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Part of President George W. Bush's tax plan calls for the elimination of the estate tax. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Janet Hook of the LA Times who says that the repeal of the estate tax has moved to the bottom of the tax cut agenda.

Frank speaks with NPR's Barbara Bradley about the investigations by Congress and a federal prosecutor in New York into the pardon of Marc Rich by former President Clinton. Rich was charged with tax evasion, to the tune of 48 million dollars. He fled the country, and has been a fugitive ever since. Clinton defends his actions in a piece in today's New York Times.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from the Gaza strip, where five months of fighting and Israeli-imposed control measures have left the Palestinian territories on the verge of economic collapse.

Essayist Andy Borowitz imagines the controversy over Clinton's quest for an office in New York from the perspective of the former President's realtor.

NPR's Margot Adler reports from the International Toy Fair in New York on a new direction for Lego: action figures with weapons. Some parents are upset with the latest offerings from the construction toy company.

Frank talks to writer and former priest James Carroll, whose new book, Constantine's Sword; The Church and the Jews, explores the role of the Catholic church in anti-Semitism. From gospel accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus, to Emperor Constantine's transformation of the cross into a sword, and through the Holocaust, Carroll illustrates the points of conflict -- and common ground -- between Jews and Catholics. (The book is published by Houghton Mifflin, Co.)

It marks an abrupt end to a sense of normalcy that had settled over Moscow. On Thursday, Russia reported 1,159 deaths in the previous 24 hours. The Kremlin blames Russians' reluctance to vaccinate.

Jason Bezis, a law student at the University of California at Berkeley, has always harbored a special appreciation for our first president. He wants the nation to refer to our annual Februrary federal holiday by its given name: Washington's Birthday.

Jody Becker of Chicago Public Radio reports on the challenge public schools in Chicago face in teaching a small population of American Indian students - with sensitivity and smartness.

William H. Masters - of Masters and Johnson - did much in his work to take the guilt and angst out of sex in American life. He died friday at the age of 85. NPR's John Burnett reports.

Linda Wertheimer talks to Linda Nochlin, professor of modern art at the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU about the painter Balthus. The artist whose real name was Balthasar Klossowski died in Switzerland yesterday at the age of 92.

The West may not be best when it comes to selling products in Russian. As NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow there's a trend to advertise that products are made at home.