A son of the Bronx, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer made his name prosecuting brokerages that inflated their stock value artificially. Now he’s running for Governor. A Spitzer biographer says family scrabble games early in life made young Eliot competitive. Plus, Monday Morning Politics, the power outage and outrage in Queens and investigating suspicious fires.
Monday Morning Politics
Mike Hirsh, senior editor, Newsweek and author, At War With Ourselves (Oxford University Press 2003)
- reviews the news from the Middle East
» Newsweek
- reviews the news from the Middle East
» Newsweek
Primary Concerns
Steve Clemons, director of foreign affairs at the New America Foundation and publisher of the thewashingtonnote.com
- on Lieberman, Clinton and the change in national primary dates
» thewashingtonnote.com
- on Lieberman, Clinton and the change in national primary dates
» thewashingtonnote.com
Fired Up
Shelly Reuben, private fire investigator and author, The Skirt Man (Harcourt, 2006),
-on being an arson investigator and a novelist
» Shelly Reuben (personal website)
» The Skirt Man (Harcourt)
-on being an arson investigator and a novelist
» Shelly Reuben (personal website)
» The Skirt Man (Harcourt)
Spit Fire
Brooke Masters, reporter for The Washington Post and author, Spoiling for a Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer (Times Books)
- on the man who would be governor.
- on the man who would be governor.
Powerless
Eric Gioia, councilmember (D-Queens)
- on day eight of the blackout in Queens
» Councilmember Gioia’s webpage
Call Councilmember Gioia's office at 718-383-9566
Call 1-800-75CONED to report individual outages to Con Edison
- on day eight of the blackout in Queens
» Councilmember Gioia’s webpage
Call Councilmember Gioia's office at 718-383-9566
Call 1-800-75CONED to report individual outages to Con Edison
Shelly Reuben
Private fire investigator Shelly Reuben, author of "The Skirt Man", talks about arson and investigating fires.
Eric Gioia
Councilmember Eric Gioia (D-Queens) discusses the power outage that is still affecting parts of Queens.
Required Reading 7/24/2006
"Rice Makes Unannounced Visit to Beirut" (Washington Post)
"WTO Trade Talks Fail Over Farm Subsidy Rift" (Guardian Unlimited, UK)
"Trial Resumes without Saddam" (BBC News, UK)
"FDA Rules Will Regulate Experts' Ties to Drug Makers" (New York Times)
"Qns Boiled at Boss" (New York Daily ...


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