Changes Within the Palestinian National Authority; Mandatory Healthcare Bill, SB 2; Education and a Top American High School; Rock n' Roll History of Sunset Strip Music Club
Changes Within the Palestinian National Authority
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas stepped down over the weekend, and Yasser Arafat chose a successor, Ahmed Qureia. Is this change likely to improve, or worsen, the deteriorating situation in Israel? Lewis Snyder, Professor of Political Science at Claremont Graduate University joins host Larry Mantle to discuss the issue.
Mandatory Healthcare Bill, SB 2
A new bill with huge implications for Californians is working its way through the California legislature this week. If it becomes law, Senate Bill 2 will require all California businesses with twenty or more employees to provide mandatory health insurance. This news is good for California's workers, but worrisome for the state's small business owners. Larry Mantle talks with a variety of guests about the implications of SB2.
Education and a Top American High School
Larry Mantle talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran journalist Edward Hume about his new book School of Dreams: Making the Top Grade at a Top American High School (Harcourt). It chronicles his time spent immersed in the high-pressure world of driven teens, and what it now takes to be a top student at a top American high school.
Rock n' Roll History of Sunset Strip Music Club
Larry Mantle talks with Austin Williams and Erik Quisling, authors of Straight Whiskey: A Living History of Sex, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll on the Sunset Strip (Bonus Books). Their book chronicles the biggest names in Rock n' Roll and the three most famous Sunset Strip nightclubs: the Whisky A-Go-Go, the Roxy and the Rainbow Bar and Grill.