While Shazia Mirza was working on her degree in biochemistry, she secretly began going out at night and pursuing a second career as a stand-up comedian. Now famous as "Britain’s first Muslim woman comic", Mirza is "out" to her parents but has still not won their approval. Also, New York legislators consider another year of late budgets and incomplete legislation, The World’s Jennifer Glasse, and the first serviceman since Vietnam to be charged with cowardice.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the New York State Legislature
Michael Balboni New York State Senate, R 7th Senate District, Nassau County dicusses Albany politics
and Ruben Diaz, Jr. New York State Assembly, D- 85th District, Bronx discusses Albany politics, the status of the state budget and assembly ethics problems
and Ruben Diaz, Jr. New York State Assembly, D- 85th District, Bronx discusses Albany politics, the status of the state budget and assembly ethics problems
Veiled Laughter
Shazia Mirza stand-up comic discusses her rise in popularity as a Muslim stand-up comic
Raise a Glasse
Jennifer Glasse Europe Correspondent for BBC/PRI's the World on her recent coverage of the war in Iraq
The Pogany Case
Richard Travis Pogany's attorney at Anderson & Travis in Colorado Springs, Colorado
and Georg-Andreas Pogany Army Staff Sergeant, formerly charged with cowardice says the anti-malarial drug Lariam caused his breakdown in Iraq
and Georg-Andreas Pogany Army Staff Sergeant, formerly charged with cowardice says the anti-malarial drug Lariam caused his breakdown in Iraq
The Buzz on Lariam
On his second night on deployment in Iraq last September, Staff Sgt. Georg-Andreas Pogany saw a mutilated corpse and suffered a breakdown. He reports that the following morning his body was shaking, he vomited repeatedly, and began doubt his ability to complete his mission. A few weeks later, Pogany was ...
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