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Thursday, August 04, 2005
  • Sen. Rick Santorum stops by the WNYC booth at the Republican National Convention in 2004
    Sen. Rick Santorum stops by the WNYC booth at the Republican National Convention in 2004 (WNYC/Ilya Marritz)

    It Takes A Senator

    Senator Rick Santorum recently published a book entitled It Takes a Family, in which he believes that the government has weakened the responsibility that families and communities hold in terms of child rearing. He claims that radical feminists, such as fellow Senator Hillary Clinton, have devalued stay at home parenting. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show Senator Santorum discusses the role of government, family and homosexuality.

It Takes A Senator

Rick Santorum Senator (R-PA), author It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2005)
- says feminists have warped traditional family values
» Senator Rick Santorum
» "It Takes a Family"

Coming Out

Michael Duffy Washington bureau chief for Time Magazine
- on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' work for a gay rights activist group
» Time Magazine

Can You Hear Me Now?

Andrew Rasiej, Democratic candidate for public advocate and entrepreneur,
-wants to make the city one big Wi-Fi Zone
» Advocates for Rasiej
» "Calling All Luddites" (The New York Times)

Generation, Why?

Ann Fishman, president of Generational-Targeted Marketing Corporation in New Orleans
- on how to define the generation after X
and
Imani Perry, professor at Rutgers Law School, scholar of African American legal and cultural studies, author of Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop (Duke University Press, 2004)
» Ann Fishman's website
» Imani Perry
» Wikipedia'sentry on Generation Y

Charter Revision Revision

Ester Fuchs chairperson of the New York City Charter Revision Commission
-on a proposal to limit class size, and proper procedure in changing the charter
» the New York City Charter Revision Commission

New York, Sweet Home

Shaun Donovan, commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development
-on making homes plentiful and pleasant in New York
» The Department of Housing Preservation and Development

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John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

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