Tuesday April 6, 2004
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From anti-spyware that's really spyware and email from google-it's the first Tuesday of the month and Tom and John are back to answer your computer questions.
John Gilroy, WAMU Resident Computer Guy; and Director of Business Development at SolutionsDevelopers
Tom Piwowar, TJP&A, Piwowar and Associates, the Mac Guy
Twenty years ago, political theorist Benjamin Barber wrote his now classic treatise "Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age." He joins Kojo to reflect on how the challenge to expand democracy has changed over the years.
Benjamin Barber, author of "Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy"; and "Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age"; and Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society, University of Maryland
Her first language was Creole and she didn't learn English until her teenage years. But that hasn't stopped her from becoming America's best known Haitian novelist. A conversation with Edwige Danticat about her life and passion for writing.
Edwidge Danticat, author of "The Dew Breaker" (Knopf)