Friday, Jun. 9, 2000 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Mayor Williams reacted swiftly to allegations of improper hirings at D.C. General, and everyone is gearing up for the June 27 School Board Referendum. It's "The D.C. Politics Hour with Mark Plotkin," our weekly review of District affairs.

Almost everything that lives in Australia exists nowhere else, and Humor Writer Bill Bryson suggests that the country's oddities make it among the most pleasant and interesting places on the planet. Bryson joins Kojo to talk about his...