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Trading Down

Battered by gas prices, Americans drove 11 billion miles less in March of this year than they did in March 2007. While some people are turning to public transportation, some are turning to transportation of the two-wheeled kind. Wall Street Journal reporter Jonathan Welsh talks about the spike in scooter sales.

Read Jonathan Welsh's article, "Born to Be ... Fuel-Efficient"

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McCain on Nuclear Weapons

Yesterday Sen. John McCain publicly voiced his stance on nuclear security policy. Leonor Tomero, director for nuclear non-proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, provides analysis.

The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

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Transracial Adoption

Margaret Fleming, director and child welfare supervisor at Adoption-Link, to discuss a new report that shows that "colorblind" adoption may not be helpful.

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Taking the Hospital's Temperature

Journalist Julie Salamon writes about her year following the action at Brookyn's Maimonides Hospital in Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids (Penguin Press, 2008) and reports on all the things besides medicine that affect patients' health.

Events:
Event/talk with Pam Brier from Maimonides Hospital
Wednesday, May 28 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
WAGNER SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE
New York University, the Puck Building
295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY

Talk / Book Signing
Monday, June 2nd, 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
BARNES & NOBLE
106 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY

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McClellan' It All

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's new book does not come out until next Monday, but it's already causing quite a stir. Washington Post staff writer Michael Shear goes through some of the highlights from the memoir.

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