Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first politician to recognize the power of radio. He appealed directly to the American people for support of his New Deal and for his foreign policy. Roosevelt's speeches and fireside chats were broadcast over networks only recently equipped with newsrooms. Listeners immediately learned of events they earlier would not have heard about for days. In those newsrooms, commentators began to interpret the news for average listeners, sometimes slanting it to reflect their own view. But it fell to a young star to demonstrate the full power of the medium. On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast brought widespread panic with its fictional newscast of an alien invasion. How Roosevelt used radio, how the news was reported, and the changes Welles caused are all detailed.

The trend towards accountability for public schools continues to grow creating new challenges for educational leaders. Demands for vouchers, charter schools, home schools and private education are creating increased competition for public schools. This toolkit offers information, skill development, examples and questions to guide school leaders when competing in the educational marketplace.

At age 75, Dr. Bob Brown is in the best shape of his life-with more energy than most people half his age But before achieving radiant health, he had to come face to face with debilitating disease and the failures of modern medicine-for his family, his patients, and himself. Why? The Question that Could Save Your Life exposes many of the obstacles blocking the road to ideal health and medical treatment-and how to overcome them. Dr. Bob shows you: - How to be proactive with your health, participate in medical decisions-and make sure your doctor is doing his or her job - Why treating symptoms only will never allow you to achieve optimum health - The astonishingly overlooked relationship between diet and disease Dr. Bob is not afraid to tackle corruption and dysfunction within the medical/pharmaceutical industry, including what he calls "legal drug abuse" and the incompetence of our educational system to teach true health. Fortunately for his readers, the goal of this book is not only to save lives-but to make those lives really worth saving.