E-mail a friendSeptember 27, 2004
New Mexico's Gov. Bill Richardson discusses the Bush and Kerry debate styles. Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson says everyone should be comfortable with science.
Gov. Bill Richardson
Gov. Bill Richardson
New Mexico's Gov. Bill Richardson has impressive political credentials. He served as U.N. ambassador, Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration, seven terms in Congress and, in '04, the first Hispanic chairman of a national Democratic Convention. He's also a four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Richardson was elected governor in '02 by the largest margin of any candidate since '64 and, in the past two general elections, was rumored to be on the short list of VP picks by both Gore and Kerry.
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
As a kid in the Bronx, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson was expected to become a star athlete. Instead, he overcame the misperceptions of a young person of color and became an astrophysicist and the youngest-ever director of New York's famous Hayden Planetarium. Tyson also works with the American Museum of Natural History, writes a column for Natural History, and is an award-winning author, with titles that include The Pluto Files. He's involved in several programs that bring science to inner-city schoolchildren.