Healthcare Reform & Public Hospitals

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Will President Obama’s new public policy for healthcare cure the flaws in the previous system? And what adaptations must current healthcare providers implement under the reform plan? We’ll talk with Ron Anderson, President and CEO of Parkland Health & Hospital System, about quality, accountability, out of control costs, and putting the patient first. In the Art&Seek segment, we’ll talk to Nada Shabout, Director of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Institute at UNT, about her efforts to track missing artwork in Iraq and a recent photo exhibition on the lives of Iraqi women.

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Myths of Green Energy & the Real Fuels of the Future

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Is renewable energy really a possibility or just another dream at the end of the oil pipeline? We’ll explore the challenges and possible solutions to the world’s looming energy crisis this hour with journalist Robert Bryce. His new book is “Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future” (Public Affairs, 2010). Bryce speaks to the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth this evening.

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A Personal Perspective on the Space Race

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How did our country managed to develop from a largely agrarian society at the end of the 19th Century to a competitive power in space by the mid-20th Century? We’ll talk this hour with Dr. David Peters, McDonnell Douglas Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Structural Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He’ll deliver the lecture “Boomers, Bloomers and Zoomers: A personal perspective on the space race” at UTA this evening.

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The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization

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We probably all take it for granted, but just how tenuous is our planet’s water supply and how will water influence our future? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Steven Solomon whose new book is “Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization” (Harper, 2010). Solomon speaks to the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth this evening.

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Custer's Last Stand

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What is the real story behind the myth of Custer’s last battle? We’ll find out this hour with acclaimed historian and writer Nathaniel Philbrick, whose new book on the subject is “The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn” (Viking, 2010).

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America and the Pill

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Fifty years ago this month the FDA approved the birth control pill. How did it change the world? We’ll look back this hour with historian Elaine Tyler May, author of the new book “America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation” (Basic Books, 2010).

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An Iraqi Woman's Journey from the Heart of War

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How would you survive and escape if your country was wracked by violence and war? We’ll hear one such story this hour with CBS News correspondent Don Teague and former NBC News translator in Iraq, Rafraf Barrak. Their new book is “Saved by Her Enemy: An Iraqi woman’s journey from the heart of war to the heartland of America” (Howard Books, 2010).

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How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

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What’s missing in our country’s education system and what’s the best way to correct that shortcoming? We’ll examine current issues facing our schools this hour with Diane Ravitch, author of the new book “The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education” (Basic Books, 2010). Ravitch will address the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture this evening.

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