Young John McCain

"Mr. President, there is no reason for the United States of America to remain in Somalia. The American people want them home. I believe the majority of Congress wants them home. And to set an artificial date of March 31st or even February 1st, In my view is not acceptable.

"The criteria should be to bring them home as safely and as rapidly as possible. An abolition that I think could be completed in a matter of weeks. The American people did not support the goals of nation-building, peace-making, law and order, and certainly not war-lord running. To get into law-and-order, nation-building, etcetera, I think is a tragic and terrible mistake..."

Jim Jubak

"The real puzzle in this recession or 'near-recession' is that, while it may feel like a recession to many people in the economy, the official numbers don't show it. We've still got unemployent below 5%. That's an extraordinaryily low number if the economy is really as bad as the economy feels to many people.

"So, why? Well, I think there are two possibilities. One possibility is that there is a lag in the numbers - that the official numbers don't reflect the real state of the economy..."

Jim Jubak

"Here's a good rule of thumb: If the government in Washington, D. C. announces some new regulatory program of Wall Street and the stock market goes up, you can be pretty sure there's absolutely nothing in it that's meaningful. That's the kind of reaction we got from the market after Treasury Secretary Paulsen announced a big new ballyhooed package of reforms for Wall Street.

Advertising's Women

Her award-winning Killing us Softly films have influenced millions of college and high school students across two generations and on an international scale.

In this important new film, Kilbourne reviews if and how the image of women in advertising has changed over the last 20 years.

With wit and warmth, Kilbourne uses over 160 ads and TV commercials to critique advertising's image of women. By fostering creative and productive dialogue, she invites viewers to look at familiar images in a new way, that moves and empowers them to take action.