Tuesday June 7, 2005
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Guest host: Andrea Seabrook of NPR
The Air Force Academy program for promoting religious tolerance has been criticized for failing to adequately address complaints about proselytizing and harrassment of cadets. Andrea Seabrook leads a discussion about why the program exists in the first place and the appropriate place for religious expression in military training and service.
Chaplain Captain MeLinda Morton, chaplain at the Air Force Academy
John Hittinger, professor of philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary and former teacher at the Air Force Academy, 1994-2001
Brigadier General William Lord, commander of the 81st Training Wing, Keesler Air Force Base
Guest host: Andrea Seabrook of NPR
A journalist explores the frontiers of genetic engineering, robotics, and nanotechnology, asking whether these advances will change our understanding of what it means to be human.
Joel Garreau, reporter and editor at The Washington Post. He is also author of "Edge City" and "The Nine Nations of North America."