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New Hampshire Corrections Commissioner William Wren joins us. The State’s prison system is more focused than ever on rehabilitation...preparing inmates for life after prison...with a heightened attempt to make sure they don’t return. We’ll find out what’s going on – and, talk about the increased attention to female inmates, as that population grows.

Guest

• William Wrenn, Commissioner for the New Hampshire Department of Corrections

This will be President Bush's final address to Congress, and one that’s expected to focus heavily on domestic issues such as health care, education and the economy. We’ll talk about what he said, and what the reaction to the speech may be.

Guests

• Dean Spiliotes, political analyst and commentator at NHPoliticalCapital.com, formerly with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics
• Bill Martel, Associate Professor of International Security Studies at the Tufts University Fletcher School of Diplomacy

We'll Also Hear From

• Russ Thibeault, President of Applied Economic Research in Laconia

"Under God". They are just two words out of thirty-one, but they have caused years of controversy. Added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 by Congress and then President Dwight D. Eisenhower as a way to distinguish the United States from the Soviet Union and it's so-called "Godless Communists", it has since become a hotpoint in the discussion over the separation of church and state and the basis for a lawsuit here in the Granite State. Today we explore the arguments for and against including "under God" in the Pledge and we want to hear what you think. Should it be in the Pledge? Why or why not? Were you in school when the Pledge was changed? Tell us your stories. Call or email us with your comments.

Guests

• Guy Macmillin, Editorial Page Editor for the Keene Sentinel.
• Drew Cline, Editorial Page Editor for the NH Union Leader and Sunday News.

We'll Also Hear From

• Dan Barker, Co-President and Co-Founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (a group which promotes the constitutional principle of separation of church and state, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism). The FFRF is part of the lawsuit filed by an anonymous Hanover, NH, couple last Fall to challenge the use of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

A fifty-million-dollar short fall, a halt on spending and the real possibilities of a major downturn in the national economy have many in New Hampshire worried about the condition of our budget. We’ll crunch the numbers and look forward to what the Governor may say about it in his State of the State speech on Wednesday.

Guests

• Steve Norton, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies
• Charlie Arlinghaus, President of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
• Jeff Feingold, Editor of the New Hampshire Business Review

The Exchange takes a break to bring you a special program exploring the beliefs of two men who fought for civil rights and who were led by the theory of nonviolence. Friends of Martin Luther King Jr. discuss his life and the roots of his peaceful resistance philosophies. Later, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi remembers how his grandfather’s teachings would influence future civil rights leaders.