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Massachusetts-born Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, would be one hundred this year if he were still alive. We'll look at the legacy of the author and artist and see what impact he had on American culture and literature. Mike Arnold hosts. His guest is Philip Nel, Assistant Professor of English at Kansas State University and author of "Dr. Seuss: American Icon". We'll also hear from Richard Minear, Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, one of the country's leading historians on Japan during WWII and author of "Dr. Seuss goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel."

A common 19th century disease thought to have been nearly eradicated, poses a new threat to Maine.
State health officials say they are struggling to get the resources they need to combat tuberculosis before it becomes a full-blown epidemic.
And the clock is ticking.
State health officials say only with an infusion of state money will they be able to expand efforts begun in Portland where the first outbreak of T.B. in fifteen years has been contained.
Maine Public RAdio's Jeanne Baron reports.