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Tonight on Inquiry, we spend some time with MATTHEW CORY, local actor and aspiring stand-up comedian. Matt talks about what it’s like to start out in stand up, how tough it is to break into local comedy scenes and about his new published collection of his SNARKY RESPONSES TO YAHOO ANSWERS.

Sexism is not a problem of the past. Just because women like Hilary Rodham Clinton and Sarah Palin are now prominent political faces, it does not mean that other everyday women are not still facing problems of not being treated as equals. Writer and teacher BARBARA J. BERG PhD believes that a new a particularly virulent form of sexism is taking root. Tonight we talk about how 9-11 affected women, recent studies of women’s pay compared to men’s, and whether a “maternal wall” still exists in the workplace.

Why the Cleveland Clinic is a good role model for truly healthy health care?
“The Hospital That Could Cure Health Care: Cleveland Clinic is both highly effective and fiercely efficient. So why are its methods so rare?”

That’s the title of a November 27, 2009 feature article in Newsweek.

The article begins by noting:

World renowned British historian and author Ian Kershaw’s biography
entitled "Hitler" ranks among the most significant of its kind. In it
Kershaw gives an in-depth analyses of the World War II dictator. From
his ascent to and exercise of power; and the decisive personal role
Hitler played in instigating World War II and genocide. I asked Kershaw
to draw parallels between Hitler and today's terrorists and dictators.
In spite of the ever present violence and hatred we so often read about
Kershaw believes Hitler remains the most demonic ruler of all time.

Since Mike O'Brien was appointed City Manager in 2004, he has worked to improve public safety and the delivery of core services, to bolster economic development and to address the long-term financial stability of New England's second-largest city.
Under his leadership, Worcester is rated one of the safest communities in the country -- compared
to cities with a population of 100,000 or more -- and is experiencing more than $1.3 billion in planned or current economic development activity citywide.

Since its debut in 1868, The World Almanac and Book of Facts has become the #1 best-selling American reference book of all time. It is the source for essential and authoritative facts for entertainment, reference and learning. The book contains thousands of facts and statistics that
aren’t publicly available which are sourced and double-checked by the staff of World Almanac experts. I asked Senoir editor Sarah Janssen just how you go about compiling a book of facts that is more than 1000 pages.