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(Lebanese singer Elissa)
The Muslim women shown in American media usually wear the traditional burqa or headscarf. But this belies the growing freedom of expression Arab women have found in the pop music scene. Also on the show: the intellectual father of the neocons and Christie Whitman's abrupt departure from the EPA.
Writing Off Into The Sunset
Knight Kiplinger, editor-in-chief of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and David Francis, senior economics correspondent at the Christian Science Monitor, on Bush's tax cut.
Whit's End
Steve Cochran, director of strategic communications at Environmental Defense, on Christine Whitman's rough ride as EPA administrator.
Desert Island Discs
Chuck Freund, senior editor at Reason Magazine, on the social waves created by Arab pop music.
The House of Strauss
Jeet Heer, graduate student at York University in history and frequent contributor to the Boston Globe on American culture, explains the influence of the intellectual icon, Leo Strauss.
Open Phones
Listeners talk about why they support politicians whose views they disagree with.
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