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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.
Howard Ross, Diversity consultant; Principal, Cook Ross
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.
Bart Jansen, Reporter, Congressional Quarterly
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.
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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