Midday for August 31, 2006 | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Back to school
Summer vacation is winding down. What challenges are teachers and students facing as they head back to school?11:06 a.m.
Guests
Alice Seagren: Minnesota education commissioner.
Charlie Kyte: Executive director of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators.
Comparing the war on terror to World War II
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Tuesday compared critics of the war on terror to those who doubted the Nazi threat. "Can we truly afford to believe that somehow, some way, vicious extremists can be appeased?" he asked the National Convention of the American Legion in Salt Lake City.12:06 p.m.
Guests
Nick Hayes: Professor of history at St. John's University in Collegeville. Hayes also holds the University Chair in Critical Thinking.
More from MPR
Rumsfeld at the National Press Club (02/03/2006)
Is dissent off limits in wartime? (11/21/2005)

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