Taliban fighters in Afghanistan stormed a guest house used by the United Nation in Kabul and at least a dozen people were killed. The attack comes as the Obama Administration is considering a shift in strategy in Afghanistan. Thom Shanker of the New York Times reports that the strategy will now focus on protecting the ten most populous areas in Afghanistan.

Medicare is at the center of the debate over health care reform — what might reform mean to the alphabet soup of the behemoth Medicare program? We'll get a primer from Stuart Altman, professor of health policy at Brandies University's Heller School. Altman has advised presidents since Nixon about Medicare and Medicaid.

They are calling this the Turnpike Series - as the Philadelphia Phillies head up to the Bronx to meet the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series. Can the Phillies repeat last year's glory? Ben Reiter of Sports Illustrated is our guest.

It's a legal way for states to keep sex offenders locked up after they've served their prison terms. How does it work? We'll speak with Dr. Anna Salter, a leading psychologist who consults with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and evaluates sex offenders for civil commitment.

A new anthology for kids uses poetry and science to illustrate Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. It's called, "The Tree That Time Built:   Celebration of Nature, Science and Imagination." The poems were selected by, and some of them written by, the Children's Poet Laureate, Mary Ann Hoberman, and cultural anthropologist, Linda Winston. And they join us to talk about it.

Poems in the piece

Fugazi, "Sweet 'n Low"
Sun Kil Moon, "Si Paloma"
Maserati, "Wires Were Towers"
The Police, "Walking on the Moon"