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Robert and Noah read from listeners letters. Topics this week include the Wizard of Oz, Justice Clarence Thomas, and poinsettias. Letters can be sent to ATC-Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20001 or by E-mail to atc@npr.org.

Stephen Moore, who's president of the Club for Growth, a conservative political action committee says he favored returning dollars to taxpayers when the economy was strong. Now he thinks a tax cut's even more essential to managing a soft landing instead of a recession with economic growth slowed, the stock market down, and the tax burden above 21%. He urges the full Bush tax cut plus capital gains cut to help high tech. http://www.clubforgrowth.org

Medical journalist Dr. Stephen Cohen argues that the threat of bio-terrorism has grown as dissident groups have both motive and ability to use agents like anthrax and smallpox against the U.S. and we're unprepared. 90% of people aren't immunized. There's a shortage of smallpox vaccine and isolation beds. We should be treating it as a public health threat and involve the medical community more than it is now.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a new study showing that doctors frequently ignore warnings on drug packaging. When one new warning was widely publicized a couple of years ago, prescriptions for the wrong people actually went up.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that the ramifications of the United States Supreme Court's decision on the Bush-Gore case may continue into the future. While George W. Bush will become president the Supreme Court might have lost some credibility. Many people are still unsure whether the court did the right thing.

Commentator Frank Deford pays tribute to Preakness and Derby-winning jockey Chris Antley, who died recently. He won the Kentucky Derby twice, and was a colorful character in the sport.

Tape and Copy: Roebuck "Pops" Staples the patriarch of the gospel and rhythm and blues group the Staple Singers, died yesterday at his home in Dolton, Ill. Staples was at home recovering from a concussion he suffered when he fell four weeks ago. He was 84.

Commentator Peter Loge notes the time Vice-President Al Gore will soon have on his hands, and offers a few suggestions.

Commentator Desiree Cooper has the story of Nathaniel Abraham. When he was 11 year old, he shot dead an 18-year-old. Abraham was tried as an adult but sentenced as a juvenile. At a recent hearing, Abraham apologized the family of his victim.

The new film from British director Terrence Davies - his adaptation of Edith Wharton's satire of the rich - opens in theaters today. It stars Gillian "X-Files" Anderson as a beautiful young woman undone by high society in turn-of-the-last-century Manhattan. The film has been praised by critics and is already a hit in Britain. David D'Arcy reports.