Monday, May 26, 2008

It offers full tuition and living expenses at a four-year state college or university to anyone who has served at least 3-years in the military since the attacks of Sept. 11. Congress passed it with overwhelming majorities, but the President and the Pentagon say it will harm the military and possibly endanger U.S. forces fighting abroad. Sen. McCain is proposing an alternative plan. We'll speak with Paul Rieckhoff, executive director and founder of "Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America."

From Native American burial grounds, to Gettysburg, to the flat stone markers at Forest Lawn in California, our cemeteries tell us a lot about our history. Cultural historian Marilyn Yalon considers that history in her new book, "The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds, and she joins us for a Memorial Day conversation.

With gas hovering around $4.00 a gallon, what are small business people in the travel and tourism industry d