On Tonight: Dec. 19, 2013
Are there limits to what people can say?
A&E suspended "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson after he made anti-gay comments in the Jan. 2014 issue of GQ Magazine. Read Robertson's remarks, via GQ, and the resulting controversy, via The Los Angeles Times.
Guests:
Rod Dreher @roddreher
Senior editor of The American Conservative (@amconmag).
Jason Johnson @DrJasonJohnson
Al Jazeera English contributor, political science professor at Hiram College.
Tom Doherty @tuckahoetommy
Republican strategist, former senior advisor to Gov. George Pataki (R-N.Y.).
Should America's unemployed go abroad?
Guest:
Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny
Senior fellow at the Center For Global Development and author of "Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding — And How We Can Improve the World Even More."
Read Charles Kenny's essay on the issue, via Foreign Policy.
Are Americans working too hard?
Only 31 percent of employed Americans work 40 hours a week, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.
Guests:
John de Graaf @johndegraaf
National coordinator of the organization Take Back Your Time.
Dr. Jeff Gardere @DrJeffGardere
Psychologist.
Why can't major corporations stop hackers from getting our financial information?
Target officials said Thursday that 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach. Read more via Al Jazeera America.
Guest:
Robert Siciliano @RobertSiciliano
McAfee intel security expert and a personal security and identity theft expert.
"Saving Mr. Banks" and Walt Disney's legacy
The new Disney Studios film tells how Walt Disney adapted the children's book "Mary Poppins" into a movie. How is Disney presenting this part of its own history?
Guest:
Bill Wyman @hitsville
Al Jazeera culture critic, former NPR arts editor.
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