The Democratic-controlled House plans to adopt the final 9/11 Commission proposals. The proposals would change the formula for Homeland Security funding, but what will it mean for New York? Also: neocon scholar Robert Kagan makes the case for a troop surge in Iraq.
Commission Accomplished?
Richard Ben-Veniste, member of the 9/11 Commission and former chief of the Watergate Task Force of the Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office from 1973 to 1975, member of the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Interagency Working Group Roster
- on the 9/11 Commission ...
- on the 9/11 Commission ...
Baby's First Controversy
Jason Sperber, co-founder and coordinator of the group blog by Asian American dads, Rice Daddies, and has his own blog at daddyinastrangeland.com, and writes for antiracistparent.com--and the father of a 2-year-old daughter
- talks about the Toys R Us debacle over the first New ...
- talks about the Toys R Us debacle over the first New ...
Daddy Dearest
Neal Pollack, author, Alternadad (Pantheon Books 2006)
- talks about being a father who refuses to grow up
Alternadad is available for purchase at Amazon.com
- talks about being a father who refuses to grow up
Alternadad is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Open Phones: Crime and Property Values
- Listener calls on whether they're in denial about crime in their expensive neighborhoods
Required Reading: January 9, 2007
Bush Works To Rally Support for Iraq 'Surge' (Washington Post)
Most Say No to Iraq Buildup (USA Today)
U.S. Strike in Somalia Targets Al-Qaeda Figure (Washington Post)
Gov. Offers Bold Prescription (LA Times)
'It Came from New Jersey' (NY Daily News)
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