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Linda talks to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a professor of Afro-American studies at Harvard University and the editor of the Norton Anthology of African American Literature. They discuss this new addition to the Norton Anthology series, and the need for an anthology of the best African-American writing.

Commentary from Andrei Codrescu tells the tale of his friend George...who's about to have his first name interdicted by John Kennedy Jr because's George's on-line name is like John John's magazine on-line name...can you have exclusive rights to a name.

Linda talks with Judy Cockerton, owner of No Kidding, toy stores in Massachusetts about what toys are popular this holiday season. She says Lego's Soccer Championship is scarce and parents call her everyday to ask about it. Razor scooters are still popular. Among the hot games this year are Apples to Apples Jr. and Sequence.

ST.JOHN BURIAL - On Sunday, the ashes of William Wallace Brown, Jr., a man who was once homeless, will be interred at St. John Episcopal Church near the White House. Brown became a member of the "church of the presidents" when former President George Bush invited him in to pray one Sunday morning.

On Morning Edition, NPR's Bob Edwards interviews George Zambelli Jr., whose grandfather emigrated from Italy to start a fireworks manufacturing business now into its fourth generation. "It's a way to paint the skies," Zambelli says.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Ivo Daalder about the broadcast on Iraqi television of a videotape of Saddam Hussein, apparently indicating that the Iraqi leader survived the early attack from American missiles. Daalder is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, and is the Sydney Stein Jr. Chair in International Security.

Julie Phillips' new biography follows the woman behind the famous pen name of James Tiptree, Jr. Alice B. Sheldon (1915 - 1987) used the male pen name to write in a time when male authors could expect more success in the realm of science fiction.

On the National Mall in Washington, D.C., thousands attend the groundbreaking for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial. President Bush, Maya Angelou, and Oprah Winfrey were among those speaking at the ceremony. The memorial is scheduled to open in 2008.

Also in your grab bag of weekly trivia: martial law, bitcoin, the first lady's holiday décor, a Kennedy who's not RFK Jr., brain rot and the popemobile.

On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.