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Juan Williams, senior correspondent for National Public Radio
- discusses political news
» Juan Williams Bio

Jonah Peretti, Director of R&D at Eyebeam, an experimental art and technology non-profit, creator of the Contagious Media Project, which charts the popularity of "viral" websites
- explains what makes up the "Bored at Work Network" and talks about the winners of the Contagious Media Showdown
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Robert Yaro, president of the Regional Plan Association
- on the second avenue and other development issues in the region
» RPA
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Gene Russianoff, Staff Attorney for the New York Public Interest Research Group's Straphangers Campaign, wants the MTA to build the Second ...

Christian DiPalermo, executive director of New Yorkers for Parks
- on their report card on New York City parks (the best and the worst)
» NYers4Parks Report Card (PDF file)

A different take on state funding for public broadcasting from a friend in Japan (bolding our own):

The right wing in America does not like public broadcasting because they think you are too liberal?

That's interesting! Because it's opposite to Japanese situation! In Japan, I believe the public broadcarting - NHK - is considered rather conservative and other commercial TV stations are considered generally liberal.

Check out this pdf from New Yorkers for Parks.

Our latest reading project is almost at hand. The best-laid plans have produced this exciting lineup for Wednesday morning:

Michael Smith the (London) Times muckraker who procured and publicized the docs.

Atrios (AKA Duncan Black) says the memos reopen "all the key questions about the deceit and ...