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Trumix.com listings available of Massachusetts School of Law Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Books of Our Time In this installment of Books of Our Time, host Lawrence R. Velvel discusses with author Elizabeth Warren her new book "The Two Income Trap."  The book is a revealing look at how overall wages have decreased for family earners despite women entering the workforce. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Books Of Our Time Dean Lawrence R. Velvel sits down with author Dan Oren to discuss his  book "Joining the Club."  The book details the extensive religiously based discrimination that took place at Yale University and other Ivy League institutions throughout the 21st century.Produced by the Massachusetts School of Law. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Private Lives and Public Consquences P. II William Chafe from Duke University sits down with Dean Lawrence R. Velvel from the Massachsuetts School of Law to discuss Chafe's new book "PRIVATE LIVES AND PUBLIC CONSQUENCES: PERSONALITY AND POLITICS IN MODERN AMERICA."  This is the second part of their two hour discussion on BOOKS OF OUR TIME. They discuss the personal lives of FDR, MLK, JFK and many more prominent public figures of the 20th century. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Books of Our Time: Interview with The Boston Globe's Charlie Savage Listen to this installment of âBooks of Our Timeâ (watch Part 1 or Part 2) as Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Charlie Savage. Savage is a national reporter for the Boston Globe and recently won a Pulitzer prize for his articles about signing statements that were used by George W. Bush to negate legislation and extend presidential power. In this interview Savage will be discussing his new work, âTake Over â The Return of the Imperial Presidency in This inversion of American D ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Books of Our Time: The 1950s Yankees Dynasty Dean Larry Velvel interviewes Tufts University Professor Sol Gittleman about his new book "Reynolds, Raschi, and Lopat: New York's Big Three and the Great Yankee Dynasty of 1949-1953". The interview orginally aired on Comcast CN8 television. Visit www.mslaw.edu for more information. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Death Penalty The Death Penalty MSL Educational Forum host Constance Rudneck and guests discuss the changing role of the death penalty in criminal justice.  It may be observed that there are growing movements to abolish the death penalty completely.  Is this helpful?  What are the forces on both sides of this debate? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aftermath of 9/11 continues Aftermath from 9/11 Question of Law host Michael Coyne and guests discuss the effects the tragedy of 9/11 has had on the nation in the ensueing 6 years.  They focus on issues such as immigration and civil rights.  How do we protect ourselves and remain the beacon of liberty our forefathers envisioned?  Can we have both security and freedom? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less priv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Protecting Securities Investments Protecting Securities Investments Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and her panel of guests discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission and the new laws designed to protect the investing public against debacles such as Enron and World Com.  Are these laws effective?  How can a novice investor know they are not being taken advantage of to their financial detriment? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal educatio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Women and Wall Street Women and Wall Street Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and guests discuss the book Tales from the Boom Boom room about sexual harrassment on Wall Street and how this affected and continues to affect the business carried on there.  Why was it so rampant?  Why was it considered "normal" and so difficult to redress the issue? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged per ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Family Arrested Family Arrested Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and her guests discuss the impact on families when a member is jailed or imprisoned.  They examine the practical as well as the cultural aspects and look at effects not often considered to such families. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sexual Harrassment Sexual Harrassment Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and attorney guests discuss issues related to various forms of harrassment against women, and even men at times.  They explore street harrassment and sexual harrassment in other venues. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing hig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Military in Graduate Schools The Military in Grad Schools Question of Law host Constance Rudneck and guests discuss the Pentagon's forcing law and other graduate schools to accept military recruiters on campus or face the cutoff of any federal funding the institution receives.  Is this Constitutional?  Is it fair, or is it forcing schools whomight be against the military to allow their presence? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Imminent Threat Imminent threat Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and guests discuss the principle in international law called "anticipitory self defense."  Do nations present an imminent threat to us now, did North Korea or Iraq pose such a threat?  What kind of threat must be posed before anticipitory self defense may be used? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who ar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cohabitation Cohabitation Question of Law host Michael Coyne and guests discuss the legal issues surrounding cohabitation, or domestic partnerships where marrige is not sought or, in same gender cases, is not legal for most states.  They explore the legal and tax advantages of marriage and what the advantages or disadvantages may be for cohabitations and domestic partnerships. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education availabl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments Question of Law host Constance Rudneck and journalist Lyle Denniston discuss the issues started and stemming from the Alabama case of the 10 Commandments monument that judge Roy Moore wanted to keep on display.  they bring into the discussion issues about religious freedom and religious expressions in public venues. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mirror to America, part 2 of 2 Mirror to America, part 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, Books of Our Time host Lawrence R. Velvel talks with noted author and history professor Dr. John Hope Franklin about his autobiography, Mirror to America.  Dr. Franklin talks about the interdisciplinary center named after him and about his work in redefining understandings of the antebellum and reconstruction South.  In his autobiography, Dr. Franklin says he hopes to help people gaze into a mirror that will help us as Am ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mirror to America, 1 of 2 irror to America, part 1 of 2 Books of Our Time host Lawrence R. Velvel talks with noted author and history professor Dr. John Hope Franklin about his autobiography, Mirror to America.  Dr. Franklin talks about the interdisciplinary center named after him and about his work in redefining understandings of the antebellum and reconstruction South.  In his autobiography, Dr. Franklin says he hopes to help people gaze into a mirror that will help us as Americans understand and begin t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dentistry, Periodontics and Implants Dentistry, Periodontics and Implants Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and her guests explore implants and other orthodontic aspects designed to enhance personal appearance.  They look at the need or desire to have this work done, at the expenses associated with it and at the present and emerging abilities of dentists, orthodontists and periodontists. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Teen curfews Teen Curfews Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and guests discuss the different approaches to curfews for teens that cities implement in an attempt to curb crime of that age group.  Why do they appear to not work in many situations?  Why do some cities without curfews have low juvenile crime rates?  Are such curfews constitutional? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privilege ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Divorce, Kids and the Legal System Divorce, Kids and the Legal System Question of Law  host Diane Sullivan and her panel of guests discuss the issues of kids in the legal process of divorce.  Do kids have any say which parent they will live with?  Should they?  Does divorce teach kids to avoid intimate relationships? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Progress Paradox The Progress Paradox Books of Our time host, Lawrence R. Velvel and author Gregg Easterbrook discuss his book that discusses the phenomenon of people making progress, but feeling worse about it.  Easterbrook observes that since the end of World War Two, many things have improved, including economics, medicine, science and productivity.  Yet, people are less happy and content, why can this be?  Is our society missing something important in the human equation? The Massachusetts ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Private Lives, Public Consequences, 2 of 2 Private Lives, Public Consequences 2 of 2 Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel along with author William Chafe, professor of History at Duke University, discuss events in private lives of some of the great political leaders of our time and how those events shaped their public careers.  Chafe believes that often, a pivotal event, often in childhood, forms the basis for significant action later in life that often causes a person to catapult to either greatness or infamy. The Massac ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The NBA, How has it Changed Over the Years, 2 of 2 The NBA, How has it Changed Over the Years, part 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan interviews NBA owner and manager of several teams, Pat Williams.  They discuss how the NBA has changed over the years and whether the changes are positive or negative and where they are likely to lead.  They also discuss the influence of some big name players such as Michael Jorden. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes hig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The NBA, how has it Changed over the Years? 1 of 2 The NBA, How has it Changed Over the Years, part 1 of 2 In this first of two parts, Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan interviews NBA owner and manager of several teams, Pat Williams.  They discuss how the NBA has changed over the years and whether the changes are positive or negative and where they are likely to lead.  They also discuss the influence of some big name players such as Michael Jorden. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Private Lives, Public Consequences Private Lives, Public Consequences Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel along with author William Chafe, professor of History at Duke University, discuss events in private lives of some of the great political leaders of our time and how those events shaped their public careers.  Chafe believes that often, a pivotal event, often in childhood, forms the basis for significant action later in life that often causes a person to catapult to either greatness or infamy. The Massachusetts ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Impact of Divorce on Kids The Impact of Divorce on Kids Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and her panel discuss the effects of divorce on kids.  Half of divorces involve child custody issues.  How does this affect the kids?  Is there any way in which the negative effects can be lessened? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As pa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Local News Local News Educational Forum host Lawrence R. Velvel and 4 experts discuss the problems and advantages of local television news.  Severe critecism exists regarding these newscasts, claiming that they sensationalize crime and do not meet the needs of their communities.  Are they correct in these assessments?  What does local news do right and is there room for doing more things right? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Takeover, part 2 of 2 Takeover, part 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Boston Globe's Pulitzer winning reporter, Charlie Savage, about his new book, Takeover -- The return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy.  Savage details the rise of a stronger and more unitary presidency from the time of Harry Truman to the present.  He discusses the Signing Statements for which his work earned him a Pulitzer, and relates that ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Takeover, part 1 of 2 Takeover, part 1 of 2 In this first of two parts, Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Boston Globe's Pulitzer winning reporter, Charlie Savage, about his new book, Takeover -- The return of the imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy.  Savage details the rise of a stronger and more unitary presidency from the time of Harry Truman to the present.  He discusses the Signing Statements for which his work earned him a Pulitzer, and relates that t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Case of Abraham Lincoln The Case of Abraham Lincoln Massachusetts School of Law's Noted Authors series presents Julie Fenster, author of The Case of Abraham Lincoln.Although there are over 8,000 books on President Abraham Lincoln, historian Fenster's approach is unique in that she emphasizes his legal career and monumental decision to abandon the Whig for the Republican political party.  She discusses with host, Jeff Demers, several of Lincoln's legal cases, from the simple to the complex.  She explores ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Child Care Child Care Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and several guests discuss the pros and cons of child care.  How has the need for many families to become two income affected this issue?  Have gender roles been defined or redefined in recent years as two income households have become far more common?  How can effective decisions about ch ild care be made? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education availab ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Civil War Conference: A Day with James MacPhearson, part 2 Civil War Conference:  A Day with James MacPhearson, part 2 In a recent conference at the Massachusetts School of Law on the Civil War, a day was spent with professor James MacPhearson.  The school's dean, Lawrence Velvel asked a number of questions, then opened the floor to questions from the audience.  The subject, the Civil War, is examined in these parts from many different angles and many little known facts about the war are brought to the fore. The Massachusetts School ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Civil War Conference: A Day with James MacPhearson, part 1 Civil War Conference:  A Day with James MacPhearson, part 1 In a recent conference at the Massachusetts School of Law on the Civil War, a day was spent with professor James MacPhearson.  The school's dean, Lawrence Velvel asked a number of questions, then opened the floor to questions from the audience.  The subject, the Civil War, is examined in these parts from many different angles and many little known facts about the war are brought to the fore. The Massachusetts School ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Less Safe, Less Free, part 2 of 2 Less Safe, Less Free, part 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, Books of Our Time host Lawrence Velvel interview author and professor James Lobel, whose new book, Less Safe, Less Free, discusses the effects of the "war on terror," by the Bush administration and how such moves throughout our nation's history have damaged civil liberties and freedoms.  Lobel believes that a "preventive paradigm" has been adopted that strikes first and examines possible consequences lat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Less Safe, Less Free, part 1 of 2 Less Safe, Less Free, part 1 of 2 In this first of two parts, Books of Our Time host Lawrence Velvel interviews author and professor James Lobel, whose new book, Less Safe, Less Free, discusses the effects of the "war on terror," by the Bush administration and how such moves throughout our nation's history have damaged civil liberties and freedoms. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan speaks of her personal experience running the Boston Marathon, as well as discussing the race, people, strategies and purposes of the competition with a panel of runners.  The Boston Marathon is one of the best known foot races in the world and attracts runners from every continent.  Sullivan and her guests explore thoughts and perceptions behind the race and the personal issues of the runners as they prepare and run th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Latchkey Kids Latchkey Kids MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and guests discuss the growing need for two income families and how that affects the kids coming home from school, or home on school holidays, with parents at work.  Do latchkey kids actually benefit by learning to be more independent and resourceful, or are they being cheated out of a proper adult supervised childhood? Why are one in four American children in poverty when this number seems to be unheard of in other industralized ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poverty in America Poverty in America MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and guests discuss the ramifications of poverty in the United States.  How responsible are the poor for their own plight; how responsible are the various levels of government, the educational system and the corporate citizenry? Why are one in four American children in poverty when this number seems to be unheard of in other industralized nations? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high q ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Story of World War Two, part 2 of 2 The Story of World War Two, 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel, discusses many aspects of World War Two with author Donald L. Miller, history professor at Lafayette College.  Miller discusses the war interms of participants over actions.  Many of his observations are taken from not only soldier participants but front line medics.  There is considerable discussion of the effects on civillian populations. The Massachusetts School of L ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Story of World War Two, 1 of 2 The Story of World War Two, 1 of 2 In this first of two parts, Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel, discusses many aspects of World War Two with author Donald L. Miller, history professor at Lafayette College.  Miller discusses the war interms of participants over actions.  Many of his observations are taken from not only soldier participants but front line medics.  There is considerable discussion of the effects on civillian populations. The Massachusetts School of La ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kids' Views on Building Trust and Confidence Kids' views on Building Trust and Confidence MSL Educational Forum host Michael Coyne hosts a program recorded at the Lanham Club featuring eighth graders from the greater Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts.  The discussion centers around presence of and lack of trust among  young people of adults and possible reasons as well as solutions for any lacks. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to le ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website No excuses, Closing the Racial Gap in Learning No excuses, Closing the Racial Gap in Learning Books of Our Time host, Lawrence Velvel interviews authors Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom whose thesis is that while educational opportunity may have risen generally, some minorities are still largely excluded and underrepresented in all educational levels.  The authors posit that white and Asian students have significantlyhigher accomplishment levels, even though African-American and Hispanic students achieve the same grade levels. The Ma ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are We Rome? Are We Rome? Books of Our time host Lawrence R. Velvel of the Massachusetts School of Law interviews Cullen Murphy, editor at large for Vanity Fair magazine, about his new book Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America. Murphy discusses how the Roman Empire and the United States are similar and how they are different. Murphy says that both societies demonstrate great arrogance. The Romans believed that they would win any war they engaged in. They believed the will of Rome ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website History Without Borders: Race Conquest and the Philippines History Without Borders:  Race Conquest and the Philippines In this segment of a recent conference at the Massachusetts School of Law, Professor Paul Kramer discusses the American rush to Empire at the end of the 19th century and into the 20th, using the philippines as an example in fact.  He discusses the belief of the time that the "American way" was obviously the best way for non-white peoples. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Affirmative Action Affirmative Action MSL Educational Forum host, Constance Rudneck and a panel of experts discuss historic and current issues related to race and the admissions policies of universities.  Although the two Supreme Court cases they discuss have been now decided, the issues are current and very relevant in an ever-changing political and educational environment. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to les ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Anorexia and Bulimia Anorexia and Bulimia MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and several experts discuss the issues of anorexia, bulimia and intentional starvation.  The obscession Many have with extreme thinness is complex and may be difficult to treat.  How do such problems get started?  Are they actually dangerous?  What solutions are working and are proposed? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education availabl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Town Meeting on Immigration, part 2 of 2 Town Meeting on Immigration, part 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, MSL Educational Forum co-hosts Diane Sullivan and Michael Coyne discuss with both a panel of experts and audience participation issues surrounding immigration into the US.  Are today's immigrants somehow different from those of the past?  Should there be limits on immigration?  Should English be considered a legally necessary skill for immigrants?  When the immigration debate is swirling through Congre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Town Meeting on Immigration, part 1 of 2 Town Meeting on Immigration, part 1 of 2 MSL Educational Forum co-hosts Diane Sullivan and Michael Coyne discuss with both a panel of experts and audience participation issues surrounding immigration into the US.  Are today's immigrants somehow different from those of the past?  Should there be limits on immigration?  Should English be considered a legally necessary skill for immigrants?  When the immigration debate is swirling through Congress today, these two parts att ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website History Without Borders: Settler Societies History Without Borders:  Settler Societies Recently, the Massachusetts School of Law hosted a two day forum of various speakers concentrating on discussing American history in the context of the world at large, with an emphasis not on nationalism, but on relationships.  This installment, Settler Societies, presented by Dr. Carl Guarneri, discusses how the various societies like America evolved in the larger context of the world.  A "settler society" as he defines i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guantanamo Bay Guantanamo Bay Foreign nationals are still being held at the prison called Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  This edition of MSL Presents--A Question of law, with host Constance Rudneck examins this issue in the light of history and law.  Are there precedents for such incarciration?  How does this imprisonment affect national security and the war on terror? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education av ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spying on Americans Spying on Americans For nearly 30 years, laws have been in place to protect Americans from having their communications monitored.  In the past two weeks, this heretofore illegal practice has become partially legalized.  What is the history of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the closed door courts assigned to administer and oversee the monitoring of Americans?  MSL Educational Forum host Constance Rudneck and several experts discuss the issues surrounding these q ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Band of Sisters Band of Sisters MSL Educational Forum host, Diane Sullivan and author Kirstan Holmstead discuss, with women who have seen combat in Iraq, issues surrounding women in combat roles.  Some nations do not discriminate between genders in combat roles, but traditionally, the American military kept women out of combat.  This has changed with the Iraq conflict.  The panel examines the changing roles of women in the military and how this impacts them, their families and those they ser ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gay Marriage in America, 2 of 2 Gay Marriage in America, 2 of 2 In this second of 2 parts of MSL Presents-A Question of Law, host Constance Rudneck and several experts examine the reactions of different political jurisdictions to the issues raised by the legalization of same gender marriage in Massachusetts after the Goodridge Supreme Judicial Court decision.  Some jurisdictions want to bar any same gender couple from partner's rights accorded to a heterosexual couple.  Others wish to merely deny legal marriage ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website History Without Borders: The Barbary Wars In a conference on Studying America in the World:  History Without Borders, held at the Massachusetts School of Law, Professor Frank Lambert of Purdue University discusses the true nature of American independence in the Atlantic World. In this world, the Barbary Pirate states seriously threatened American commerce. Free commerce, after all, was one of the battle cries of the American Revolution. The Story begins in 1783 when American independence was in its infancy and the importance ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website History Without Borders: Keynote Address Americans often believe that the nation and its history are self-contained developing largely independent of the rest of the world. Such a view has failed to recognize the interconnectedness between a nation's history and the history of other nations. In his keynote speech at the Massachusetts School of Law Studying America in the World: History Without Borders conference, Professor Thomas Bender of New York University addressed the current one-sided nature of American history that we read ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gay Marriage in Massachusetts, 1 of 2 Gay Marriage in Massachusetts, 1 of 2 The fallout from the 2003 Goodridge decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court still reverberates throughout the nation.  MSL Presents-A Question of Law host Constance Rudneck discusses with panelists the nature and far reaching potential effects of this decision. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally exc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Age of Betrayal Age of Betrayal Books of Our Time host, Lawrence Velvel, and author Jack Beatty discuss his recently published book, Age of Betrayal, the Triumph of Money in america.  They discuss a time often called the "Gilded Age," but also an age when the working classes were often trodden upon as if they were insects and an age where the gains for African-Americans during and after the Civil War were largely reversed.  They discuss the rise of corporate America and how the late 19t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Judicial Ethics Judicial Ethics MSL Presents--A Question of Law host Constance Rudneck and guests discuss the past issue of Supreme Court justice Scalia and his hearing a case involving a friend, the vice president of the united states, Richard Cheney.  this example is broadened to inquire about judicial ethics in general and what standards exist or should exist to regulate judges. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education availa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adoption Adoption MSL Educational Forum host, Diane Sullivan, hosts a discussion on adoption.  Who should be permitted to adopt children?  What are the pros and cons around singles or unmarried couples or same gender couples adopting? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website People and Their Pets People and Their Pets MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and experts discuss issues surrounding the ownership of pets.  Americans own over 150 million pets. Why do some find animal companions so beneficial while others are uninterested?  How does pet ownership affect society? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Legalized Gambling Legalized Gambling MSL Educational Forum host Lawrence Velvel and a panel of experts discuss the issues surrounding legalized gambling.  Who wants it?  How does it affect the public, the neighborhoods, society in general?  Is it just a cash cow for rich corporations, or a tax source for governments? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally exclu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website False Confessions False Confessions MSL Presents--A Question of Law host Constance Rudneck and several experts discuss the phenomenon of false confessions.  Why would anyone confess to a crime they did not commit?  How can a court determine if a confession is false? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kids' Views of Justice Kids' Views of Justice MSL Presents--A Question of Law host Michael L. Coyne presents excerpts from a Kiwanis Club conference featuring 8th graders discussing how they view the American system of justice and how it affects them.  Is it fair?  From their viewpoint, what changes might make it better? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded fr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Title 9 - Women's Equality in Education Title 9 MSL Presents-A Question of Law host Diane Sullivan discusses Title 9, the 1972 act of Congress requiring equality in all educational programs receiving federal funding of any kind.  The issue most often raised is how this applies to sports and women's college athletics.  Is it just a thinly veiled quota system?  Has the law done what was intended? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education availab ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Something in the Air MSL's Noted Authors series presents Marc Fisher, author of Something in the air.  Fisher, a Washington Post columnist and blogger, describes how radio and the rock/pop culture has shaped generations.  His book and discussion give fascinating insights into the history and possible future of radio, including comments on talk radio and how the corporatization of radio has altered the listening landscape.  The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Choosing Justices, 2 of 2 Choosing Justices, 2 of 2 In MSL Presents--A Question of Law, host Constance Rudneck discusses issues surrounding the appointment of federal judges.  Although this program was originally broadcast a couple of years ago, the issues and many of the predictions have come to pass.  How does the party makeup of the senate affect the appointment of members of the federal judiciary?  Has the president used his party influence to select judges who are more interested in agendas than ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Indefensible, One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justice The Noted Authors series, - presented by the Massachusetts School of Law hosts writer and former Bronx public defender David Feige, author of "Indefensible, One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justice."  Feige asserts that the criminal justice system has largely gone awry and preys on those least able to properly defend themselves.  He discusses the cases that are not significant enough to make the front pages, but cause huge problems for communities and th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Sea of Faith The Noted Authors series, - presented by the Massachusetts School of Law hosts Stephen O'Shea, author of A Sea of Faith.  In his book, O'Shea discusses ten pivotal events that formed the varied religious geography surrounding the Mediterranean sea.  He confronts the question of why this is relevant to our day. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Choosing Justices, 1 of 2 Choosing Justices, 1 of 2 In MSL Presents--A Question of Law, host Constance Rudneck discusses issues surrounding the appointment of federal judges.  Although this program was originally broadcast a couple of years ago, the issues and many of the predictions have come to pass.  How does the party makeup of the senate affect the appointment of members of the federal judiciary?  Has the president used his party influence to select judges who are more interested in agendas than ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Five Minds for the Future Five Minds for the Future MSL dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Harvard professor, author and renowned psychologist Howard Gardner, who has written a new book entitled Five Minds for the Future.  Previously, Gardner has attracted a great deal of attention for his theory of multiple intelligences. The purpose of this new book is to determine the abilities or minds that will be necessary for success in this century. Gardner, utilizing group dynamics, psychology and organizational behavi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Imminent Threat imminent Threat MSL Presents-A Question of Law host, Diane Sullivan discusses with her guests the issues of how our nation may legally respond to an imminent threat.  How do we define such a threat?  What may we do by way of self defense? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Courts versus the President The Courts versus the President MSL Educational Forum host Constance Rudnick and two experts discuss the chasm between the executive and judiciary branch as it regards the treatment of accused terrorists, issues surrounding "extraordinary rendition" and presidential powers used to combat terrorism. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded fr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cancer Cancer MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and two experts discuss cancer.  What is it?  Can it be avoided?  What are the risk factors?  What is the effectiveness of current treatment strategies? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Animal Rights Animal Rights MSL Educational Forum host, Diane Sullivan, and several experts, explore the issues surrounding animal rights.  Do animals have rights?  It is known animals can be taught many things, including the use of signs for communication.  Scientists believe they have complex emotions.  How does the law view these issues?  How can courts react to the often negative interactions between humans and other animals. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andove ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Diabetes Diabetes MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and a panel of experts discuss the growing number of cases of diabetes in the US.  There are over 16 million diabetics in our nation.  Why are the rates going up?  Why are so many more cases occurring in childhood?  What are the solutions if any and are there new treatments that offer hope to those afflicted with diabetes? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Making of a Civil Rights Lawyer Books of our Time host Lawrence R. Velvel, dean of the Massachusetts School of law, spends an hour talking with Attorney Michael Meltsner, author of The Making of a Civil Rights Lawyer.  Attorney Meltsner was involved with the Legal Defense Fund and participated in civil rights legal matters for many years. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally exclude ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Global Warming Global Warming MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan leads a discussion on global warming.  How might it affect human health?  How might it affect plants, animals, governments, economies and every aspect of our daily lives? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high qualit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eminent Domain and the Kelo decision MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and a panel of experts discuss the Kelo v. New London Eminent Domain Supreme Court case.  Does a municipality have the right to take property and sell it to another capable of paying more taxes to benefit an economically blighted area?  Is a person's home their castle,after all? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are tra ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The War Powers, part 2 of 2  The War power, part 1 of 2 MSL Educational Forum host, Lawrence R. Velvel, dean of the law school, discusses, with a panel, the important question of who has the Constitutional right to declare and wage war.  America has engaged in numerous undeclared wars, are they constitutional?  What is the role of Congress in these issues? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged perso ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The War Powers, part 1 of 2 The War power, part 1 of 2 MSL Educational Forum host, Lawrence R. Velvel, dean of the law school, discusses, with a panel, the important question of who has the Constitutional right to declare and wage war.  America has engaged in numerous undeclared wars, are they constitutional?  What is the role of Congress in these issues? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From Baghdad with Love From Baghdad with Love MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan interviews the author of From Bagdad with Love, a story of danger, marines, a forelorn puppy found abandoned and what it did for the life and spirit of a Lieutenant Colonel. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quali ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Violence Against Women Violence Against Woman MSL Educational Forum host, Diane Sullivan, and a panel of experts discuss the issues of violence against women.  Why cannot the courts do something?  Why do women put up with it?  Is it inevitable, or are there solutions? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Child Care Child Care MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and a panel of experts discuss issues relating to non-parental child care.  How can a family with two professionals, or simply needing two incomes come to peace with issues of child care?  Can out of the home child care be a positive experience for all involved? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are tradition ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Civility Civility MSL Educational Forum host, Diane Sullivan and a panel discuss Civility, or the seemimning lack of it in American Society.  Road rage, school shootings, television violence, many things are seen as uncivil behavior.  what are the causes, are there possible solutions?The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Day in the Life of a Cop A Day in the Life of a Cop MSL Educational Forum host, Michael L. Coyne discusses the day to day life of a police officer with a panel of present and former officers.  Who are they?  Why does a person want to be a cop?  What is the day to day job like?  How does the popular perception of the police compare with the realities of the work? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HMO, part 2 of 2 The HMO, part 2 of 2 MSL dean, Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Dr. Ronald Glasser in this Educational Forum presentation.  Dr. Glasser is an outspoken critic of the Health Maintenance Organization system.  He argues that, though the system began for good reasons, it has run amuk long since and works against the good of the patient and the doctor wishing to render proper medical service. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordabl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HMO, part 1 of 2 The HMO, part 1 of 2 MSL dean, Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Dr. Ronald Glasser in this Educational Forum presentation.  Dr. Glasser is an outspoken critic of the Health Maintenance Organization system.  He argues that, though the system began for good reasons, it has run amuk long since and works against the good of the patient and the doctor wishing to render proper medical service. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordabl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overthrow, part 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, Books of our time host, Lawrence R. Velvel, dean of the Massachusetts School of law, interviews Stephen Kinzer, author of Overthrow.  This book is about a century of America bringing about governmental change in many nations when it appears we simply did not like the government in place.  How did this start?  What advantages did it appear to have?  What have been the long term effects of this policy? The Massachusetts School of Law, located i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overthrow Books of our time host, Larry R. Velvel, dean of the Massachusetts School of law, interviews Stephen Kinzer, author of Overthrow.  This book is about a century of America bringing about governmental change in many nations when it appears we simply did not like the government in place.  How did this start?  What advantages did it appear to have?  What have been the long term effects of this policy? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Plane Crash Theories Plane Crash Theories MSL Educational Forum host Larry R. Velvel, dean of the law school, interviews a panel of experts discussing the issue of external electronic interference and how it may or may not affect the safety of airline travel.  Can such interference cause the sophisticated electronic geqar on the airliners to malfunction, causing accidents and death?  Panelists will discuss such issues. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high qual ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tax Reform Proposals Tax Reform Proposals The MSL Educational Forum with host Joseph Devlin explores the issues of tax reform and the 2005 commission that President Bush set up to study this issue. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the gen ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Presidential Power in America, part 10 of 10 Presidential Power in America: The Culpability of Congress This is the tenth and final session of a conference entitled Presidential Power in America: the Constitution, the Defense of a Nation, and the National Ethos,that was held at the Massachusetts School of Law in October of 2006. This session will explore the actions of the congress and how they have affected the expansion of the executive powers of the president. How can this situation of congressional abdication of power be rectified ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Presidential Power in America, part 9 of 10 This is the ninth session of a conference entitled Presidential Power in America: the Constitution, the Defense of a Nation, and the National Ethos,  that was held at the Massachusetts School of Law. This panel explores the current actions of the executive branch in search of historical parallels. Has history repeated itself? or are we witnessing new heights of presidential power? If this is something new, what has changed and what are the implications for the rule of law, our constitu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Do We Need a Third or Fourth Political Party? Do We Need a Third or Fourth Political Party? The MSL Educational Forum, hosted by the law school's dean, Lawrence R. Velvel, explores the issues of new political parties.  What must one give up to take a stance outside the usual political arena?  Why do third parties fail so often?  These and other questions will be discussed with the gusts. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Meaning of Wife and Marriage The meaning of Wife and Marriage MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan discusses issues of the meaning of wife in the context of marriage with authors Ann Kingston and Karen Propp. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Widow's Walk MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan interviews Marian Fontana, author of A Widow's Walk, A Memoir of 9/11.  Her husband was lost in that tragedy.  How does one survive such an event?  What happens afterwards?  These and other questions are explored in this hour long discussion. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Team of Rivals, part 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, Books of Our Time host Lawrence r. Velvel, dean of the Massachusetts School of law discusses Team of Rivals, a riviting book by noted historian Doris Goodwin.  The discussion focuses on lesser known aspects of Abraham Lincoln's relationship with his cabinet officers and their often tumultuous relationship with each other. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less priv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Team of Rivals, part 1 of 2 In th