It’s the Republicans’ turn as guest host Mike Pesca plays excerpts from, and gets analysis of, the first Republican presidential debate. How did Giuliani, Romney, McCain and the seven others do in their first face-to-face? Also: the third IPCC report on climate change; and Gustavo Arellano, the author of Ask a Mexican! debunks myths and answer questions like "Is a burrito authentic?" and "If Mexicans keep sending money back to Mexico, why aren't circumstances there improving?"
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Red Round Robin
We analyze and excerpt the first Republican debate in the 2008 presidential campaign with Congressman Peter King (R-NY) in support of Rudolf Giuliani; Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI) for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney; and Nancy Pfotenhauer, former president and CEO of the Independent Women’s Forum and ...
Climate Control
Andrew Revkin, New York Times environment reporter and author, The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World (Kingfisher, 2006) and Richard Richels, economist at the Electric Power Research Institute and one of the lead authors of the third IPCC report ...
Ask a Mexican....
Columnist Gustavo Arellano explains why Cinco de Mayo isn't a huge holiday in Mexico and answers your questions about our neighbor south of the border.
Ask a Mexican<.em> is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Ask a Mexican<.em> is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Required Reading: May 4, 2007
U.S. Official, Iranian Diplomat Discuss Stabilizing Iraq (Washington Post)
Report: Climate Change Plan Affordable (Washington Post/AP)
Spy Agencies To Assess Global Warming's Ripple Effects (LA Times)
City Eyes New Building Code (Newsday)
Obama Reaches Out With Tough Love (Washington Post))