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Read the archive   of Wattenberg's   syndicated column     Is There a Worm in the Apple? The landmark federal education law known as the No Child Left Behind Act is now two years old. Supporters of ... more Fewer People, Part Two We have all heard about the population explosion. Indeed, global population is still going up much more slowly than expected. ... more   Is America Polarized? main page Is America Polarized? Aired 10/14/2004 One of the most enduring images of the 2000 presidential election is the map of an America divided between the Republican Red states in the south and west, and Democratic Blue states on the coasts and Great Lakes. Many academics and pundits say a hopeless cultural divide between Red and Blue is polarizing the nation as never before. But does the so-called cultural divide really exist? Is the Red and Blue map of America just a new graphic representation of an old political fact of life?   Read the full transcript   Michael Barone     Senior Writer for U.S. News & World Report, author of "Hard America, Soft America: Competition vs. Coddling, and the Battle for the Nation’s Future" and coauthor of "The Almanac of American Politics."   Morris Fiorina     Senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, and author of "Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America" Originally Aired: 10/14/2004     Be sure to also check out: Here are some previous Think Tank programs that may be of interest. The Future of the Constitution, Part One   aired 7/6/2006 John Rawls   aired 3/9/2006 Congressional Corruption Cancer   aired 1/26/2006 Send us your thoughts Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. ©Copyright Think Tank. All rights reserved.     Web development by Bean Creative.