Charter Schools; Orange County Journalists Roundtable; Does It Matter If Iraq Is In A Civil War?; Director Stephen Frears
Charter Schools
Larry Mantle talks with guests about the renewed push for Charter Schools in Los Angeles.
California Charter Schools Association.
Orange County Journalists Roundtable
It's time for Airtalk's monthly look at the latest news from Orange County. Larry Mantle talks with William Lobdell, City Editor of the Orange County Edition of the Los Angeles Times, and Orange County Register senior editorial writer and columnist, Steven Greenhut.
Does It Matter If Iraq Is In A Civil War?
NBC and the Los Angeles Times are now calling the conflict in Iraq a civil war. The Bush administration, however, is still careful to avoid this phrase. So is it sectarian violence, an insurgency, controlled chaos, a conflict on the brink of a civil war, a civil war, or some combination? Certainly, the monthly death tolls are comparable to those in past conflicts that were called "civil war," such as the Lebanese civil war and even the American civil war. But what do these distinctions really mean? And how does the nomenclature impact American foreign policy?
Director Stephen Frears
Larry talks with the acclaimed British film director, Stephen Frears, about his career and his most recent film The Queen, starring Helen Mirren. Frear's first film was the 1972 Gumshoe. But it was his production of the one-off drama My Beautiful Launderette for BBC 4 in 1985 that led to his notice as a capable film director when the production was released theatrically to great acclaim. His other films include Mrs. Henderson Presents, High Fidelity, Dirty Pretty Things and Dangerous Liaisons.