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It?s a term most linked with Bush's plan around privatizing Social Security, but the current political philosophy of an "ownership society" stretches to home buying, health care, even education. Although this idea is nothing new, it still has it ardent supporters and fervent detractors. We'll explore the ideas around the ownership society, what it means and what it says about the political ideology of those who are for and against it. Laura's guests are Charles Arlinghaus, President of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy. Joe Keefe, Former Chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party and President of New Circle Communications and Dean Spiliotes, Research Fellow for the Department of Politics at Saint Anselm College

Six years after Columbine, another school shooting brings national attention to school violence and safety issues. Where have we come since then? What have we learned and has our perspective changed since the nation's worst school shooting in history? Kevin Gardner hosts. His guests are Gregg Champlin, Natural Hazards Specialist with the New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Management. Champlin also developed and conducts workshops on emergency management planning for schools throughout New Hampshire and is a national expert on school safety issues. Kevin Nolan, Detective with the Salem Police Department, Resource Officer for Salem High School and Vice-President of the Executive Board for the National Association School Resource Officers. Virginia Clifford, Coordinator for the Safe and Drug-free Schools program at the New Hampshire Department of Education.

The Terri Schiavo controversy has the nation riveted. It's brought up political, moral, medical and philosophical questions that have divided people between parties, religious groups even families who generally agree on issues. Today on the Exchange, we'll look at what Granite Staters are saying about the Terri Schiavo case, and at the debate over some bills in our legislature that encourage us to spell out our last wishes more clearly. Laura's guests are Dr. Ira Byock, Director of Palliative Medicine at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and author of two books on end of life care, Rev. Benedict Guevin, Professor of Theology at St. Anselm College. Phyllis Woods, former State representative from Dover and TBA

NPR news analyst Cokie Roberts book examines the role of the women who also played a large part in the founding of our country…. Martha Washington, Abagail Adams, Eliza Pinckney all women who had their hand in the Revolutionary war and the forming of our the politics of our early republic. They are mostly wives, sisters, mother of key men of Founding fathers but their influence was essential and until now, unknown. Laura's guest is Cokie Roberts.

It's a perennial debate in the State House that's part of a much larger debate nationwide... medical malpractice reform. It pits trial lawyers against doctors against insurance agents as to how claims of medical negligence should be handled and settled. Despite deep concerns surrounding the economy, foreign policy and health care, medical malpractice reform stays a heated discussion. We'll explore the different sides of this debate and see why it continues to stay unresolved. Laura's guests are Dr Gary Woods, an orthopedic surgeon practicing in Concord and immediate past president of the New Hampshire Medical Society. Paul M. Monzione, A lawyer practicing in Wolfeboro and Board Member of the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association. Stuart Altman, Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at Brandeis University and David Withers, Property Causulty Actuary at the New Hampshire Insurance Department.