Genesis Mission Crashes to Earth; Can Presidents Create Jobs?; Iraq Update; Log Cabin Republicans Withdraw Support of Bush; Michael Kinsley
Genesis Mission Crashes to Earth
The Genesis space capsule, carrying solar particles, crashed to Earth this morning after its parachute failed to deploy. Larry's guest are Corey Powell, Senior Editor for Discover magazine and Jia-Rui Chong, Los Angeles Times Staff writer.
Can Presidents Create Jobs?
Roger Lowenstein discusses his recent New York Times Magazine article in which he casts doubt on the assumption that a president’s effectiveness is measured by a “scorecard approach” that tracks the number of jobs created during his time in office. The current presidential campaign is fixated on whether Bush has increased American jobs and if Kerry can do so if elected. Lowenstein writes that while administrations might be able to contribute to the quality of jobs, they cannot guarantee short-term job growth that is molded by other economic factors and doesn’t correspond to “neat, quadrennial cycles.” The author offers an alternative focus: investment in the education of America’s workers.
Iraq Update
The US Military death toll reaches 1,000. Larry's guest are Michael Donovan, an Iraq expert at the Center for Defense Information and Brian Bennett, Time magazine correspondent who has been covering the war in Iraq since it began last year.
Log Cabin Republicans Withdraw Support of Bush
The Log Cabin Republicans, the Republican Party’s largest gay and lesbian organization, voted yesterday to withhold its endorsement of President Bush. Larry Mantle talks with the Log Cabin Republicans’ political director Christopher Barron about the reason for the withdrawal, and about what impact the loss of this voting block may have on the Presidential election.
Michael Kinsley
The new editorial and opinion editor of the Los Angeles Times joins Larry Mantle for a wide-ranging interview. A pioneering writer and editor known for his incisive logic and cutting wit, Kinsley has found success in the worlds of cyber, television, and print journalism. Previously a columnist and founding editor of Slate, he also co-hosted CNN's "Crossfire" and served as editor at The New Republic, Harper's, and the Washington Monthly.