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Dream On
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert’s new book Promises Betrayed: Waking Up from the American Dream is a collection of some of his recent columns focused on the failure of American society to live up to the promise of “liberty and justice for all.” Also: the authors of two recent memoirs about being fat and female, Wendy McClure (I’m Not the New Me) and Judith Moore (Fat Girl: a true story) compare notes and share stories.
London Calling
Sir Philip Thomas British Consul General
- on the grenede blast at the building that houses the British Consul here in New York
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Anthony Kuhn NPR correspondent in London
- on how the bombing at the New York UK consulate is playing out in the UK on election day
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On the Waterfront
Phil DePaulo Community Liason for the People's Firehouse a community organization in Northern Brooklyn
- on why the plan to develop the waterfront is bad for the residents in the area
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Kent Barwick President of the Municipal Arts Society is a private, non-profit organization that champions excellence in urban design and planning and the preservation of the best of New York's past
- on the faults of the Brooklyn Waterfront development plan
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Brad Lander Director of Pratt Institutes Center for Community and Environmental Development (PICCED), at the Pratt Insitute
- on development in Red Hook, Far West Side of Manhattan and city economy
Fat is the New Thin
Wendy McClurecreator of the online journal "Pound" and the humor site "Candyboots," a columnist for Bust Magazine and a founding contributor to the website "Television Without Pity" and author,
I'm Not the New Me: A Memoir(Riverhead Books, 2005)
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Judith Moore author, Fat Girl: A True Story (Hudson Street Press, 2005)
- on her memoir of growing up overweight
Dream On
Bob Herbert New York Times columnist and author, Promises Betrayed: Waking up from the American Dream (Times Books, 2005)
New York 51: District 30
Dennis Gallagher City Council Member, District 30 ( R )
- on District 30
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