“WE ARE NOT FINAL BECAUSE WE ARE INFALLIBLE…”
We are infallible only because we are final,” noted former Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson. Indeed. Constitutional law expert and advocate Alan Morrison discusses the Court's 5-4 decision striking down the District of Columbia's strict handgun control law under the Second Amendment. (Host: Angela Jordan Davis)

A LABOR PERSPECTIVE ON THE 2008 ELECTIONS AND BEYOND
William Samuel, director of the AFL-CIO's Department of Government Affairs, reflects on labor's evolving legislative agenda, how the presidential candidates compare, and labor’s plans to mobilize its members for Barack Obama. (Host: Fred Feinstein)

MAINTAINING ONE'S CREATIVE EDGE WHILE MINDING THE DANCE BUSINESS
Dancer/choreographer Christopher Morgan discusses the challenges to creativity posed by dividing one’s time between the artistic expression and the management of a dance company. (Host: Peter Dimuro).

Also on this edition of THE COFFEE HOUSE… Dieselbilly Bill Kirchen picks his GRAMMY nominee, “Poultry in Motion";.poetry by JaHipster ("Grandma Get Your Gun") and Judith Harris ("After Lacan")... and the sights and sounds of the Fourth of July Parade in Takoma Park, Maryland.

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