The Leonard Lopate Show

Tom Daschle on Universal Health Care

Former US Senator Tom Daschle says that the US must guarantee universal health coverage in order to stay economically competitive. His new book is Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.

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States of the Union: Mississippi

Mississippi has the second highest unemployment rate in the country and the lowest median income. We find out how the national economic downturn is affecting the Magnolia State as it continues to recover from Hurricane Katrina. Also: we look to the state’s March 11 primary, and the special election in November to fill retired Senator Trent Lott’s seat. Sid Salter is a Perspective Editor for the Jackson, MS Clarion Ledger.

States of the Union fact of the week: Mississippi was the last state to repeal prohibition in 1966, and this is the state that gave us William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams and quite a few other hard-drinking writers.

The Clarion Ledger website
Sid Salter’s columns at the Clarion Ledger

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Beautiful, Mysterious "Antea" at the Frick

The beautiful and mysterious "Antea" was painted in the early 1530s by Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, known as Parmigianino (1503–1540). The painting is considered a masterpiece, but little is known about it – including who Antea was. The exhibit "Parmigianino's Antea: A Beautiful Artifice" is on display at the Frick Collection (1 East 70th Street) through April 27, 2008. Colin Bailey is curator at the Frick.

More about the Frick’s “Parmigianino's Antea: A Beautiful Artifice”

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Please Explain: Parkways

Parkways are a kind of road common in the New York City area, but more rare in the rest of the USA. Find out what parkways are, and how they fit in to the American transportation system. Dr. Timothy Davis is Lead Historian for Park Historic Structures & Cultural Landscapes Program at the U.S. National Park Service.

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