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September 25 - 29, 2006
Monday, Sept. 25
The Games Go On and On!
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In one corner, in the blue shorts, is Bill Carrick, consultant to Phil Angelides' gubernatorial campaign. And in another corner in the red shorts, Matthew Dowd, chief strategist to the gubernatorial campaign of Arnold Schwarzenegger. As part of our regular pre-election coverage, these gentlemen will retire to their corners and come out... talking. Election day is just six weeks away.
What Does It All Mean?
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Political reporter Carla Marinucci joins Patt to parse the strategies.
Corporate Ethics
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As events inside Hewlett Packard have shown recently, even the board of directors isn't safe from corporate spying. How far can companies go in monitoring what their employees are doing? What pressures motivate this behavior?
- Craig Dunn, Associate Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics, San Diego State University
- Randy Cohen, writes the weekly column "The Ethicist" for the New York Times Magazine. He is also the author of The Good, The Bad & The Difference: How To Tell Right From Wrong in Everyday Situations.
- Jeff Kaplan, Legal Expert, Partner at Kaplan & Walker LLP
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Tuesday, Sept. 26
Funding Cut for Local Ports
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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach received a combined $12 million in federal grants to protect against terrorist attacks. The combined ports handle about 43% of the nation's imported goods. The funds, however, are only about half the $24 million the ports received in Homeland Security dollars last year.
Outlooks for the Housing Market
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There are warnings of trouble in the housing sector - a report of the first year-over-year drop in median home sales prices in more than a decade.
Death Penalty Hearings Begin
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Is execution of condemned inmates by lethal injection cruel and inhuman punishment? A federal judge will hear from legal and medical experts on the issue in hearings that begin today.
Stun Guns for Public Works Investigators?
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The city employees who chase down deadbeats illegally dumping waste on the city streets are often threatened and occasionally assaulted. So, their boss says, they need stun guns to do their job. Yesterday, the City Council held up the plan, asking for more oversight and more training before the potentially deadly weapons are issued.
This Film is Not Yet Rated
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In This Film is not Yet Rated, documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick delves into Hollywood's sacred cow: the Motion Picture Association of America. Created more than 35 years ago, this well-known, but mostly secretive organization sets the rating standards for films shown in the U.S, which can make or break a picture.
- Kirby Dick, Director, This Film is not Yet Rated
Wednesday, Sept. 27
Ask the Chief
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The LAPD has added another 50 officers to patrol fifty blocks in the heart of Los Angeles. When it comes to skid row, Police chief Bill Bratton is stuck between a court order and a contrary-minded city council. Bratton joins Patt to answer listener calls on the problem of the homeless and much more.
Boxer Pushes Paper Ballot
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Senator Barbara Boxer is behind legislation that would reimburse states and counties for expenses related to providing paper ballots as options to electronic voting.
From the Collection Plate to the Candidate
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An LA Daily News investigation shows 39 local churches, synagogues and Buddhist temples have given thousands to political candidates over the last eight years, violating their non-profit status. Federal officials have focused on the outspoken clergy at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, but largely left these other cases alone.
- Beth Barrett, LA Daily News
Thursday, Sept. 28
Civil Disobedience and March for Immigrants Rights
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It's billed as the next battle in the Immigration Rights movement. This time, the protest will focus on the treatment of immigrant workers, starting with efforts to transform conditions in the hotel and restaurant industry. LAX-area hotel workers and their supporters will hold a march, rally, and conduct a sit-in on Century Boulevard in an act of civil disobedience. Will these actions have the same national resonance as the immigrant marches last spring?
George Soros
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In the new book, The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror (Public Affairs), the financier and founder of the Open Society Institute offers his take on the meaning of freedom and what societies can best do to promote it. Soros joins Patt to share his views on freedom of expression, democracy, and his concept of the open-society.
- George Soros, Author, The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror
Friday, Sept. 29
King/Drew Update
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After failing a "make or break" inspection, health officials are working to find a way to keep the King/Drew Medical Center open despite its loss of almost $200 million in federal funds. Currently officials are considering whether to sell King/Drew to a private hospital operator or transferring the license to a hospital facility such as Harbor-UCLA.
- Yvonne Burke, Los Angeles County Supervisor 2nd District
Guest Worker Program for Border Bill?
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As western farm growers are facing a shortage of workers to harvest crops, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Larry E. Craig have proposed to add a guest worker program for agricultural workers to the bill to create a 700-mile fence along the U.S. Mexico border. The Feinstein-Craig agriculture jobs bill would create a pilot program to allow people who have worked in agriculture for three to five years to get green cards and ultimately citizenship.
The Fall Docket
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The Supreme Court goes back in session Monday, with cases on abortion, the environment and racial diversity in schools. How will Chief Justice John Roberts and his colleagues decide some of the country's most contentious social issues? The court is also taking on more decisions affecting American business. We'll look at the cases and what's influencing the court's attention to commerce.
- Emily Bazelon, Slate Senior Editor
Jesus Camp
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A new critically acclaimed documentary follows three children through an Evangelical "Kids on Fire" summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota. Jesus Camp sets out to provide a glimpse of an intense training ground for dedicated Christian members of "God's Army" along with America's political and religious future.
- Pastor Becky Fischer, "Kids on Fire" Summer Camp
- Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, Filmmakers, Jesus Camp
And the Winner is...
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Patt announces the winner from our KPCC Hawaii Sweepstakes. The lucky winner and a guest have won a 5-day trip to Hawaii and tickets to see A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.
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