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    Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism

    Ben Wattenberg talked about his book, "Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism, published by Thomas Dunne Books. In his book, Ben Wattenberg explains his political sh…

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    Immigration Projections

    Center for Immigration Studies released a report on immigration. Their projections showed that current levels of legal and illegal immigration would add more than 100 million people to the n…

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    Term Limitations: Housecleaning or Sham?

    The panel talked about term limits. Topics included the history, benefits, and drawbacks to term limitations. They also talked about the phenomenon of the incumbent advantage, where incumben…

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    Fewer: The New Demography of Depopulation

    Mr. Wattenberg talks about his book Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation Will Shape Our Future, published by Ivan R. Dee. In the book he discusses low birth and fertility rates and…

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    The First Measured Century

    The authors discussed their reference book, The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000, published by AEI Press. The book presents data about social chan…

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    Network Coverage of Election Results: Network Executives

    Network and cable executives testified about election night news coverage, inaccuracies in exit polling information, and the potential impacts of the reporting on election results. In often …

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    2004 Election Outlook

    Panelists talked about the outlook for the 2004 presidential election campaign. Among the issues they addressed were likely policy differences between candidates, the state of the Democratic…

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    Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics

    Robert Kaufman talked about his biography Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, published by University of Washington Press, about the life and political career of Henry “Scoop” Jackson, the…

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    Productivity and Jobs

    Participants talked about trends in productivity growth, its impact on employment rates, and the overall effect on the economy. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audie…

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    News Review

    Guests talked about headline news stories and responded to viewer comments and questions. Mr. Price was in town for the National Urban League conference.

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    Network Coverage of Election Results

    Researchers testified about their study of network coverage of election results, problems with exit poll data, and the potential impacts on the 2000 general election.

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    Charitable Choice

    Members of a panel talked about the efficacy of religious institutions in providing social services and other charitable work in local communities. Among the issues, they talked about were, …

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    Liability Issues for Health Plans

    Participants at a forum sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute debated ways of establishing liability and accountability for health maintenance organizations. Among the issues they a…

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    Teacher Certification and Education Reform

    Participants talked about teacher qualification and certification, focusing on the quality of higher education for teachers, the quality of teaching in public, private and charter schools, a…

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    Women's Movement Looks Ahead

    The panelists talked about where the women’s movement stands now and where it is going. They said women voters elected President Clinton and wondered how they see him now in view of the Lewi…

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    Washington Journal Feature

    Daniel Wattenberg and Ben Wattenberg talked about current news stories of interest to them and took audience calls, faxes and electronic mail.

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    Assisted Suicide Legalization

    Participants discussed whether doctor-assisted suicide should be made legal. They examined issues such as a person’s right to die and be relieved of suffering, the proper role of physicians …

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    Washington Journal: Sunday

    Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

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    Washington Journal: Friday

    Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

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    Election Watch

    In the first of a series of four meetings on the presidential campaign sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute. Described as an "off the record meeting except for C-SPAN", participant…

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