Guests: Peter Semneby, the European Union’s special representative for the South Caucasus

Guest: Andrea Bernstein, Takeaway Political Director

Guest: Duncan Kennedy, correspondent for the BBC

Are you a brand-loyal consumer? Are you a cookie-eater? If so, you may have noticed a void at the supermarket these past five years. The crème-filled Hydrox cookie disappeared from shelves in 2003, but, with a huge marketing push, is being revived by the Kellogg Company at stores this week—sans trans fat. Which brands would you bring back?

It turns out that in many parts of the United States, corporal punishment is still standard operating procedure. A joint Human Rights Watch and ACLU report finds that nearly a quarter of a million students were paddled or spanked last year. Adding insult to injury, black students and special education students received a disproportionate share of the punishment. The Takeaway explores what this says about the American school system and the culture that perpetuates these modes of discipline.

Guest: Dan Moulthrop, host of "The Sound of Ideas" on WCPN public radio in Cleveland

Guest: Karl Rove, Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush, Fox News contributor, and columnist for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek

Guest: Dr. Jonathan Moreno, a bioethicist and professor of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense.”

Guest: Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent

Guests: Clifford Levy, The New York Times, in Moscow

Guest: Crispin Thorold, BBC correspondent in Baghdad

Guest: Blair Heusdens, spokeswoman with the Florida Division of Emergency Management