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Doing Without
Catholicism isn’t the only faith with a tradition of abstinence. Buddhists, Jains, and Hindus all sometimes practice celibacy, although the Catholic church’s ban on sexual intercourse by priests and nuns is unique. A new HBO documentary explores the effect of celibacy on those faithful who practice it.
The New Look of Campaign Advertising
Peter Overby Money, Power & Influence Correspondent for National Public Radio on how campaign finance reform will effect advocacy in the media
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Viveca Novak Washington correspondent and Supreme Court correspondent for Time Magazine discusses today's decisions by the Supreme Court
Abstinence
Richard Sipe former benedictine monk who is now a psychologist
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Anthony Thomas director/producer/narrator/writer of "Celibacy", (airing on HBO's "America Undercover" series Monday 6/28
Right Gets Mighty
Adrian Wooldridge Washington Correspondent for the Economist and co-author (with John Mickelthwait) The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America (Penguin Press, 2004)explains the success of conservative politics in America
Supreme Decisions
Viveca Novak Washington correspondent and Supreme Court correspondent for Time Magazine provides analysis on today's decisions by the Supreme Court
Master Planner
Daniel Libeskind Architect on what's happening with his plans for the World Trade Center site
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