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Jack Williams, from member station KUHF reports on a literary event in Houston last night, benefiting the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. President Bush attended the event and took the opportunity to poke fun at himself for his well-publicized grammatical gaffes.

Film director JOEL SCHUMACHER. His films include St. Elmo's Fire, The Client, A Time to Kill, and Batman Forever. Schumacher's latest film Tigerland is now out on video, about a group of army recruits in training who are about to be shipped off to Vietnam. The film was made on a low budget in 28 days, on sixteen millimeter film and mostly with hand-held cameras. In making the film Schumacher was inspired by the Dogma 95 movement by Danish film director Lars von Trier. The movement rejects Hollywood artifice, abandoning the use of elaborate lighting, special effects and music.

From member station WNYC, Beth Fertig reports on a decision by the state of New York to require small, alternative schools to participate in the state testing program. Educators at these "break the mold" schools say that will stifle the creativity that makes them successful with students who feel lost in larger, more structured schools.

P.K. Subban is one of the best hockey players in world, so we invited him on the show to play a game we called, "That's icing! Delicious icing!" — three questions about bakeries.

Commentator Dinesh D'Souza suggests growing inequality is a reflection of something that is right with the economy, rather than something wrong.

Thomas Gainsborough's 18th century painting Blue Boy inspired 21st century painter Kehinde Wiley, and they're being shown across from each other at the Huntington Art Museum near Los Angeles.

A new study shows that two-thirds of parents aren't ready to get their younger kids vaccinated when they're eligible. Like parents did with older kids, many say they're taking a wait-and-see approach.

Hip Hop artist Sean "Puffy" Combs is on trial in New York on charges of gun possession and bribery. The charges stem from a shootout at a nightclub at the end of December 1999. Noah talks with Bob Meadows, correspondent for People Magazine, about the trial.

Commentator Douglas Rushkoff says it's the investors themselves, not the dot-com innovators, who are to blame for the big losses they sustained when Internet companies flopped.

Rare wild camels found in China and Mongolia may actually be a different species entirely from their domesticated cousins. Scientists never realized it was genetically different -- until they saw it drinking salt water. NPR's Chris Joyce has the story.