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Scott with some thoughts about when the public sector gets taken over by the private sector.

NPR's Laura Sydell reports on the increasing conversion of Latinos from Christianity to Islam. The number of Latinos Muslims remains small but mark a significant change. Sydell attended a gathering in Stockton California of Latino Muslims and has this report.

Scott Simon talks to Georgetown professor of biology Martha Weiss about the amazing frass flinging (caterpillar feces) abilities of the silver spotted skipper caterpiller.

She could become the nation's new First Lady - but what does the nation know of Laura Bush? This week's GOP convention will give voters the first chance to see the woman who stands at the candidate's side. NPR's Wade Goodwyn spent time with Bush friends and associates and brings us this profile of Laura Bush.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Khalil Shikaki of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research about Arab reaction to President Clinton's statement that he would consider moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Such a move would directly support Israeli claims over the city. Shikaki says the President's statement helps breed deep suspicion that the U.S. isn't impartial when it arbitrates between Israel and the PLO.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Cincinnati on the bus campaign tour that George W. Bush is taking on his way to the convention. Governor Bush has been met by enthusiastic crowds of supporters in Ohio. Today he'll attend rallies in Dayton and Columbus.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Air France Concorde jet crash eyewitness Jaime Ritchie; British Airways pilot John Hutchinson on the Concorde; President Bill Clinton after the conclusion of the Camp David summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat; Tiger Woods, upon winning the British Open, his fourth Grand Slam championship; Cary Sherman, senior general counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America on the music-swapping website Napster; Napster's attorney David Boies; Governor George W. Bush of Texas announcing his selection of former Defense Secretary Richard Cheney as his running mate.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr explains why he will not be attending the upcoming political conventions.

Commentator Andy Borowitz says recent advances in the scientific understanding of the brain might help voters with their decision at the ballot box this November

Lisa Simeone reports from Baltimore, where a community group has come together to stage a synchronized swimming event loosely-based on the story of Antony and Cleopatra.