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Two days after declaring a state of emergency in the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo continues her clampdown on the political opposition and government critics. The turmoil came the week Filipinos were remembering the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos 20 years ago.

For a time, legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint was missing during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Since his recovery, the songwriter has been on a mission to play and record music honoring his city — and helping it rebuild.

Author Christine Rosen talks about My Fundamentalist Education, her humorous and affectionate memoir of growing up in the 1980s in a fundamentalist household.

James Cannon is the author of Apostle Paul: A Novel of the Man Who Brought Christianity to the Western World. He discusses his fictional take on the important historical figure with Scott Simon.

Childhood curiosity fueled Alan Lightman's interest in science and space. Now an astrophysicist and novelist, Lightman believes our greatest creativity, in science and art, comes from awe at the unknown.

National security experts have been looking for clues about why the government decided to wiretap U.S. citizens. Author Timothy Naftali has checked the public record and has some ideas about the government's motivations.

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) talks about his new book, America Back on Track. In the book, Sen. Kennedy identifies what he sees as key challenges facing the United States now, and offers possible solutions.

The FCC wants to know if radio programmers at Clear Channel Communications Inc., CBS Radio Inc., Entercom Communications Corp. and Citadel Broadcasting Corp. received cash or gifts in exchange for playing songs without disclosing such a deal.

Hancock County, Miss., has 8,000 temporary FEMA trailers with electricity, water and sewer. These are small travel units, with a kitchen and a bathroom but no washer or dryer, so keeping a family in clean clothes means a visit to a crowded laundromat. Rich man, poor man -- quarters are what really count.

"What's In a Song," the continuing series from the Western Folklife Center, takes a look at the origins of one of the hardiest of holiday perennials: "Silver Bells." It made its debut in a 1951 Bob Hope film, The Lemon Drop Kid.