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June 13, 2008: Retribution for Child Molesters

June 13, 2008: Retribution for Child Molesters

Right now, 36 states permit capital punishment for murder. Should that penalty be extended to those who rape children?

Posted: Jun 13th, 2008  Comments: 2   Views: 2,782   
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June 6, 2008: Alzheimer’s Testing

June 6, 2008: Alzheimer’s Testing

Now, a moral dilemma facing some of the children of people who have Alzheimer's disease, for which there is, so far, no cure. If they could know that they are likely to get the disease themselves would they want to take a test if there were one that could predict that?

Posted: Jun 6th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 2,255   
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May 30, 2008: Global Food Aid
Episode no. 1139: PERSPECTIVES

May 30, 2008: Global Food Aid

Now, back to the global food crisis. Joining me today is Tony Hall, the former Ohio congressman who was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations humanitarian agencies in Rome.

Posted: May 30th, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,222   
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May 23, 2008: Ave Maria Village

May 23, 2008: Ave Maria Village

What was once tomato-growing farmland in southwest Florida has grown into something dramatically different. A 100 foot-tall, $24 million house of worship has risen, the centerpiece for a new town with a population goal of 25,000 and a new university.

Posted: May 23rd, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 1,378   
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May 9, 2008: Food Aid Ethics

May 9, 2008: Food Aid Ethics

Between tragedies such as the one in Myanmar and the disastrous worldwide rise in food prices, a question long debated by relief experts has become urgent: What's the best way for the U.S. to help the hungry?

Posted: May 9th, 2008  Comments: 1   Views: 1,678   
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May 2, 2008: Jeremiah Wright and the Black Church

May 2, 2008: Jeremiah Wright and the Black Church

Senator Barack Obama this week denounced several recent controversial statements by his former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

Posted: May 2nd, 2008  Comments: 0   Views: 2,140   
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July 27, 2007: Exonerated Prisoners

July 27, 2007: Exonerated Prisoners

There are more than two million people serving hard time in America's state and federal prisons. However, some of the incarcerated - how many, no one really knows for sure - shouldn't be behind bars. They are innocent people wrongfully convicted and sent to prison for crimes they did not commit.

Posted: Jul 27th, 2007  Comments: 0   Views: 154   
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