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To the Point episodes

July 06, 2007 Is Today's Internet Killing Our Culture?
Are Wikipedia, Google and an infinite number of web blogs, liberating our culture or killing it. Also, the Bush Administration's big surveillance victory in court, and are Grey whales headed for extinction once again?
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July 05, 2007 Is America Ready for On-Camera Surveillance?
Within hours of Britain's failed car-bomb attacks, closed circuit TV's had provided thousands of hours of videotaped evidence. Also, the western US faces severe
weather, and Hamas and a hostage release in Gaza.
52 min
July 04, 2007 Women's Rights and the Constitution
A constitutional amendment giving equal rights to women was almost ratified 25 years ago. Is it time for a revival? Also, tightened security over the holiday weekend, and after four years of war in Iraq, the President still has not called for national sacrifice.
52 min
July 03, 2007 Is 'Scooter' Libby in Line for a Pardon?
President Bush has commuted the prison sentence of Lewis "Scooter"
Libby and he's not ruling out a full pardon. Also, another
medical worker is arrested in the London car bombings, and the meeting in Kennebunkport, a win-win in Russia for Vladimir Putin.
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July 02, 2007 Attempted Terror in Britain, Opportunity in Iran?
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff says he's seen no recent intelligence about a specific plot against the US. Also, hawks and doves within the Bush Administration are at odds over the opportunities being created by civil unrest in Iran.
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June 29, 2007 Tony Blair: From Northern Ireland to the Middle East
Tony Blair helped resolved the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland. Now he's a Special Envoy to the Middle East. Will the lessons of one conflict apply to the other? Also, a massive car bomb discovered in London, and the Supreme Court and Guantánamo Bay.
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June 28, 2007 Supreme Court Divided Again on a Major Decision
The US Supreme Court ruled today that, when school districts try to
maintain racial diversity, they must be "color blind." It's another
5-to-4 split decision on an issue with far-reaching implications. What does that say about the Roberts Court? Also, immigration reform is of the table, and the Bald Eagle is off the "endangered" list but what about other species?
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June 27, 2007 Immigration, the Bush White House and Talk Radio
Republican Senator Trent Lott says right-wing
talk radio has defined the debate on immigration and may be able to kill the
fragile compromise supported by President Bush. Also, Britain's Tony
Blair heads for the Middle East on behalf of the Quartet, and Gordon Brown takes over as Prime Minister.
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June 26, 2007 Dick Cheney, the CIA and the 'Family Jewels'
The CIA has released "the Family Jewels," agents' reports on 25 years
of illegal activities ending in 1974. How different is the CIA now, with Dick Cheney holding the
intelligence portfolio for President Bush? Also, the President predicts success for a new immigration bill, and 22 months after Katrina, New Orleans finally has a
recovery plan but there's no
insurance.
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June 25, 2007 Water, Water Everywhere? Not Any More
A Western problem is moving East, with drought now afflicting one-third
of the United States. But Mother Nature's only part of the reason that
water shortages are increasingly common. Also, a 2500 acres along California's
Lake Tahoe are up in flames, and two captives heard from in Gaza.
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A monthly reality-check on the issues Americans care about most. Host Warren Olney draws on his decades of experience to explore the people and issues shaping – and disrupting - our world. How did…