The Scrapbook

Child Health Care Splits White House and States (NY Times)

U.S. Base in Afghanistan Targeted During Cheney Visit (Washington Post)

Chief Judge Plans Center to Ease Divorce Process (NY Times)

Demand for English Lessons Outstrips Supply (NY Times)

Bill Blasted By Bloomy (NY Post)

Posted by leboheme at 02:48 PM

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards appeared on the Brian Lehrer Show on February 26, 2007. He discussed his ideas for reforming the health care system and fighting global warming.

Posted by Seamus at 12:51 PM

U.S. Used Base in Ethiopia to Hunt Al Qaeda in Africa (NY Times)

Iran's Nuclear Effort In High Gear, U.N. Says (LA Times)

Vilsack Drops Out Of Presidential Race (Des Moines Register)

Op-Art: All the Body's a Stage (NY Times op ed and slideshow)

Official in Furor on AIDS Policy in South Africa Is Hospitalized (NY Times)

After 200 Years, a Beaver Is Back in New York City (NY Times)

Albany Critic Crosses Over to Attorney General's Office to Monitor Lobbyists (NY Times)

Hundreds at NYU Find GOP 'Immig Hunt' Awful (NY Daily News)

Car MPG Ratings Going Down (USA Today)

Subway Ridership Highest in 55 years (AM NY/Newsday)

Court Upholds City's Dance 'Ban' (NY Post)

Posted by leboheme at 12:42 PM

Paul Rieckhoff, founder and executive director of the Iraq Afghanistan Veterans of America, spoke with guest host Dean Meminger on The Brian Lehrer Show on February 23.

Posted by Seamus at 12:33 PM

Supreme Court's New Tilt Could Put Scalia On A Roll (LA Times)

Iran Sets Condition to Halt Nuke Program (Washington Post)

Trial Spotlights Cheney's Power as an Infighter (NY Times)

Spitzer Is Wizard Of Odds (NY Daily News)

Merger Would End Satellite Radio's Rivalry (NY Times)

JetBlue May Pay $30M to Fix Operational Problems (Newsday)

Experts Issue New Heart Disease Guidelines for Women (Washington Post)

In New Orleans, Bands Struggle to Regain Footing (NY Times)

Bruno Supports Early Primary (NY Post)

B'klyn Arena Tip-Off (NY Post)

Posted by leboheme at 10:33 AM

Bush Declares Iran's Arms Role in Iraq Is Certain (NY Times)

Iran's Elite And Mysterious Fighters (LA Times)

Bush Declares Iran's Arms Role in Iraq Is Certain (Washington Post)

Canada Is Set to Allow Expiration of 2 Broad Antiterrorism Laws (NY Times)

Saying He Was Misled by Defense, Judge in Libby Case Puts Some Evidence Off-Limits (NY Times)

Eliot's Secret Plan to Crush Albany (NY Observer)

Debate Over Children and Psychiatric Drugs (NY Times)

Big Plans For Red Hook Waterfront (NY Post)

Correction (NY Post)

Posted by leboheme at 12:28 PM

On today's show, Brian talked to Sean Manning and other contributors to The Show I'll Never Forget about memorable concertgoing experiences. Here are selections from some of the emails we have received from listeners about concerts that have etched themselves into their memory.

When my wife was very close to giving birth to our first son, we went to a concert of Caetano Veloso the great Brazilian singer/songwriter. We were thinking about naming our first child Caetano anyway, but as soon as the concert started our son started dancing in the womb and continued throughout the concert. That sealed it and we named him Caetano and everytime Caetano Veloso plays and we see him, it becomes the best concert we've ever seen. My son Caetano has seen Caetano Veloso twice and has grown to love his music and respect Caetano Veloso the man.
-VS

I saw Katell Keinig this past Friday at the Living Room. She was great. She will be there for a couple of weeks.
-MK

My most memorable concert was a Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young reunion show at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City one summer night in the mid Seventies. Everyone on the old baseball field dancing and throwing frisbees, the band members names in fireworks around the top of the stadium, the perfect summer night....
And...sometime during the show, a man comes running out onto the stage and hollers into a mike: "I have an announcement to make, Richard Nixon has just resigned!"
The crowd goes wild, best concert ever! I just can't seem to remember the date!
-SG

Being at the Beatles Shea Stadium concert as a teenager, in one of the back-most rows, was for me a vindication. I was quite a misfit as an early teen in junior high -I refused to wear makeup or nylons or tease my hair, and distained pop music -- until my friend Judy introduced me to the Beatles. Finally there was contemporary music that I loved and that put me on the cutting edge, because I knew about them before my classmates did. It didn't make me any more popular but it gave me a bit of an edge. The next year I escaped the neighborhood to attend the High School of Music and Art, where I was no longer a misfit.
-CB

In 1973 I attended a concert in Raritan, NJ...The opening act was boo-ed terribly by the rowdy audience. They were screaming for the next act.
My friend and I were probably two of a handful not booing and swearing. We liked the music! The lead singer of the opening act bravely said to the extremely rowdy audience "What's that you're saying? Turn it up a little, boys!"
That singer was Bonnie Raitt. She handled that crowd with class. I've enjoyed her music ever since and often think of the hundreds of jerks that boo-ed her that night.They probably all brag that they saw her back then.
-S

Posted by leboheme at 03:03 PM

Julia Cameron was a guest on the The Brian Lehrer Show on February 12. She spoke with Brian about her book "The Artist's Way."

Posted by Seamus at 12:55 PM

On today's show, Brian spoke to Annabelle Gurwitch, producer of Fired!. He took listeners' calls about their traumatic tales of getting canned. Here are some responses:

In the 80's, I was fired from a big hair new wave band. They told me my bass playing was too funky and my lyrics were too intelligent. How could I protest?
(As it happened, I was also the only member with non-teased hair)

--N

In the late '80s, I was working at an IBM facility. The euphemism being tossed about was:

MIA: Management Initiated Attrition

--Bob

I just finished reading "White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen" by Walter Scheib. (It's a fascinating look at the workings of the White House kitchen.)
Mr. Scheib is the only person from inside the Bush White House who actually told the press that he was FIRED, and got considerable flack for it. Everyone else says that they "resigned."

--D

Posted by leboheme at 02:13 PM

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former member of the Dutch Parliament, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and author of "Infidel" discusses the current state of Islam and the need for change on The Brian Lehrer Show
. February 7, 2007.

Posted by Seamus at 01:57 PM

Sara Horowitz, executive director of Working Today Freelancer's Union, poses outside the Brian Lehrer studio after laying out her plan to revamp the labor movement. February 7, 2007.

Posted by Seamus at 01:50 PM

7 GOP Senators Back War Debate (Washington Post)

Iran to Hit U.S. Interests if Attacked (Washington Post/AP)

Copter Crashes Suggest Shift in Iraqi Tactics (NY Times)

Deal Reached on Palestinian Cabinet (Al Jazeera)

U.S. May Be Mishandling Asylum Seekers, Panel Says (NY Times)

Ground Zero Patient Surge (NY Post)

Prospect of Seizing Control of the State Senate Leaves New York Democrats Giddy (NY Times)

A Bulldozer Demolishes Steamroller (NY Post)

Feds Shoot Down Mike's Gun Suit (NY Daily News)

Posted by leboheme at 11:36 AM

Charlie LeDuff, New York Times correspondent, discusses manhood in America and his book "Us Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man" on 02/06/07.

Posted by Seamus at 04:25 PM

Wall Street Journal science columnist Sharon Begley talked about how the brain develops througout life on The Brian Lehrer Show on February 5, 2007. Begley is the author of Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain.

Posted by Seamus at 03:02 PM

Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, was a guest on The Brian Lehrer Show on February 5, 2007. She discussed efforts to reduce class size in New York City Schools.

Posted by Seamus at 02:56 PM

Bush Sends Congress $2.90T Spending Plan (Washington Post/AP)

Iraqis Fault Pace of U.S. Plan in Attack (NY Times)

Iraq Vote Could Resonate In 2008 (Washington Post)

Officers With PhDs Advising War Effort (Washington Post)

U.S. Set to Begin a Vast Expansion of DNA Sampling (NY Times)

Numbers Show How Police Work Varies by Precinct (NY Times)

Gov Boosts Medicaid-Fraud Probers (NY Post)

A Seat On The Street (NY Post)

Posted by leboheme at 11:52 AM

Bertha Lewis is the Executive Director of the New York Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and co-chair of the Working Families Party. She talked with Brian about the future of Starrett City on February 2nd.

Posted by Seamus at 02:19 PM

Craig Unger is a correspondent for Vanity Fair and the author of House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties. He talked with Brian Lehrer about the Bush Administration's war plans for Iran, 2/2/2007

Posted by Seamus at 12:36 PM

Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Predicts an Early Spring in U.S. (Bloomberg)

U.N. Says There's No Stopping Global Warming (LA Times)

Iraq at Risk of Further Strife, Intelligence Report Warns (Washington Post)

Zounds! Subways Need Major Fixup, Controller Sez (NY Daily News)

Spitzer Signals Concern Over Sale of Housing Tract (NY Times)

Dark Days Follow Hard-Hitting Career in N.F.L. (NY Times)

N.Y. Tooned Out Invaders (NY Daily News)

History Of Failure: Bus Consulting Firm Blew It In St. Louis (NY Post)

Tributes to Molly Ivins:
Texas Observer
Creators Syndicate

Posted by leboheme at 11:47 AM

David Matthews, author of "Ace of Spades: A Memoir", discusses his book detailing his struggles with racial identity on The Brian Lehrer Show, February 1, 2007.

Posted by Seamus at 02:23 PM

Alice Pifer, director of professional education at Columbia's School of Journalism, and co-editor of "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity", weighs in on race in the media. , February 1, 2007.

Posted by Seamus at 02:20 PM