gap in American Schools
Los Angeles County Election Results
Larry talks with LA Times reporter Jean Merle about the results from Tuesday's LA County elections.
Schwarzenegger's Transition into Power
Arnold Schwarzenegger will be sworn in as governor of California in just twelve days' time, on November 17th. Larry Mantle talks with Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Weintraub about his transition into power, and about what the Schwarzenegger administration is likely to look like.
The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy
In their new book, America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy (Brookings Institution Press), Brookings Institute senior fellow and foreign policy expert Ivo Daalder, and his coauthor James Lindsay, examine how the revolutionary foreign policy of George Bush has radically changed how America engages the world. Ivo Daalder joins Larry Mantle to discuss the book.
Closing the Racial Gap in American Schools
According to author Abigail Thernstrom, the usual reasons given for the racial achievement gap "a shortage of money, racial isolation, poorly trained or uncredentialed teachers, large class size, and the like" do not in fact explain the skills and knowledge gap between the average Asian or white student and the typical black or Hispanic youngster. Ms. Thernstrom, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a commissioner on the US Commission of Civil Rights, co-authored a new book, along with her husband Stephan, called NO EXCUSES: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning (Simon & Schuster). In it, the Thernstroms study the problem and also offer solutions to the controversial topic of race and academic achievement in American schools.