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Friday, September 22, 2006

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Newsmaker: Ramez Islambuli, Islamic Scholar, Case Western Reserve University. Pope Benedict XVI apologized this week for a statement that angered Muslims around the world. Protests and a series of violent acts followed a Papal speech at a German university quoting a 14-century Byzantine emperor who described the teachings of Muhammad as “evil and inhuman.” The Pope’s personal apology was believed to be without precedent.

Roundtable: Mark Naymik, politics reporter, The Plain Dealer; Elizabeth Sullivan, foreign affairs writer, The Plain Dealer; Richard Osborne, editor, Ohio Magazine.

Long Distance Debate: President Bush rejected the Iranian president’s debate challenge, but the two leaders had the next best thing. They spoke several hours apart this weekend at the United Nations. President Bush called on the UN to impose sanctions against Iran and told the Iranian people their own government is stifling their progress. Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the UN to curb what he called U.S. aggression in the Middle East.

Cleveland Debate: Candidates for Governor Ken Blackwell and Ted Strickland met in Cleveland Wednesday for the second of their four debates. With the focus on education, both were critical of the level of state funding for public schools and universities and both were critical of each other for lack of leadership on the issue. Our panel this week includes Plain Dealer reporter Mark Naymik, one of the debate panelists.

Choose Life: That’s the slogan on a special license plate available for sale in Ohio. The ACLU had sued demanding the state scrap the plates because they represent a one-sided view in the debate over abortion. But the U.S. Supreme Court this week refused to hear a Tennessee case on the same issue, so the ACLU dropped the Ohio case.

Statue Limitations: Ohio lawmakers are mulling over the possibility of replacing the statue of Ohio’s 31st Governor William Allen. It stands now in one of America’s unique places of honor - the statuary hall at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Allen, who also served in the House of Representatives, was known for making fiery speeches against the Emancipation Proclamation. State lawmakers will decide if a better Ohio image should be etched in national stone.

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