Our guests present the complex issues of early childhood development from the perspective of the growth of the brain and the child’s emerging personality.

Tue. June 11
Topic: Role of Newspapers in the 21st Century
Guests: Peter Bhatia, executive editor of the Oregonian, Portland, Oregon
               Patrick Butler, International Center for Journalists
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Competition for the public’s limited time and attention span continues. Our guests will discuss challenges for newspapers worldwide today.

Wed. June 12
Topic: Religious Freedom in Sudan
Guest: Michael Young, US Commission on International Religious Freedom

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has found the government of Sudan to be the world’s most violent abuser of the right to freedom of religion and belief. The Commission also found that religion is a major factor in Sudan’s ongoing civil war. Lawrence Goodrich will discuss these and other problems in Sudan.

Thur. June 13
Topic: Threat of Famine in southern Africa
Guests: Roy Stacy, Program Director of Famine Early Warning Systems 
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               Mwiza Munthali, Director of Information, TransAfrica Forum
          Carol Thompson, Prof. of Political Science 

Draught is threatening southern Africa.  Zimbabwe has already been hard hit, and the death toll in Malawi is rising daily. According to the UN World Food Program about 145,000 tons of food will be needed in the coming months. Our guests will talk about what can be done, if anything, to prevent disaster.

Fri. June 14
Topic: When The Gate-Keepers Don’t Talk To Each Other 
Guests:John Steinbruner, Prof. of Public Policy, Univ. of  Maryland 
               Timothy Lynch, Dir., Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute 

The CIA was responsible for external threats and the FBI took care of bad guys on the home front in the days before America awoke to the fact that the nature of terror is that it doesn’t follow the rules.