How the evolution of our brain explains why we are less than perfect. We'll talk with GARY MARCUS author of the new book Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind. Marcus directs the Infant Language Learning Center at New York University.

Weekly discussion on the Presidential Race. We'll catch up on the latest events including Barack Obama's split with controversial pastor. We'll talk with SEAN WILENTZ a history professor at Princeton University and author of the new book The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008, and RON WALTERS director of the African American Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland who served as a deputy campaign manager for both Jesse Jackson Presidential campaigns.

John McCain and Hillary Clinton have proposed suspending the 18-cent-per-gallon gas tax for the summer driving season. Critics say the proposals are mere politics and will only encourage more gasoline usage. Supporters of the plan say it will provide some short-term relief to cash-strapped consumers. We talk about it with writer PAUL ROBERTS, author of ???The End of Oil,??? and economist CHRIS KNITTEL of the University of California at Davis

TV military analysts: are they reliable? A recent New York Times story portrayed a Bush administration public relations program involving retired military officers as a covert effort for positive war coverage. We'll discuss whether the PR program was troublesome and how military analysts should and should not be used by the media. Our guests are WILLIAM NASH, a Retired Army Major General and WILLIAM ARKIN who served as a military analyst for NBC News from 1999-2007.

Should Congress update the GI Bill? Under the original bill, World War Two Vets were reimbursed for the full cost of tuition and fees from any college or university. Today, the cost of higher ed has outpaced the veteran benefits, and now only covers 60-70 percent of a public college. We'll hear about the new effort in Congress to expand benefits, and how the WWII GI Bill changed America. We talk with EDWARD HUMES, author of Over Here: How the GI Bill Transformed the American Dream and TODD BOWERS the Director of Government Affairs for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

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