Saturday, July 19, 2008

Mandela: An Audio History Nelson Mandela was 90 on July 18th. Learn about his life by listening to this excellent series here — 5 parts (± 15 min each), .mp3, RealAudio, transcripts Part 1: The Birth of Apartheid (1944-1960) Part 2: The Underground Movement (1960-1964) Part 3: Robben Island (1964-1976) Part 4: State of Emergency (1976-1990) Part 5: Democracy (1990-1994) The same series is presented on NPR here. The audio links use RealMedia or Windows Media Player.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Commentary concerning the U.S. Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court has released its final opinions of the year. Among the most important was District of Columbia v. Heller concerning the Second Amendment (the right to bear arms). NPR's News and Notes (July 3) has a very full treatment of the question here. RealPlayer, 6 min 51 sec, no script. Several audio or video reviews of the high points of the Supreme Court's term are also available. A list of them can be found here.
The Privy Council From the BBC's Westminster Hour of June 29, a presentation of the Privy Council can be found here 7:19 min., no transcript