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without considering the enormous amount that tax breaks cost the federal government.

Noah Adams speaks with Rich Berry, director of the Fish Propagation Program for the state of Oregon. He says budget cuts forced the state to release 8 million baby salmon into the icy Columbia River to meet almost certain death.

Commentator Bailey White comments on odd bathroom practices -- like the little basket of dried flower petals put on the toilet, or the toilet paper folded into a point-- all designed to put us at ease in a dark, primordial room. She also notes the modern technologies in progressive airport bathrooms she has visited.

in which the United Nations finds itself. U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali is warning that the organization faces financial collapse if member nations fail to pay annual dues. Currently, the U.N. says that more than a thousand jobs may be cut this year in an effort to reduce costs.

On November 11, 1994, Eddie Polec was clubbed to death in a Philadelphia suburb by a group of rival highschool kids. He was clubbed with a baseball bat on the steps of the St Cecilia's Church where he had been an altar boy. Investigators say he was beaten until limp and then held aloft "to give the bat-wielding youths a better shot." He had been waiting for his young brother, to walk home together when the group of kids arrived, looking for a fight. Eddie hadn't been part of the rivalry. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The story gained national attention because of the poor response, and rudeness of 911 operators to callers who called about the attack. MARTY MOSS COANE will talk with a journalist and the parents of Eddie Polec:Broadcast journalist BRYN FRIEDMAN ("Brin Freedman"). She covered the trial of Eddie Polecs' attackers. Nineteen year old Kevin Convey, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the slaying, and was sentenced to five to 20 years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Convey struck the first blow with a baseball bat, causing Polec to fall. Convey is the only one to be sentenced so far. FRIEDMAN reports for FOX news in Philadelphia.INT: Parents of Eddie Polec, KATHY and JOHN POLEC ("Paul-ic").

JAMES CARVILLE, chief strategist of Bill Clinton's 1992 War room, and an adviser to President Clinton. He has a new book in which he responds to the Republican's contract with America. It's called "We're Right, They're Wrong: A Handbook for Spirited Progressives." (in paperback, RANDOM HOUSE) CARVILLE is also the co-author with his wife, Mary Matalin, of "All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President.

SIMPLE.Robert talks with Tom Oschenslager,(OSH-EN-SLANHG-ER), is a tax partner the accounting firm Grant Thornton in Washington DC. He spoke to us from his office. 3. LIGHT & LAG. Noah talks with Dr. Charles Czeisler (SIZE-ler), Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and senior author of a new study on human response to light. The study, published today in the journal Nature, shows that normal levels of indoor light, not just bright light, can reset the human biological clock. Czeisler says that, thanks to Edison, our bodies are in a permanent state of jet lag.

Commentator Stuart Cheifet says computer sales people often don't know what they are talking out when they try to sell things to customers... and he finds it frustrating, upsetting and annoying to see people buy things they don't need.

decide whether Mexico should be sanctioned if that nation is found not to be doing enough to stop drug trafficking. The anti-narcotics efforts of all drug-producing countries are subject to yearly review, under U.S. law.

Commercial Director of Scottish and Newcastle Breweries, whose company has brewed what it believes is a pretty accurate version of an ancient Egyptian beer. The brew is called "Tutankamun Ale"

The House today approved fundamental changes in the nation's agricultural policy as it's existed since the Great Depression. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports on the so-called Freedom-to-Farm legislation that gradually ends subsidies from the federal government and leaves farming to market forces. The Senate has already passed similar legislation.

Linda and Noah read from another batch of listner comments.