Casino gambling and expansion has emerged as a central issue in the Connecticut gubernatorial race. Incumbent Governor John Rowland has come out against the licensing of more casinos, and his opponents are accusing him of flip-flopping on the issue for political advantage. The success of the Pequot’s Foxwoods casino gives the tribe tremendous influence, but Rowland is off the reservation. Author Jeff Benedict joins Brian to discuss Without Reservation, his new book about the politics of casino gambling. Also on the show, a visit to New York’s bawdiest cultural institution, The Museum of Sex, already known as, what else, MoSex.
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Doug Waller, Congressional Correspondent for Time Magazine, on the Congressional debates on Iraq.
Decisions for the Askin
Frank Askin, Law professor and founder of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers University, on the Supreme Court’s first day in session and whether the New Jersey election should be on the table.
Wampum Galore
Jeff Benedict, author of Without Reservation : How a Controversial Indian Tribe Rose to Power and Built the World's Largest Casino (Harpercollins, 2000), on gambling in Native American reservations in Connecticut.
Cultural Smut
Daniel Gluck, executive director and founder of the Museum of Sex, on the latest and raciest addition to New York City’s pantheon of museums.
The Church of Independence
Forrest Church, senior minister of the All Souls Unitarian Church in Manhattan and author of The American Creed (St. Martin's Press, 2002), on religious freedom as a fundamental American right.