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Thanks To You, Mrs. Robinson

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Friday, February 28, 2003

Mary Robinson was Ireland's first woman President and later the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. She recently wrote "the Iraqi people have been denied their fundamental rights for too long. A war to topple Saddam Hussein is not the surest way to bring them justice." Also on the show: James McGreevey tightens New Jersey's belt and Frank Rich departs the New York Times op-ed page.

Air Your McGrievances

Jim McGreevey, governor of New Jersey, on the budget, the environment and pesky municipalities.

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That's Rich

Frank Rich, columnist for The New York Times, on new changes at the Times' Arts section

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Open Phones

Listeners comment on New Jersey's funding cuts for arts education.

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Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative , on the US effort to pass a second UN resolution to attack Iraq

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