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Wednesday In Depth: February 27, 2013

  • 9:06 a.m.

    Does America need a second Emancipation Proclamation?

    2013 marks 150 years since President Lincoln freed most of the country's slaves. A Cornell professor says America would be well served to issue a second Emancipation Proclamation -- something Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted President Kennedy to do 50 years ago.

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  • 10:06 a.m.

    Madeleine Albright on 'Prague Winter'

    Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright joins us to talk about her latest memoir, "Prague Winter," which explores her childhood in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation and the onset of the Cold War.

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  • 11:15 a.m.

    How will sequestration affect U.S. defense?

    A series of spending cuts, known as "sequestration," are scheduled to take place on March 1 unless President Barack Obama and Congress reach a budget deal. One major area of concern: how will our security be affected?

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  • Op-ed pick: The Senate’s guest worker program will provide a flexible workforce

    June 13, 2013, 16:06 PM in Economy, Business & Jobs "The size of the guest-worker program is designed to adjust automatically in response to changing U.S. labor needs, growing in good years when the economy needs more foreign workers and shrinking when more Americans are out of work."

  • 3 things to buy at the farmers market this weekend

    June 7, 2013, 13:06 PM in News & Trends After we taped the Friday Roundtable, I asked the panelists what we should pick up at the farmer’s market this weekend. Stephanie Meyer recommends morels. Amy Thielen says to buy dandelion greens if you can find them. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl’s a fan of rhubarb: Here’s what you can do with rhubarb. I like to cook…

  • Exploring the science of taste over a nice French meal

    May 30, 2013, 12:05 PM in Science The science of taste (and smells) is the subject of the 11:00 a.m. hour on The Daily Circuit on Thursday, May 30.  Kerri Miller talks with Stuart Firestein, who chairs the biology sciences department at Columbia University.  Firestein is participating in “The Taste of Science,” an event at this year’s World Science Festival in New…

  • Could Julie Rosen challenge Dayton? Roundtable members think so

    May 24, 2013, 10:05 AM in Politics & Government “Think about how hard it would be for Dayton to run against a moderate, Republican woman. Yikes.”

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