This week's Bill Moyers NOW - Intense belief vs rational thinking, more...

[Wonk]

http://www.pbs.org/now/thisweek/index.html
This week on NOW:

There's a bitter battle being waged over President Bush's judicial nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Janice Rogers Brown's nomination has been called one of the "most divisive judicial nominees in modern times" by THE NEW YORK TIMES and "an extraordinary nominee with a compelling personal story" by THE LAWYERS WEEKLY. NOW takes viewers inside the chambers of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation to see American democracy at work and allows you to experience for yourself what's at stake with this important and controversial nomination.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/brown.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/court.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/courtmap.html

Under Bill Emmott's leadership, THE ECONOMIST, the world's leading current affairs weekly, has consistently broken its own circulation records by offering a world view of the events of our time. Known for his unflinching views, Emmott gained international notoriety when the magazine branded Italian prime ministerial candidate Silvio Berlusconi as "unfit to govern." Mr. Berlusconi responded in typical style via his various newspapers and TV stations, in one case comparing Emmott to Lenin. David Brancaccio sits down with Bill Emmott to get an outsider's perspective of how the world views America in light of conflicts abroad.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/emmott.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/foreignopinion.html

Wendy Kaminer is a lawyer, author, and social critic. In her book SLEEPING WITH EXTRATERRESTRIALS: THE RISE OF IRRATIONALISM AND PERILS OF PIETY, Wendy Kaminer talks about the difference between intense belief and rational thinking. She has tackled the issues of censorship and pornography, feminism, pop psychology, gender roles and identities, crime and the criminal-justice system, and gun control. In a Bill Moyers interview Wendy Kaminer talks about what it's like to be a non-believer when the public discourse is saturated with God-talk, and the political effects of piety in government.
http://www.pbs.org/now/society/kaminer.html

In recent years, the occurrence of polio has been reduced by 99%. Today, the world faces less than 500 new cases Ð down from an estimated 350,000 per year just 15 years ago. In America, every child is administered the vaccine, a commodity not so accessible throughout the rest the world. NOW takes viewers to what may be the final offensive against polio through the lens of critically acclaimed photographer Sebasti‹o Salgado. From the Democratic Republic of Congo to Somalia to India, Salgado's unflinching eye captures the poignant human story behind the world's conquest of a deadly disease.
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/endofpolio.html

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http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html

[Wonk]

1. Perils of Piety KICK

:kick:

[phishhead]

2. Ah yes.

Looks to be a good one. :)

[wuushew]

3. Enjoy PBS while you can

The unfunded mandate to convert to HDTV by 2006 may bankrupt PBS.

[Terwilliger]

4. 9:15 EST kick!

kick!

[wuushew]

5. Judge Brown is an uneducated lunatic

She doesn't even know what the supremecy clause is?!

I can't believe Arlen Spectre is doing something positive.

[Wonk]

6. Time zone kick. The Kaminer interview was great, imho :-)

[Wonk]

7. Time zone kick