Wall Street Hangover, Hong Kong Handover and Anchorman Caretaker
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
John Johnson was an Emmy-award winning anchorman and prominent journalist in an industry with few African-Americans. When his father was diagnosed with lung cancer, Johnson gave up his career to take care of a man who had regularly beat him as a child. Find out why he did it and hear Johnson's thoughts on fathers and sons. Plus: does the stock market have a hangover or a disease? How is Hong Kong doing five years after the handover to China? And should parents have regular performance appraisals?
I Just McCalled to Say I Love You
Jordan Rau, Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday, discusses Chuck Schumer's endorsement of Carl McCall
Holding the Torch to the Fire
Bob Hennelly, WNYC New Jersey correspondent and a contributing editor for New Jersey Monthly, reports on the Senate ethics hearing on Torricelli's alleged acceptance of political gifts.
It's No Hangover
James K. Galbraith, Professor of Government-Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, says Wall St. doesn't have a drinking problem, but it is in trouble
Family Business
Perry Christiansen, Senior Consultant, WFD consultants, proposes bringing corporate appraisal system into the home
Hong Kong Handover
Dr. Ray Kin-Man Yep, Lecturer in the Department of Social and Public Administration at the City University of Hong Kong and Yin-Ting Mak, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists' Association, describe how Hong Kong has changed five years after its transfer to China
Only Son
Former TV anchorman, John Johnson, talks about his book, Only Son, A Memoir (Warner Books, 2002)in which he recounts his relationship with his dying father who had abused him as a child.
Secretive Mr. McGreevey
Joe Tyrell, President of New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) and a reporter for the Star-Ledger, questions New Jersey Governor McGreevey's move to classify certain public records.
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