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Presidential candidate John Kerry proposed an energy plan that would help bring down gas prices. President Bush says high prices at the pump could have been avoided if Congress had passed his energy bill. Diane and her guests talk about the economics and politics of energy.
Ron Minsk, former special assistant to President Clinton on economic policy
John Felmy, chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute
A social scientist explains why birth order and gender are not the main reasons why one sibling succeeds while another fails.
Dalton Conley, is the director of the Center for Advanced Social Science Research and professor of sociology and public policy at New York University. He is the author of "Honky" and "Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America."