Barry Commoner Discusses the State of the Environment.
Scientist Barry Commoner, founder and director of the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems in New York. For years Commoner has been at the forefront of the ecology movement. "Time" magazine once dubbed him the "Paul Revere of Ecology." Early on he crusaded about the dangers of nuclear fallout. In 1970 he helped organize the first Earth Day, and a year later published "The Closing Circle," an examination of the affect of technology on the environment. He looked at the energy crisis in "The Poverty of Power." In 1980 Commoner ran for president on the Citizens Party ticket, with a platform based on energy and liberal themes. Commoner's new book is "Making Peace with the Planet." (Pantheon Books)
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Sinead O'Connor is Not Your Average Pop Star.
Ken Tucker reviews "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got," the new album from Irish singer/songwriter Sinead (shh-NAY) O'Connor. (It's on Chrysalis records).
Novelist Fay Weldon Discusses Her Work.
British writer Fay Weldon. She's most famous for her book, "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil," which was recently made into a movie. Weldon's novels deal with certain aspects of the female experience. In her first novel, "Fat Women's Joke" (1967), an over-weight middle-aged woman leaves her husband and struggles for self-respect in a world where youth and sex appeal count. And the heroine of "Down Among the Women," is an unwed mother. In all, Weldon has written fourteen novels and story collections.
A Murder for Hire Farce.
Film Critic Steven Schiff reviews the new comedy, "I Love You to Death," starring Kevin Kline, Tracy Ullman, and William Hurt.
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