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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Jazz at Lincoln Center has never sounded like this. Four democrats riffing and scatting about public policy, so was the scene at the first Democratic Primary debate. Tunes rang from class size to public transportation. Was it music to the people’s ears?

Take Four

Wayne Barrett, senior editor at the Village Voice, and author, Rudy: An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani (Basic Books, 2000) and City for Sale: Ed Koch and the Betrayal of New York (Harpercollins, 1988)
and
Andrew Kirtzman, host of CBS's Kirtzman and Company
and
Chung Seto, campaign manager for ...

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Keepin' It Real

Meghan Daum, novelist and essayist, writes frequently for the LA Times,
-on "real women" in advertising

» "Fleshy Thighs on Parade" (The Los Angeles Times)

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Don't Get All Like, Libertarian On Me Now...

John Tierney, New York Times columnist,
-says New York should pay for its own beefed-up subway security

» John Tierney's Columns (The New York Times)

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Deciding on video games

David Lamont, senior correspondent for GamerAndy and co-sponsor of "Do Not Speak For Us Campaign"
- on the release of new video game "Bully" and advises the consumers how to understand the Electronic Software Ratings Board (ESRB)
and
Ronal Moten, COO of Peaceoholics Youth Council
- speaks ...

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On tomorrow's Show: Anthony Weiner


'Who I am is the child of a middle-class family in Brooklyn. My mother was a school teacher for 31 years. My father a neighborhood attorney who literally hung a shingle outside our home.'

Check out Weiner's realtime running estimate of Mike ...

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Photo File: Outside the Debate

Outside the debate: lots of campaign posters, hordes of kids (high $chooler$?) chanting 'Giff-ord! Giff-ord!'

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The Debate: Podhoretz Rips Andrea

Reviewing the debate, the Post's John Podhoretz has harsh words today for Newsday's Dan Janison and WNYC's Andrea Bernstein:

But Ferrer really wasn't the worst person on display last night. There were two far more disgraceful performances, but they weren't by ...

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Last night's debate: blogs react

Check out the Gifford Miller blog, authored by bro Marshall Miller, for the official Miller family take on last night's debate:

But it wasn't just that Gifford had the best ideas. Gifford also won the debate by focusing on his ...

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