As the movement for alternative energy sources gains traction, economies in the heartland are bracing for a windfall. How will ethanol change Middle America and bring progressive politics to the region? Plus: Eliot Spitzer’s running mate for Lt. Governor, State Senator David Paterson.
Second in Command?
David Paterson, candidate for Lt. Governor of New York, currently State Senator (D-29th District-Harlem, the Upper West Side and Washington Heights) and Minority Leader
- why he wants to be Eliot Spitzer's running mate
» David Paterson's Senate website
- why he wants to be Eliot Spitzer's running mate
» David Paterson's Senate website
Open Phones
- reaction to Senator Paterson and a proposal to cut taxes for people earning less than $75,000.
Fanning the Flames
Bracken Hendricks, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress,
-on the politics of turning corn into fuel.
» "A New Prairie Populism" by Bracken Hendricks in The New American Prospect
-on the politics of turning corn into fuel.
» "A New Prairie Populism" by Bracken Hendricks in The New American Prospect
Souls on (Thin) Ice
Joy Jones, writer and author of Between Black Women: Listening With the Third Ear,
and
Walter Fields, vice president of political development at the Community Services Society of New York
-on why young black men are standing up and finding themselved discounted.
» "Marriage is for White ...
and
Walter Fields, vice president of political development at the Community Services Society of New York
-on why young black men are standing up and finding themselved discounted.
» "Marriage is for White ...
Open Phones
-your calls on the morality of car ownership
Dr. Nick Rivera, Where Are You?
A great banner ad spotted this afternoon on Gothamist:
But do I have to lose my last tooth on the right to get them straight?
Yeah, Why Not?
In his last days at The Politicker, Ben Smith wonders why New York hasn't seen anything like the massive rallies for illegals in LA. Could that change this weekend?
And at washingtonpost.com, Congressman Tom Tancredo, who wrote a bill pushing stiffer penalties for illegals, has been chatting live ...
Required Reading: March 30, 2006
Featuring the sucking sound of journos being lured to Al Jazeera's new English-language service, a vicious takedown of a book liberals love, and the defection of a friend...
Al Jaz international plans to rival the BBC, CNN, and the AP as a global news source (Fast Company)
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