How would Dallas deal with a pandemic of disastrous proportions? Dr. John Carlo, Medical Director, Dallas County Health and Human Services will speak about disaster preparedness, the social and ethical issues within disaster response, and the practical implications for law, medicine and religion at the SMU Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics’ 21st Annual Conference […]
The Dow Jones Industrial average fell as much as 546 points yesterday and ultimately closed down 416.02 points. According to the New York Times, yesterday’s slide marked the worst decline in terms of points since 9/11. The Dow’s 3.29 percent drop was the worst day for the market in percentage terms since March, 2003. What […]
Can how a person lives strengthen society and lead to positive change in the world? The Art of Living Foundation is dedicated to serving society by strengthening the individual through programs that eliminate stress, create a sense of belonging, restore human values, and encourage people to come together in celebration and service. We’ll spend this […]
Where do you really come from? And how did you get where you are today? Our guest this hour, Dr. Spencer Wells and the National Geographic’s Genographic Project are tracing the pathways of human migration through DNA. According to recent research, all humans descended from a group of African ancestors who began a remarkable journey […]
The death penalty is and probably always will be controversial. One person who’s more familiar with the process than most is Sister Helen Prejean. Sister Prejean, whose work on Angola Prison’s death row was featured in the 1995 film “Dead Man Walking,” continues to minister to death row inmates and the families of victims alike. […]
Texas History is big. And there are many interpretations, but whose version is true? We’ll discuss the divergent views of our state’s history this hour with TCU Professor Gregg Cantrell and UNT Professor Elizabeth Hayes Turner – co-editors of “Lone Star Pasts: Memory and History in Texas” (Texas AandM University Press, 2007).
Richard W. Fisher assumed the office of president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on April 4, 2005. In this role, Fisher serves as a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve’s principal monetary policymaking group. During 2005, and every third year following, Fisher will be a voting member […]
What do America’s foundations do with your money, and why won’t they tell you? Dr. Joel Fleishman, Professor of Law and Public Policy at Duke University, has spent almost 50 years working with, within, and around foundations and knows the non-profit sector like few others. We’ll spend this hour with Joel Fleishman, author of “The […]
How is the world of wine changing and what are the new wines on the horizon for 2007? We’ll cover the wine scene this hour with Paul Botamer, Wine and Beverage Director at The Mansion on Turtle Creek and Rebecca Murphy, founder and chairman of the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition, which celebrates its 23rd […]
Remember when kids used to have time to play – time to actually go outside, make up games and really play? According to our guest this hour, Dr. David Elkind, play has a “central role in [the] healthy intellectual, social, and emotional development” of children. His latest book is “the power of play: how spontaneous, […]
