Jason Sokol, historian and author of "There Goes My Everything: White Southerners in the Age of Civil Rights, 1945-1975", discusses the white experience during the civil rights movement. August 31, 2006.

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U.S. Drafting Sanctions as Iran Is Defiant (NY Times)

State on Verge of Greenhouse Gas Restrictions (LA Times)

Nicotine Up Sharply In Many Cigarettes (Washington Post)

In Bolivia, New Setbacks to a Leader's Lofty Vision (Washington Post)

Klein: We gotta keep the rejects (NY Daily News)

The kids are all right (NY Daily News)

Op-Ed: Pack of Lies (NY Times)

Canada pilot in toilet trip drama (BBC)

Joyce, Dickens, Google -- classics are there to download (Boston Globe)

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Rumsfeld Says Critics Appeasing Fascism (LA Times)

Census Figures Show Scant Improvement in City Poverty Rate (NY Times)

U.S. Court Orders City to Ensure Aid for Battered Immigrants (NY Times)

Naguib Mahfouz, Leading Arab Writer, Dies (NY Times)

Bloomberg 'primarily' neutral (NY Post)

Stuyvesant Town going on block (NY Daily News)

Leash nags to get muzzled (NY Post)

Paw driving lands dog and owner in trouble (Guardian Unlimited)

New Study: Taller People Are Smarter (AOL News)

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Iraq Army Battles Shiites (LA Times)

Last plea: Save the new guy (NY Daily News)

With Hil in no hurry, debate likely history (NY Daily News)

Lawsuit would force dogs back on leash (AM NY)

Hevesi letter outlines concerns about new Moynihan Station (Metro)

Pressure Mounts to Curb the Size of Atlantic Yards (NY Sun)

Suit aims to block dorm (Newsday)

Candidates for Governor Engage in Debate, Sans Spitzer (NY Times)

Books of The Times: A Man Who Looks in the Mirror and Smiles (NY Times)

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We received numerous listener emails about today's segment proffering career advice for college students and recent graduates. Here's what a few listeners had to say:

Subject: Graduate
As a philosophy major, women studies minor I thought myself a pretty enlightened guy. However I made the mistake of looking with disdain on all the people taking classes in the business school. I therefore never took an economics or statistics class. That was a big mistake, not just professionally but intellectually. I found that I could participate only partially in serious social and political discussions after graduation. To all of today's liberal arts majors, I would encourage you to take an economics class.--D.

Subject: college majors
An english major says: use your college years to find out what you love; and make sure you read and write VERY WELL - once you're on the job market, you will find ways to use it. --J.

Subject: Advice to new college students - look for great teachers and great environments
What matters most in college are your experiences and relationships. Beware of mediocre teachers and lack-luster work environments. If you have a specific major in mind, make sure there is at least one top-notch professor in that field. If you don't know what you want, than make sure that the setting will be inspiring or provide a lot of opportunity to interact with new people and ideas. --M.

Subject: Current College Discussion
...Tell prospective students to not let grades or assignments get in the way of "life" lessons. Go to a lecture or a reading rather than study that one night. Or get a radio show and play the music that you love for two hours some morning, regardless of how tired it might make you. Don't get so caught up in your grades; future employers will be able to see your passion and well-roundedness. --J.

Subject: Interesting Site for College Majors - from Lehman College
In an attempt to assist my nephew who is undecided in terms of a major,
I found this website from a search. This is from Lehman College: What can I do with this Major? --J.

Subject: College majors
As a history major who went back to graduate school, I am much happier
living in my basement apartment in Jersey, eating Ramen noodles at age
26, than I ever was at my horribly boring, but well paying, job for an
education policy think tank. --K.

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Hezbollah Leader says he wouldn't have captured soldiers if he thought it'd lead to war (Associated Press)

Poor Patients Who Are Healthy? (LA Times)

Latest food additive: Viruses (LA Times)

Plenty kids left in failing schools (NY Daily News)

YouTube launches Paris Hilton channel (The Sun)

Real Wages Fail to Match a Rise in Productivity (NY Times)

Buffalo tries to stem population decline by drawing alumns (NY Times)

World's Oldest Person Dies at 116 (NY Times)

Editorial: Cuomo vs. Green (NY Times, City Section)

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France to Send 2,000 Troops to Lebanon (Washington Post)

F.D.A. Approves Broader Access to Next-Day Pill (NY Times)

Files From Duke Rape Case Give Details but No Answers (NY Times)

Inquiry Opened Into Israeli Use of U.S. Bombs (NY Times)

'Indians are unruly fliers' (Times of India)

Diss ain't fair, Nagin (NY Daily News)

Distant Pluto stripped of status by astronomers (Chicago Sun-Times)

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U.S. Spy Agencies Criticized On Iran (Washington Post)

FDA Approves OTC Sales of Plan B (Washington Post)

Stem Cell Advance Spares Embryos (LA Times)

Money Is the Real Star in Hollywood (LA Times)

Lawsuits Seek to Void $1 Billion New York City Deal for Bus Shelters, Newsstands and Toilets (NY Times)

As Spitzer Flexes, Bloomberg Team Feels the Strain (NY Times)

Mta Ridership Takes Express With 31% Surge (NY Post)

Straphangers Break Record For Fastest Subway System Ride (NY1)

Posted by leboheme at 11:38 AM

Andy Borowitz, humorist and New Yorker columnist, tests our audience's knowledge - both trivial and news worthy. August 23, 2006.

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Peter Bergen, CNN's terrorism analyst and author, offers a profile and analysis of Osama bin Laden. August 23, 2006.

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Deadline set for abducted Fox men (al Jazeera)

Iran Sanctions Could Fracture Coalition (NY Times)

Iran Must Stop Enrichment Before New Nuclear Talks, France Says (Bloomberg)

Russia Urges Understanding of `Nuances' of Iran Nuclear Reply (Bloomberg)

Marines Who Served Will Be Ordered Back (LA Times)

Persistently perilous at 14 schools (NY Daily News)

Dump Betsy's Job: Critic (NY Post)

Bias Suit on Test For Teachers Gets Big Boost (NY Sun)

Colliding Clusters Shed Light on Dark Matter (Scientific American)

Prestigious Award, Nobel of Mathematics, Fails to Lure Reclusive Russian Problem Solver (NY Times)

Posted by leboheme at 11:31 AM

Substitute host and WNYC reporter Beth Fertig samples some of the BBQ that guest Robert Richter made. Richter is an award winning BBQ-er.

Posted by Seamus at 04:34 PM

We got a few emails about today's segment on divorce and break-ups among older adults. Here are a couple:

My parents divorced after almost 49 years, both in their 70's. There were many factors, but I can tell you that my mother wanted to leave my father in 1968, and should have then, but was not comfortable with the thought of being a single mother at that time, in the society of the time. One issue was, for example, that the term "day care" was not even invented. So later on, as money issues became more critical and she knew she needed to protect her few assets from him, and as she knew society would not look at her askance and that my sister and I would help her if she needed it, she finally did it. --S.

to the lady who wanted to tell her children about the father's girlfriend, tell HIM he must tell them or else she would. it's his decision to split, it's his responsibility to tell the kids the truth. i've been there and done that! --E.

Also, to everyone tuning in for the "Shades of Gray" segment on hair dye we promoted for today's show: Tune in later this week. It was pre-empted by the President's press conference.

Posted by leboheme at 01:38 PM

The Brian Lehrer Show T-Shirt as worn by audio engineer Debbie Daughtry in Memphis, TN. Tune in on Wednesday for a pop culture/news quiz and the chance to have your very own BLT.

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CIA employee convicted in Afghan abuse (Chicago Tribune)

Judge Finds Wiretap Actions Violate the Law (NY Times)

EDITORIALS:
A Judicial Misfire (Washington Post)

A Detroit Judge with Backbone (Detroit Free Press)

HOSTAGE: The Jill Carroll Story
Part 5: Mujahideen Movies

Republicans Losing The 'Security Moms' (Washington Post)

Young to Quit Wal-Mart Group After Racial Remarks (LATimes)

Freewheeling debate for AG (Newsday)

Minority Students Decline in Top New York Schools (NYTimes)

Posted by leboheme at 09:48 AM

Federal judge rules surveillance program unconstitutional (AP)

Top vote counter becomes prize job (USA Today)

Overcoming Adoption's Racial Barriers (NY Times)

Starbucks faces buggy rap (NY Daily News)

Raise ceiling in low rent law, Eliot says (NY Daily News)

Most Expensive Rental Markets In America 2006 (Forbes)

Faces, Too, Are Searched at U.S. Airports (NY Times)

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Jackie Neale-Chadwick, curator and coordinater for the photo exhibit "Lost in Transition: Williamsburg and Carroll Gardens", pauses beforing discussing the Williamsburg photo project. August 16, 2006.

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Swathy Marri, student at Williamsburg Prep, waits before sharing her personal experience with the Williamsburg photo project. August 16, 2006.

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Vincent Falivene, social studies teacher at Williamsburg Prep, smiles as he explains the dynamics of the Williamsburg photo project. August 16, 2006.

Posted by Seamus at 12:40 PM

Hezbollah Balks At Withdrawal From the South (Washington Post)

Breast Implants Save Woman Wounded In Rocket Attack (All Headline News)

Once a Boob, Always a Boob?George Allen's Biggest Problem Isn't Racial Insensitivity (slate)

Google launches free WiFi in Mountain View (San Jose Mercury News)

Fire Dept. Releases More 9/11 Emergency Calls (NY Times)

Mike Gives $125m To Make World Cig-Free (NY Post)

State Fairs, Sagging, Arrive at Crossroads (NY Times)

Pluto to Get Partners? New Definition of "Planet" Proposed (National Geographic)

Posted by leboheme at 12:25 PM

Cease-Fire Begins After Fierce Battles (LA Times)

Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story (Christian Science Monitor)
Part 1: The kidnapping

Watching Lebanon (Seymour Hersch in the New Yorker)

Opinion: Black America Must Confront AIDS by Julian Bonds (Washington Post)

Bloomberg, Governor Bush Write Op-Ed (NY Sun)

Health Officials Aim At Tanning Salons (New York Times)

Posted by leboheme at 10:29 AM

Andrea Bernstein, WNYC reporter, offers commentary on the Republican Senatorial debate and the legacy of Governor Pataki. August 10, 2006.

Posted by Seamus at 02:13 PM

Today's reading project, an excerpt from Linda Hirshman's new book Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World spurred many calls and emails. Here are some reactions to her book and to her earlier American Prospect article, "Homeward Bound."

Cathy Young in Reason

Alas (A Blog)

Meghan O’Rourke in Slate

and

Linda Hirshman’s Get to Work blog

Posted by leboheme at 05:12 PM

Jonathan Tasini, a progressive canidate for U.S. Senate in New York State weighs in on the issues and Ned Lamont. August 9, 2006.

Posted by Seamus at 01:45 PM

Robert Heide, co-author of O' New Jersey, informs our audience on Jersey marvels. August 9, 2006.

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John Gilman, co-author of O' New Jersey, discusses the wonders of Garden State sightseeing. August 9, 2006.

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Bob Guskind (left), Brooklyn editor of Curbed.com and Gabriel Cohen, contributing writer for Time Out New York and author of Red Hook (A Novel), discuss whether or not Red Hook is as hot as the newsmedia is making it out to be.

Posted by Seamus at 12:48 PM

William C. Rhoden, New York Times sportswriter and columnist, discussed his new book, Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete.

Posted by Seamus at 12:47 PM

Actress, teacher, and playwright Nilaja Sun discusses her critically acclaimed one-woman play 'No-Child' and the urban teacher's experience.

Posted by Seamus at 04:43 PM

100,000 March Against U.S. and Israel in Baghdad (NY Times)

GOP Bid On Wages, Estate Tax Is Blocked (Washington Post)

RUMMYACHE (NY Post)

Suozzi ad only half true: mag (NY Daily News)

Heat Wave Exacts a Brutal Parting Toll as It Disrupts Power (NY Times)

3 bucks for your suffering (NY Daily News)

WTC SHRINE READY TO GO (NY Post)

Posted by leboheme at 12:08 PM

Today's guests Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer have written a controversial article about the influence of The Israel Lobby. It generated many responses, including a scathing attack by Alan Dershowitz and these two articles that look at the influence of AIPAC, the chief pro-Israel lobby, in-depth: one by Michael Massing in The New York Review of Books and another by Glenn Frankel in the Washington Post.

Posted by leboheme at 10:15 AM

Israel Restarts Beirut Strikes; Blair Says U.N. Near Deal (NY Times)

N.Y. Sen. Clinton gets face-off with Defense secretary (Newsday)

Senate Bill Lifts Hopes of Big Oil Offshore (NY Times)

Lieberman presses rival to denounce blackface photo (Washington Post)

BLISTERING MIKE: RAPS NYERS ON ENERGY AS TEMPS HIT 100 (NY Post)

The high price of holy hair (NY Daily News)

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Susan Caskie, international editor of The Week magazine, poses by our elevators after her segment on Middle East media coverage. August 2, 2006.

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