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Andrew Bird's music has been defying description for years. "I sort of play with words and ideas, and they eventually kind of find their way into the nooks and crannies of the melodies," Bird says.

Three years after the start of the war in Iraq, public support for the effort is at an all-time low, according to the latest poll from the Pew Research Center. Andrew Kohut, the center's director, discusses the results with Robert Siegel.

Iraq's new parliament was sworn in Thursday, but the political parties deadlocked over which one will lead the next government. Renee Montagne talks to Jonathan Morrow, senior advisor with the Rule of Law Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He recently returned from Iraq where he's been working with the Sunni leadership on Iraq's constitution.

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher has negotiated international treaties and the release of hostages. He believes diplomacy -- and life -- work best when people trust and depend on one another.

This past week, the Justice Department asked the Internet company Google to turn over its search records, which prosecutors say would help them defend a controversial child pornography law. Google refused.

Commentator Kelly Beatty says that when he was growing up, space exploration was all about one thing: the race to the moon. It was easy to measure progress leading up to a specific goal. Now that space exploration is all about the planets and the solar system, there is a dizzying array of spacecraft traveling all over the place.

The new CD from Southern Culture on the Skids continues their string of party albums — by adding a California twist. Mojo Box includes a tribute to late guitar wild-man Hasil Adkins.

Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour," died of a heart attack Thursday, according to his management company. He was 64, but had suffered from health problems for the past year.

Weeks after votes were cast in Iraq's most recent round of elections, a final tally is out. Shiite politicians will hold the most seats in parliament -- 128 -- followed by two Sunni parties with a total of 55 seats and 53 for the Kurdish block.

As part of The Long View series of conversations on Morning Edition, author Kurt Vonnegut talks with Steve Inskeep about how society has changed in the last 50 years.