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Next week's Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles has the Los Angeles Police Department worried about Seattle-style protests. NPR's Aaron Schachter reports that LA police are warning downtown businesses of possible violence; demonstrators are trying to assure merchants they don't intend to be unruly.

Ten years ago this month Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait, leading ultimately to the Persian Gulf War. Jacki speaks to Middle East scholar Shibley Telhami about the legacy of the invasion, and the impact sanctions and a strengthened Saddam Hussein have on the people of Iraq.

NPR's David Welna reports that United Airlines is canceling two thousand flights in September. United says a continuing contract dispute between the airline and its pilots is contributing to the cancellations. But the pilots disagree, and say passengers should blame United Airlines management because it failed to prepare for the summer flight schedule.

Commentator Reynolds Price muses on the reasons why the vivid ease and eloquence of letter writing has all but died out. He bemoans the loss of an irreplaceable source of history, expression and human encounter. He cites the lasting gift of a vivid letter from his grade school teacher about her first migraine.

Commentator Carol Wasserman contemplates the realities of aging while floating like "a bed of kelp" off the beach in Massachusetts.

Host Howard Berkes talks to NPR White House Correspondent Mara Liasson about the White House reaction to Vice President Al Gore's selection of Joseph Lieberman as his running mate.

Host Howard Berkes talks with Genevieve Abdo a reporter from The Guardian about the recent crack-down on journalists in Iran. Recently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the Iranian parliament the current laws limiting what journalists can write about should go unchanged.

William Mercer, known to many listeners as the disk jockey, Rosco, died last week at the age of 73. Rosco worked on several radio stations on both coasts from the 60's through the 80's, and in the 90's was a sports announcer for CBS. Noah offers an appreciation.

Noah talks with John Brumgardt, Director of the Charleston Museum in South Carolina, about the raising of the wreckage of the H.L Hunley, a Confederate submarine. The H.L. Hunley is said to be the first sub in the world to sink an enemy warship. Brumgardt talks about how the wreck was pulled out of the water, and the plans to restore it for display at the Charleston Museum.

Sixty-six large fires are burning in the western United States today. This is being called the worst fire season in fifty years. NPR's Aaron Schachter reports on the financial cost of this year's firefighting.