From Presidential Power to Artistic Endeavors
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Charlie Savage of the New York Times discusses the Obama Administration's complicated relationship with executive power and the detention of terrorism suspects. Novelist Brad Kessler talks about his decision to leave city life to raise dairy goats and make cheese. Then, Charles Siebert on why he thinks the three thousand or so chimps living in America are probably severely traumatized creatures. And architect and artist Maya Lin on her career and her latest projects.
Charlie Savage on Presidential Power
In recent weeks President Obama has come under fire from civil libertarians for reports that his administration is drafting plans to detail terrorism suspects indefinitely. Charlie Savage of the New York Times takes a look at how much power the President claims he has and how that compares to his ...
Update on Honduras
We'll speak with Miami Herald foreign correspondent Frances Robles, who is in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, about the ongoing turmoil in Honduras after a coup removed President Manuel Zelaya from power.
Goat Song
Novelist Brad Kessler talks about leaving New York City for a life raising dairy goats. In Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese, he describes how he learned to be a cheese maker, what it's like to raise animals, and ...
Toward a New Understanding of Animals
Charles Siebert explores how humans can inflict mental disorders on animals, particularly great apes. In his book The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals, he looks at how the approximately 3,000 chimps in this country, including performers and research laboratory subjects, are likely to be severely ...
Maya Lin
The artist and architect Maya Lin talks about her career, from designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., to her latest earth sculpture, Storm King Wavefield, her design for the new Museum of Chinese in America, and other projects. Find out more about Maya Lin and her ...
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