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NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on President Bush's plan to cut taxes. Many members of Congress fear the plan will follow the pattern of the Reagan tax-cut in 1981, which quickly ballooned with breaks and favors for special interests.

NPR's Renee Montagne highlights moments from last night's Academy Awards ceremony. Gladiator won best picture, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won best foreign language film. (6:35) Check out the complete list of Oscar winners.

Country singer Gretchen Wilson lived the hardscrabble life she depicts in her songs. Wilson was born to a teenaged mother and dropped out of high school. She worked as a bartender before getting her lucky break and is considered one of a new breed of Nashville star. Her latest CD is called All Jacked Up.

Friday the 13th is the perfect opening day for a movie about luck. And that describes Intacto, a psychological thriller from Spain. NPR film critic Bob Mondello offers a review.

Commentator Mickey Edwards is glad that Judge Robert Bork never got a seat on the Supreme Court - Edwards has read Bork's new book called "Slouching Towards Gomorrah" and believes that Bork is no longer a conservative and that his ideas about censorship go too far.

Bob Dole and other Republicans have been highly critical of the teachers unions. NPR's Peter Overby takes a look at the unions' role in politics, especially their tradition of supporting Democrats, and some of the forces on the other side of the education debate.

Several schools in Houston, Texas are trying an innovative way to teach kids how to write: give them cameras. Teachers say when the kids have the pictures, they work hard to create accompanying words that tell a story. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the unprecedented amount of campaign money the parties have amassed in this election cycle, and the new ways they are spending it. The parties have found new loopholes in the federal election funding laws and exploited old ones more than ever before.

A national alliance of church organizations is redefining what compassion means in terms of its service to communities. Julia McEvoy reports that one church in suburban Chicago has decided that being a good Christian means tackling community issues that have been damaging the local economy.

We'll hear an excerpt from a talk given today by Judge Richard Goldstone, the former Chief Prosecutor for the International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He talks about the obstacles he faced in bringing war crimes to world attention, and war criminals to trial.

Poet and commentator Andrei Codrescu writes an ode to his poet-friend Jim Gustafson, who recently died. Codrescu adored his friend, and says that he will go on telling stories about his late friend for years.

Commentator Troy says public education in the U.S. is unfairly criticised by many. They aren't perfect, but public schools in the U.S. are enourmously successful against some heavy societal odds---good public schools just never seem to get the same attention as the bad ones.

When he accepts the Democratic Party's nomination tonight, the President is expected to announce a jobs program for welfare recipients that will cost more than three billion dollars. NPR's Edward Lifson reports that the proposal is an attempt to heal a rift in the Democratic Party over the new welfare reform bill.

Commentator Bill Harley is asked to make good on a glib promise...to stand before three hundred Latino students and tell a story in Spanish. At the time he made the promise he was studying the language. When he's asked back, he's painfully short of fluent.

Craig Venter, the big commercial player in the human genome project, announced today that he has funding from the Energy Department to create a new form of life -- a single-celled, partially man-made organism. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.

The first family is celebrating Christmas at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland. Morning Edition host Bob Edwards gives listeners an insight into some Bush family traditions -- like tamales and enchiladas for dinner.

Martin Wells of Nebraska Public Radio reports on a program allowing crime victims and offenders an opportunity to confront each other online and discuss the crime and it's impact. The program is being seen as a model for others around the country and in Britain.

Thanksgiving holiday travelers create a disarming situation at the nation's airports. Sir, that meat cleaver is not a carry-on item.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports on Joseph Kabila, new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo and son of recently assassinated president Laurent Kabila. Doubts about Kabila's legitimacy and his ability to lead are widespread in war-torn Congo.

Host Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein about the Australian Open. This year the tennis tournament saw surprise winners in both the men's and women's brackets. Jennifer Capriati easily beat top-seeded Martina Hingis and Andre Aggasi defeated Frenchman Arnaud Clement.

Tony Sarabia of Chicago Public Radio remembers jazz trombonist J.J. Johnson, who died Sunday at age 77. Johnson is considered the father of the modern jazz trombone.

Commentator Mary Sojourner once told us how she was giving up e-mail for the quiet pleasures of life lived only in real time and real space. Now she says the realities of making a living are driving her back online.

Hollis Speer Gillespie is a flight attendant. She finds she's in demand for her skills as an interpreter as well in Germany. This is odd, because she can barely bumble her way through the language, let alone speak it fluently.

Host Bob Edwards talks to writer Michael Kaus about his new online service called "Series Skipper." The program boils down long newspaper series into a few salient points -- allowing readers to skip the original without fear of missing anything good.

This Los Angeles-based group mixes Latin, hip-hop, funk, jazz and Middle Eastern elements to create a sound that reflects the band's own multi-ethnic makeup. The latest Ozomatli CD is titled Street Signs.