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Monday July 7, 2003

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12:06Transparency and Disclosure

Guest host: Frank Stasio

From food labeling to national security to accounting practices, we tend to believe that we have a right to know the details. But is more information a good thing? And is government transparency something that can be legistlated?

Guests

Mary Graham, Co-director of The Transparency Policy Project at the Kennedy School of Govenrment; Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institute; author of "Democracy By Dicslosure: The Rise of Technopopulism"

Allison Kretser, Director, Scientific and Nutrition Policy, Grocery Manufacturers Association

Steward Taylor, opinion columnist with the "National Journal" and contributor to "Newsweek" magazine

13:06International Criminal Court

Guest host: Frank Stasio

Why a spat over the International Criminal Court is pitting the U.S. against some of its staunchest allies.

Guests

Anthony Dworkin, editor, "Crimes of War"

David Rivkin, Former Justice Department Offical in the Reagan and Bush Senior administrations; and partner with Baker and Hostetler LLP

13:32History of the Earth

Guest host: Frank Stasio

Learn the history of the earth in a nutshell, by studying a seashell

Guests

Alan Cutler, geologist; and author of "The Seashell on the Mountain Top: The story of Science, Statehood, and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth"

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