The Brian Lehrer Show: Rejected!

The Brian Lehrer Show

Rejected!

Monday, January 23, 2006

Police stand guard at the Astor Place subway stop. The NYPD spent more than $10 million a day in overtime during the 2005 transit strike. ((WNYC/John Keefe))

By a margin of just seven ballots, New York City transit workers voted to reject a draft contract with their employer, the MTA. Whether they strike again or not, the vote suggests that bus and subway workers want more than the TWU head, Roger Toussaint, was able to deliver.

Inside the Beltway

Marie Cocco, syndicated columnist for the Washington Post Group
-discusses the news and politics from Washington DC.

» "Clinton Did It" by Marie Cocco in The Washington Post Writer's Group

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Now What?

Stanley Aronowitz, distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and author; How Class Works: Power and Social Movement (Yale University Press, 2003)
- discusses the latest on the TWU labor negotiations

» Stanley Aronowitz's website

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Communicating about the Communicator

Richard Reeves, author; President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination (Simon & Schuster)
- on the legacy of Ronald Reagan

» "President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination" on Richard Reeves' website

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Safety Net

Monique Nelson, executive vice president of Webwise Kids, an advocacy group for parents for protecting their children from online predators
- on what do with your kid and the internet

» Web Wise Kids

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Can Big Brother build a strong home life?

After today’s segment on Children and the Internet with Web Wise Kids, we noticed an interesting break down in the listener comments. The call in population, by and large, was talking monitoring techniques, while the email listeners were more likely to balk at the idea of watching children’s internet use. Here’s a sample of the web user response.

Subject: Everyone Calm Down!
I am a huge fan of the show, but today's treatment of kids and the internet was so hysterical, I thought I might be listening to FOX radio!

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