Mayor Bloomberg launched Operation Silent Night one year ago, aimed at reducing noise pollution through stiff fines. But a critic says OSN's successes will be limited until the city develops a long-term strategy to reduce the factors that cause noise, like traffic.
Mary Jane Gets the Green Light
Bruce Mirken director of communications at Marijuana Policy Project shares his group's plans for the medical marijuana-tolerant area.
Curses! Foiled Again?
Bill Littlefield sports commentator and host of Only A Game from NPR and WBUR Boston and editor of: Fall Classics: The Best Writing about the World Series' First 100 Years (Crown, 2003) on fans of the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox - teams with legendary championship droughts ...
Arabian Rights
Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor of The Times of London on the promise of elections in Saudi Arabia and the human rights march in Riyadh
Open Phones
Listener suggestions for topics for more in-depth exploration in our new series on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
Keeping the Quiet
Tom Angotti Head of the Urban Planning Department at Pratt Institute on the city's noise pollution problems and failure to address them.
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