Sunday, January 27 (11am)
Rochester's highest-rated local public affairs program is sponsored by the University of Rochester and Messenger-Post Newspapers

Guest:
Joseph Flaherty, Executive Director of Rochester's largest community-based literary center, Writers and Books.

Topic:
Curt and the panelists will discuss issues germane to reading and other local and national concerns.

• What will Writers and Books' "If All of Rochester Read the Same Book" campaign achieve this year?
• Why was "The Sweet Hereafter" by Russell Banks chosen as this year's selection?
• This book describes coping with grief. President Bush spoke of that in this week's State of the Union address. Rate him on a scale of 1 to 10.
• Bush began as a minority President. He now has an 80-plus percent approval rating. What accounts for this surge?
• Vice President Cheney is being sued by the General Accounting Office to turn over phone conversations with Enron officials. Should he comply?
• Who will win the Super Bowl - St. Louis or New England?

Panelists:

• Richard Dollinger, New York State Senator
• Ronald Dow, Dean, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
• Maureen McGuire, Anchor, WROC Television News 8 Now