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Lisa reads letters from listeners about our new Along For The Ride segment and our Valentine's Day story about finding love in the pocket of a shirt.

As lawmakers return home for a week-long recess, they'll be gauging their constituents' opinions on President Bush's tax cut plan. NPR's David Welna reports on the tax cut debate.

Melinda talks to Malcolm Kushner, co-creator of a humor exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, about various Presidents and their sense of humor. He says it's important for the Commander-in-Chief to know how to tell a joke, and make fun of himself on occasion.

Lisa talks with 72-year old Betty Weeks of Arlington, Virginia. Weeks retired as a crossing guard last week after 38 years patrolling the same intersection. She says the kids and drivers have changed over the years. Plus, we'll hear a poem she wrote about her job.

Film critic Bob Mondello takes a look at the advertising lines used to attract movie-goers.

Airstrikes of Iraqi military installations outside Baghdad yesterday provoked reactions from Arab leaders and American allies. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with Arab scholar Shibley Telhami, and Richard Perle, a Pentagon official in the first Bush administration.

David D'Arcy reports from the Berlin International Film Festival on the screening of a five-year-old film starring actor Leonardo Di Caprio, Don's Plum. DiCaprio won a legal battle to allow the filmmakers to show the film outside of North America, for fear that nudity and explicit language would tarnish the actor's reputation.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with author Rick Moody about his new collection of stories called Demonology. Moody is best known for his book, The Ice Storm, which drew comparisons to John Updike and John Cheever. In Moody's new book, several of the 13 stories examine the complexities of grief and loss. (11:30) (Demonolgy is published by Little,B

A small number of health workers are protesting for global vaccine equity. Their demonstrations echo the call for equal distribution of HIV medications decades ago — but there are key differences.

NPR asked reporters in Dallas, Chicago and Boston talk to voters about what they think of the tax cut plan that President Bush sent to Congress today. Wade Goodwyn found a lot of support for the plan at the upscale North Park Mall in Dallas. NPR's Mary Ann Akers found mixed reviews of the tax plan at a state office building in Chicago. NPR's' Anthony Brooks visited Boston's financial district. He found support for the tax cut among people in the financial services business. But more average voters wondered whether the money would be better spent on such programs as Social Security and Medicare.