KCRW's To the Point

Has America?s ?Batman Moment? Come to an End? Women at the London Olympics, and the US economy's 1.5% growth.

Today on To The Point, we?ll get some previews and take a look at how much the Olympic Games really mean to different countries around the world. Also, a look at guns and the presidential campaign, and China's dramatic political upheaval as the wife of Bo Xilai faces murder charges.

In the aftermath of the pedophilia scandal, Penn State football will be hit hard by NCAA sanctions. But will they change the culture of football nationwide and restore the balance between sports and the classroom? On Reporter's Notebook, after Mitt Romney slammed President Obama on his way overseas, campaign advisors tell British reporters the White House doesn?t appreciate a ?shared history.? Also, Ford Motor Company's profits are down.

In the aftermath of the massacre in Aurora, Colorado, New York Mayor Bloomberg wants President Obama and candidate Mitt Romney to talk about gun violence.

A record 1000 counties in 29 states have been declared natural-disaster areas. With both food and energy dependent on corn, is America over-reliant on one crop?

At least 12 people are dead and 38 wounded after a shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Also, international efforts to end Syria's civil war have reached a standstill.

Americans have lost confidence in banks and credit card companies. Is government protection against predatory lending the answer? Will the CFPB make things better or worse?

In Phoenix tomorrow, Sheriff Joe Arpaio will go on trial for what he calls "crime suppression" and the plaintiffs call "racial profiling."

Mitt Romney refuses to release more than 2 years of tax returns or clarify when he left the firm that made him a fortune. Why fellow Republicans are urging transparency.

With billions of dollars flowing more freely than ever before into the political process, has the US reached the point where money is all that matters in an election?

The US Labor Department is weighing a new rule to extend minimum wage and overtime pay to the approximately 2.5 million workers caring for elderly Americans at home.

When formerly middle class workers are on the streets with their children, what's the future of the "American Dream?" The human cost of long-term unemployment...

The GOP House is voting to repeal "Obamacare," with the Democratic Senate expected to ignore it. After SCOTUS' ruling, is it good politics to debate the issue again?

Unmanned, remote-controlled drones are re-making America's military. Some 30,000 drones are expected within US borders by 2020. What are the civilian applications? Risks?

What the growing LIBOR scandal could might mean for $350 trillion in contracts from worldwide business, municipal governments mortgages and student loans.