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Monday August 6, 2007

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Week of August 6, 2007

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12:06The Only One

Being different isn't always easy. Just ask the male nanny at the playground, the black manager at a Fortune 500 company, the gay member of a temple, the disabled child at the swimming pool, or the only white professor in an African American studies department. In his monthly conversation with Kojo, Howard Ross is back to explore the complicated dynamics that swirl around "the only" in any situation.

Guests

Howard Ross, Diversity consultant; Principal, Cook Ross

13:06Lobbying & Congressional Ethics

Some say it is a massive reform. Others call it a do-nothing bill. Last week, Congress sent President Bush a measure designed to rein in frivolous spending and lobbyist abuses. Join Kojo for a look at the legislation and its potential impact on Capitol Hill.

Guests

Bart Jansen, Reporter, Congressional Quarterly

13:23Who Owns The Ocean?

More than twenty years ago, the US helped draft an international treaty to govern how disputes related to the open oceans should be resolved. But America never signed on. We find out why a strange group of bedfellows -- including the Bush administration, environmental groups, the Navy, and oil companies -- say the time has come for America to join 154 other nations and ratify The Law of the Seas Conventions.

Guests

John Norton Moore, Walter L. Brown Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law; Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy

Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law

Captain Patrick Neher, Director of International Law for the U.S. Navy

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