Waterboarding instructions, photo by Salim Virji.

No Punishment for CIA, Electoral College Challenged, and Record Store Day

Ross Reynolds
04/17/2009 at 12:00 p.m.

High–Speed Rail Plan

Obama has a plan for high–speed rail that affects the Northwest. Does the plan propose too much or too little?

Electoral College Challenged by Legislature

Washington is poised to join other states in an agreement that would elect the president by popular vote. The winner of the popular vote has lost the presidency four times, most recently Al Gore in 2000. Is this the beginning of the end for the electoral college?

Record Store Day

Tomorrow is Record Store Day. We'll have an early celebration and speak with writer and historian Peter Blecha about records old and new.

No Punishment for CIA Officers

President Obama will not prosecute CIA operatives who interrogated prisoners using harsh methods like waterboarding, shackling, and sleep deprivation. Critics say the president is allowing torture to go unpunished. Others say harsh interrogation techniques are necessary and details about them should never have been released to the public. Should CIA officers be punished? Is there blame to be placed? What do you think?

David Archer on 'The Long Thaw'

David Archer is one of the world's leading climatologists. In "The Long Thaw" he predicts that if we continue to emit carbon dioxide, we may eventually cancel the next ice age and raise the oceans by 50 meters.

Old Masters: Bill Smith

Bill Smith started clarinet lessons more than 70 years ago. Over his long career, he's been a touring musician and a university professor, a classical music innovator and a jazz man. As part of the "Old Masters" series, KUOW's Marcie Sillman has this story about a man and his instrument.