It's nature versus nurture, genius edition: journalist David Plotz discusses his search for the donors and mothers who took part in a sperm bank eugenics project, and the resulting children, seemingly predestined for greatness. That, plus problems with group houses in Suffolk County--not the ones on Fire Island.
Zero Sum Game
Patrick Healy, metro political reporter for The New York Times
-on demands ground zero museums must guarantee exhibitions are inoffensive
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-on demands ground zero museums must guarantee exhibitions are inoffensive
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Art and Politics
Debra Burlingame, member of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, her brother, Charles was a pilot of the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon
- says artistic freedom is fine, just not at Ground Zero
» WTC Memorial Foundation
- says artistic freedom is fine, just not at Ground Zero
» WTC Memorial Foundation
Housing Crunch
Bart Jones, Staff writer at Newsday
- on the issues surrounding the closing of a group home housing day laborers from Mexico in Farmingville, LI
» Newsday article
- on the issues surrounding the closing of a group home housing day laborers from Mexico in Farmingville, LI
» Newsday article
Housing Crunch II
Paul Sabatino, II, Chief Deputy Suffolk County Executive
- on Suffolk County's response to group homes for immigrant day laborers Suffolk County Executive's office
- on Suffolk County's response to group homes for immigrant day laborers Suffolk County Executive's office
Housing Crunch III
Rev. Allan B. Ramirez, pastor at Brookville Reformed Church and an advocate for day laborers and immigrants
- on the need for housing for immigrant day laborers in Suffolk County
- on the need for housing for immigrant day laborers in Suffolk County
Nobel Cause
David Plotz, deputy editor of Slate Magazine and author, The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank (Random House, 2005)
- unravels the mystery of the sperm bank of Nobel Laureates winners
» The Genius Factory website
» Slate
- unravels the mystery of the sperm bank of Nobel Laureates winners
» The Genius Factory website
» Slate
Bitter Pills
Ray Moynihan, Journalist and author of Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All Into Patients (Nation Books, 2005)
- claims pharma companies are overmedicating
- claims pharma companies are overmedicating
Stop the Killing!
Here on the 27th floor, we have a real weakness for last names that reflect the actvities of their owners. And ever since the trial of Edgar Ray Killen, we've been wondering what other murderers give themselves away in their names.
Today we got an answer--but does it count? ...
Photo File: Mario & Plotz
Sperm detective David Plotz
Guest host Mario Murillo
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