Lee Bollinger is President of Columbia University, but he recently gained national fame as the defendant in a high-profile affirmative action case pending in the Supreme Court. He was president of the University of Michigan when the lawsuits were filed, and he stands by the University's system of preferences. Also on the show we'll talk to Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and discuss a new way for third parties to get on the ballot: move your supporters en masse to a small state.
Point of Contention
Suzanne Struglinski, staff reporter for Greenwire, on the rejected emergency plan for the Indian Point power plant.
Park Bench Politics
New York City Parks commissioner Adrian Benepe on selling artwork in the park
Cell Your Soul
David Heim, deputy editor for Consumers Reports, and Tom Standage, technology reporter for The Economist on 911 calls, 11-digit dialing and socially aware cell phones
Bowling for Michigan
Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia University and former president of the University of Michigan, on his presidency and the Michigan affirmative action case
Instant Independence: Just Add People
Jason Soren, president and founder of the Free State Project and a political science graduate student at Yale University and Bob Wynne, mayor of Vedic City on movements to establish communities of like-minded people