Sometimes it takes one minor screw-up to sink a career. That's the situation of the nine shortstops, pitchers, and outfielders featured in a new book on great baseball players whose careers were unfairly cut short. Also on the show, supply-side economics takes a beating, and the threat to arts education in New York.
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow for foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution on US Senator Patty Murray's comments on the connection between foreign aid and terrorism
To Grow First You Must Shrink
Stephen Moore, president of The Club for Growth, on the need to cut taxes (and reduce government intervention) to spur economic growth
One Small Step…Open Phones
Ila Gross, executive director of Learning Through An Expanded Arts Program (LEAP) on how arts education in the public schools could be affected by budget cuts and calls from educators and parents on the tough choices ahead because of the funding crunch
One Strike and You're Out!
Writer Christopher Bell on his book, Scapegoats: Baseballers Whose Careers Are Marked By One Fateful Play (McFarland, 2002)