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Thursday, January 29, 2004

According to social critic Nelson George, mediocrity is a national obsession and, from top to bottom, African Americans joined the chase. From "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" to Louis Farrakhan, he sees poor cultural offerings for black people born after the civil rights movement.

Michael Isikoff on Scott Ritter:
"And the end of the day, he was right and George Tenet was wrong."

Intelligence Quota

Michael Isikoff Newsweek
investigative correspondent
analyzes the intelligence failure cited by David Kay about Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Is Cancer a Disability?

Herb Holtz anti-discrimination lawyer in Boston
says breast cancer sufferers should have the same rights as disabled people

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Hip Hop History

Nelson George
cultural critic, music writer and author,Post-Soul Nation: The Explosive, Contradictory, Triumphant, and Tragic 1980s As Experienced by African Americans (Previously Known As Blacks and Before That Negroes) (Viking Press, 2004)
on his new book about the Black popular culture of the 1980s

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A Little Bit of TLC

Bruce Schaller Principal of
Schaller Consulting
discusses the taxi fare increase with Brian and callers

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