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Craig speaks with Dr. Irwin Hyman, author of the book The Case Against Spanking. Dr. Hyman says if the United States banned spanking, the incidence of violence and child abuse would decrease. He strongly criticizes the continued use of corporal punishment in many school districts.

NPR'S BRENDA WILSON REPORTS ON ALLEGATIONS BY A CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATION THAT LINKS SURGEON GENERAL NOMINEE DR. HENRY FOSTER WITH THE NOTORIOUS TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT.

Surgeon General nominee Henry Foster today disputed the latest charges against him and denied any knowledge or involvement in the notorious Tuskegee Experiment. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Daniel visits an exhibit of household items from Elizabethan England at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington. Curator Leena Cowan Orlin says that it's relatively easy to imagine what life was like back then because a detailed inventory was kept of every item in the home.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MICHAEL ENRIGHT, THE HOST OF THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION'S FAMED SHOW "AS IT HAPPENS," ABOUT PROPOSED CUTS OF THE NETWORK'S BUDGET AND THE RESIGNATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CBC, ANTHONY MANERA.

NPR'S ANN COOPER REPORTS FROM SOWETO OTHAT ALTHOUGH APARTHEID HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE APARTHEID "MENTALITY" STILL EXISTS IN THAT COUNTRY'S POLICE FORCE.

As the House prepares to vote on rolling back the "Great Society" welfare programs of the 1960's and to give states the power to run their own assistance programs, one state-based program -- child support enforcement - is likely to become a federal one. NPR's Peter Kenyon examines this exception to the devolutionary trend.

Daniel talks with Bowdoin College economics professor Rick Freeman about how one goes about doing a cost benefit analysis. The Republicans would like to pass legislation that could require such an analysis for every federal law that would have a major economic impact. Mr. Freeman explains exactly how the process works.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WITH RALPH NEAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND CLINT BLOCK, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION FOR THE WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE.