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Wednesday, December 31, 2003

Can a constitution be both democratic and Islamic? The question is more than an academic exercise, as Afghans and Iraqis face the task of drafting new laws that will be the backbone of their societies. Noah Feldman, former advisor for constitutional law to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, shares his thoughts.

Democracy, Inshallah

Noah Feldman Assistant Professor of Law, NYU Law School, and former constitutional advisor for to the Commission to Iraq in Baghdad, author After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy (Farrar Straus & Giroux)
on his book as one of the most influential of ...

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Pinching Pennies in Wal-Mart

Paul Krugman New York Times Columnist, professor of economics at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and author, The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century (WW Norton, Sept. 2003)
on his columns, and reaction to our segment yesterday with ...

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Security Squared

Tim Tompkins President of the Times Square Business Improvement District And Anthony Weiner U.S. Representative (D-Brooklyn & Queens)
on the safety of celebrating New Year's Eve in Times Square

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News of the Year that Was

Annette Fuentes Freelance Journalist; former editor, "New York Daily News"; former health reporter, "New York Newsday"
quizzes listeners on local, national, and international news events of 2003

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Culture Vulture

Carly Berwick senior editor at The Week
quizzes you and the best and the worst music and visual art of 2003 and
Chris Mitchell pop culture editor for the Week quizzes listeners on movies and books of 2003

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