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Martin Indyk, two-time ambassador to Israel
In her confirmation hearing for the post of secretary of state, Sen. Hillary Clinton said the U.S. should not give up the quest for peace in the Middle East. Former ambassador to Israel and advisor to President Clinton, Martin Indyk offers his views of what past presidents have done right, and wrong, in the region. Also, William Least Heat-Moon hits the road again.
TARP Redux
William Dunkelberg, professor of economics at the School of Business and Management at Temple University, as well as chairman of Liberty Bell bank, discusses the controversy surrounding the yet-to-be- released $350 billion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
One World City to Another
Ian Clement, deputy mayor of London, offers a look at how London is handling some of the issues it shares with New York -- from the financial crisis to traffic congestion.
Private, but Risky
Jennifer 8 Lee, New York Times reporter and author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food (Twelve, 2008) and Silvia Henriquez, executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, talk about abortions in the Latina community.
American Middle East Diplomacy
Martin Indyk, two-time ambassador to Israel, director of the Brookings Institute's the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and author of the new book Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East, talks about the new book.
Gurney Vacations
Richard Baker, founder of North American Surgery Incorporated discusses the domestic medical tourism industry.
Road Trip
William Least Heat-Moon, author of Blue Highways, took to the road again for his new book Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey (Little, Brown and Company, 2008).