Computer Software Boils the Republican Platform Down to Its Essence

Journalist and musician James McBride. His recent book, is "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother," about his mother who was white and Jewish, but refused to admit her race. McBride's father was black. For years, McBride knew nothing about his mother's early life. It wasn't until he started work on the book,that she opened up to tell him that her father was a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi in rural Virginia, a racist, and he sexually abused her.

Karr has two volumes of poetry The Devil's Tour, and Abacus. She won Pushcart Prizes for both poetry and essays, and her work appears in such magazines as Granta, Ploughshares, and Vogue. She has a new memoir called The Liars' Club, about growing up with her eccentric and secretive mother. (Rebroadcast)

Film critic John Powers reviews "Tin Cup," which once again pairs actor Kevin Costner with director Ron Shelton.