Bush’s speaking mistakes are so frequent there is even a term for them: “Bushisms.” National Review editor, Jay Nordlinger, thinks there’s a certain charm to the president’s foible. Also: a group of high schoolers in Long Island learn about democracy by looking at reconstruction in Iraq.
Laboring for Labor
Larry Scanlon, political director at Association of Federal, State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), on what organized labor will be looking for from the Democratic presidential candidates
The Union Politic
Tom Edsall, reporter for The Washington Post, on the presidential forum of the AFL-CIO
Food for Oil
Brad Lemley, contributing editor at Discover magazine, on some engineers and companies turning food scraps into usable fuel
When Bush Comes to Shove
Jay Nordlinger, managing editor at the National Review, on We Will Prevail (Continuum , 2003), a collection of speeches given by George W. Bush
A Different School of Thought
Mike D'Innocenzo, professor of history at Hofstra University and distinguished teaching professor for the study of nonviolent social change, talks about a booklet on rebuilding in post-war Iraq done by a group of teen editors including Amanda Linoce and Luke Farrell