The 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals Recall Stay; The Expulsion Of Arafat From The West Bank; Seattle: Boom & Bust?
The 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals Recall Stay
Larry Mantle talks with Erwin Chermerinsky, Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, and Political Science at USC Law School, and Douglas Kmiec, Caruso Family chair in Constitutional Law at Pepperdine University School of Law about the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to postpone the Recall election.
The Expulsion Of Arafat From The West Bank
On Thursday, Israeli leaders called for the "removal" of Yasser Arafat from the West Bank. Citing Arafat's continued presence as an obstacle to peace, Israel's leaders asked the Israeli Army to draw up a plan to forcibly remove the Palestinian icon. Palestinians say that they will not let this happen without a fight. The US and European nations have condemned the proposed expulsion of Arafat, but will they punish Israel if it does remove Arafat? What will it mean for the peace process if Arafat is expelled? Where will he go? A line-up of experts joins host Larry Mantle to provide varying perspectives on the issue. Larry Mantle talks with Zvi Vapni, Deputy Consul General for the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles, Rabbi Gary Greenebaum, Western Regional Director of the American Jewish Committee, and Dr. Mahmoud Ibrahim, Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Cal Poly Pomona.
Seattle: Boom & Bust?
Writer Fred Moody joins Host Larry Mantle to discuss his new book, Seattle and the Demons of Ambition: A Love Story. Moody writes a biography of his beloved city, chronicling its rise, boom and then its fall, in what he discovers is a cyclical pattern in Seattle's history. Unemployed for a time in a state with a jobless rate of 12%, Moody embarked upon a quest to learn about Seattle, reveling in the city's Northwestern sense of resignation. What is your image of Seattle? What is Seattle's image of itself? How has the bust affected the city? And does it even matter to Seattle in the long run?