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Monday, July 11, 2005

It has been said that the only thing assured in life is change. In the last week Britons went from celebrating the Live 8 concert, hosting the G 8 Summit, to winning the 2012 bid for the Olympics, to being hit with multiple bombings in the London transportation system. Monday on the Brian Lehrer Show The Economist’s Adrian Wooldridge examines the results of the G 8 Summit, the effects of terrorism on George Bush’s allies and the potential of Chief Rehnquist’s resignation.

Stiff Upper Lip

Adrian Wooldridge Washington correspondent for the Economist and co-author (with John Mickelthwait) The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America (Penguin Press, 2004)
- on the G 8 Summit, the terrorist bombings in London and the news that Italy will withdraw her troops from Iraq.
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Center Court

Emily Bazelon, contributing editor of Legal Affairs and a senior editor of Slate magazine,
- slices through the speculation about the high court
» Emily Bazelon
» Slate

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No More A Rove-ing?

Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent, Newsweek,
- on reports that Karl Rove was Time reporter Matthew Cooper's source in the Valerie Plame case
» Newsweek Magazine

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Democracy Wonk

listeners' calls on terror, islamic law, and priorities in local elections

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What's a Fatwa?

Bernard Haykel, professor of Islamic law and Middle Eastern studies at New York University,
-says Friedman is wrong, many fatwas have been issued against terrorists
» Bernard Haykel

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Random Site-Ing

Uniformfreak is a cybercollector who will almost definitely never make an appearance on our show. Nevertheless, his collection of airline stewardess uniforms is well worth visiting.

Especially noteworthy: Allegheny Airlines.

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On Tomorrow's Show

WNYC's Beth Fertig and Assemblyman Richard Brodsky try to explain why the MTA has spent only about $30m of $600m allocated for improvements to public transportation security.

M.T.A. Slow to Spend Money on Transit Security (The New York Times)

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Friedman Rebutted!

On today's show NYU's Bernard Haykel refuted Tom Friedman's assertion that "to this day - no major Muslim cleric or religious body has ever issued a fatwa condemning Osama bin Laden."

In fact, says Haykel, plenty of Muslims, including Muslim clerics, have condemned terror against civilians committed ...

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