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As the violence in Syria continues, the international community has been unable to do much more than condemn it. Host Scott Simon talks with Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about the mounting debate over intervention and the new humanitarian access to the country.

President Obama has withdrawn U.S. forces from Iraq and hopes to do the same in Afghanistan. He's a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the man who "got" Osama bin Laden. David Rohde, a foreign affairs columnist for Reuters and The Atlantic, tells host Scott Simon about what he calls the "Obama Doctrine."

Ciaran Hinds seems to show up in every other movie you may have seen over the past decade, including There Will Be Blood, The Road to Perdition, Harry Potter and The Debt. He's currently starring in the hit television series Above Suspicion, based on the Lynda La Plante novels. Host Scott Simon speaks with Hinds about his career.

If American politicians are going to quarrel like cats and dogs, why not just elect cats and dogs? Yet even pets can't hide from the political caterwauling; attacks against the candidacy of Hank the Cat may have reached a new low.

The Emmy-winning actress stars on ABC's new GCB, a sort of Desperate-Housewives-ish dishy, soapy comedy-drama premiering Sunday night. The show — about a group of Southern Christian women — hit close to home for the singer, who grew up in the Bible Belt and describes herself as a "God person."

A fractious, self-deluding writer (Robert De Niro) reaches out to his adult son (Paul Dano) after almost two decades of estrangement. Critic Bob Mondello says the movie could have been precious in the wrong hands, but director Paul Weitz and his cast tell an emotionally real story.

The racketeering conviction of a former juvenile court judge was a "huge black eye" on Luzerne County. To prevent another "kids for cash" scandal, the county has beefed up its juvenile defense team. But resources to keep the unit going are scarce, and one public defender says it seems like people forgot what happened.

The conservative radio host had called Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" after she testified on Capitol Hill that insurers should provide no-cost contraception.

Most Israelis are compelled to serve in the military, but ultra-Orthodox Jews were exempt until last Tuesday, when the country's Supreme Court struck down that controversial law. As tempers flare, many are asking what part the ultra-Orthodox should play in the Jewish state.

In southern China, a village that rebelled against corrupt Communist officials has gone to the polls. Reformers hope the elections could become a model for grassroots democracy, but others fear they're just a high-profile exception.