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Wednesday January 19, 2005

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10:00Polls and Policy Priorities

We'll talk about President Bush's policy priorities for the second term and how they seem to compare with those of the American public.

Guests

David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union and managing associate with Carmen Group, a D.C.-based governmental-affairs firm

Rich Morin, senior editor, Pew Research Center; former polling director at the Washington Post

Adam Clymer, political director, National Annenberg Election Survey former chief Washington correspondent, The New York Times

11:00Readers' Review: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

Join Diane and a panel of readers to discuss this murder mystery novel with a difference. A 15-year-old boy discovers a murdered dog in his neighbor's garden and decides to find the killer. But he is a very unusual detective and different type of narrator.

Guests

Lisa Page, freelance writer who teaches creative writing at George Washington University.

Jackson Bryer, professor emeritus of English at the University of Maryland and co-editor of "Dear Scott, Dear Zelda" (St. Martin's Press)

Mary Beth Busby, a founding board member of the Fragile X Research Foundation (FRAXA).

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