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Host Alex Chadwick talks with Mario Martinez, county commissioner of Hale County, Texas, where the duties of local government were recently limited by the county attorney.

NPR's Renee Montagne profiles writer Thomas Lynch. He's an award winning essayist and poet ...and he leads a double life. Lynch also is the proprietor of Lynch and Sons funeral home in Milford, Michigan. (8:40) The name of the book mentioned Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality by Thomas Lynch is published by W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 03930

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the final day of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Last night, Texas Governor George W. Bush accepted the GOP nomination. In his acceptance speech, Bush told delegates that he'll work for better education, stronger Social Security and Medicare, lower tax rates, a stronger military. He accused the Clinton-Gore administration of squandering the opportunities presented by the good economic times and the huge government surpluses.

NPR's Neal Conan says that being at the ballpark, broadcasting a minor league baseball game can be more exciting than reporting from a national political convention.

Co-Host Madeleine Brand talks to Susan Fillapelli, a communications professor at the University of Auburn in Alabama about some of the speeches at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.

Linda speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep who is travelling with the Bush-Cheney campaign on its train tour of several Great Lakes states. The newly nominated Republican team rallied in Philadelphia this morning, flew to Pittsburgh, and boarded a train for the Middle West.

As more than 70 fires burn across the west, fire managers are scrambling to deploy enough personnel to contain and fight the blazes. In Central Idaho, 500 army troops from Ft. Hood Texas are receiving some basic fire training as they prepare to join the 17,000 civilian firefighters in the west. NPR's Mark Roberts reports from McCall, Idaho.

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN continues.In light of the news that Republican V-P candidate Dick Cheneys daughter is a lesbian, we speak to two people close to the issue. First, REVEREND LOUIS SHELDON, Chairman and Founder of the Coalition for Traditional Values (www.traditionalvalues.org). The Coalition for Traditional Values is the largest non-denominational grassroots church lobby in America, founded in 1980. Then, Terry talks with WINNIE STACHELBERG(–STACK-el-berg—), Political Director of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian and gay political organization in the United States(www.hrc.org). Founded in 1980, it is a bi-partisan lobbying group.TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI gives us his take on the Republican National Convention coverage.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next fresh air playing the villain. . a conversation with actor CHRISTOPHER WALKEN. . .his films include –At Close Range,— –The Comfort of Strangers,— –King of New York,— and –The Dead Zone.— Hes starring in the new film –The Opportunists.— Then, we get reactions from both sides to the news that Dick Cheneys daughter is a lesbian. Later, T-V critic David Bianculli takes a look at G-O-P convention coverage. Join us for the next fresh air.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Perquimans County, North Carolina, a rural area that's trying to stimulate its economy by attracting retiring Baby Boomers. Studies show that a retiree can bring as much money to a local economy as three factory jobs. But some experts warn that while the senior dollar may provide short term economic help, as retirees age, they can become more of a burden than a boon.

Highlights from Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.