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NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on Republican Presidential Nominee George W. Bush's low key treatment of the issue of foreign policy.

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 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.

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.

Host Alex Chadwick talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts and Charlie Cook, editor of the Cook Political Report about this week's Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Last night, Texas governor George W. Bush accepted his party's presidential nomination in a speech that warned of a tough fight ahead against Vice President Al Gore.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Coyote Ugly. He says it's not likely to win any awards but is a perfectly fun summer movie.

Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, talks to author Bob Greene about the bombing and the lingering effects of World War II on those who fought in it. Greene's previous conversations with Tibbets were the basis for his bestselling book, Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War.

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.

It was two years ago this month that car bombs exploded at US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Commentator Pius Kamau is a surgeon in Denver. His sister was one of thousands that were either killed or injured in the blasts.

Scott Horsley reports negotiators for Bell Atlantic -- now known as Verizon are meeting with union leaders in Washington this week trying to resolve a contract dispute. A third of its workers, including telephone operators, line technicians, and clerical workers, are involved. The company says it has submitted a new contract offer, with a strike deadline looming tomorrow night. A strike could disrupt service for millions of customers in eastern states. In addition to the usual issues of wages and pensions, unionized workers are demanding a larger role in the company's fast-growing wireless and internet access divisions.

A new opera with libretto by Ben Katchor. Katchor is the creator of the comic strip, Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer. Like the strip, the opera springs from Katchor's fascination with the urban landscape - specifically, two different buildings and their very different inhabitants. The work is being performed by musicians from the New York new music collective called Bang on a Can, at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Massachusetts, this weekend. Charlene Scott, of member station WFCR in Amherst, has the story.

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.