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Wednesday March 22, 2006

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10:00Censure Proposal

A recent poll indicates that 46% of Americans support Senator Russell Feingold's proposal for censure of President Bush for unauthorized wiretaps. We'll talk about the proposal and how it's viewed by both Republican and Democratic party strategists.

Guests

E.J. Dionne, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, Washington Post columnist, and author of "Stand Up Fight Back."

Byron York, White House correspondent for National Review and author of "The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy"

Richard Wolffe, senior White House correspondent, Newsweek

11:00Stephen Miller: "Conversation" (Yale)

Essayist Stephen Miller traces the history of conversation from ancient Athens and Sparta to the age of the cell phone and the iPod. He'll explain why he believes the art of conversation is in decline in this country and what some Americans are doing about it.

Guests

Steven Miller, essayist and author of "Conversation"

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