To his enemies, New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman is "America's most dangerous liberal pundit" (National Review Online), but his friends call him "invaluable" (The Nation). Whether it's the tax cut or the war in Iraq, Krugman opposes nearly everything President Bush does. Also on the show: El Diario/La Prensa publisher Rossana Rosado, and the Justice Department responds to its critics.
Mending the Road Block
Anne Kornblut, senior political correspondent for The Boston Globe; Khalid Turaani, executive director of American Muslims for Jerusalem and Josh Block, spokesperson for American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), on what next for the US approach to the Middle East
Yeerrrr Out!
WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein, a reporter for the New York Observer, on the eviction policy of New York's homeless shelters
Open Phones
Listeners calls on news stories that aren't getting enough coverage
Feliz Noventa Cumpleaños!
El Diario/ La Prensa publisher Rossana Rosado on El Diario's 90th birthday
A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two for the Bush
Paul Krugman, New York Times columnist, professor of economics at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and author of The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century (WW Norton, Sept. 2003), on finding Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and Bush’s tax plan
The Passing of TV's Elder Statesman
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post's media reporter, and host of CNN's Reliable Sources, on the career of David Brinkley who passed away today
With Liberty and Justice For All
Mark Corallo, spokesperson for the ustice Department, on why the Justice Department wants to expand its powers under a new Patriot Act