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The Brian Lehrer Show / December 12, 2002

The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, December 12, 2002
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  • Expensive Goals

    Madeline Albright's 1996 contention in a TV interview that the death of 500,000 Iraqi children was the "worth the price" dismayed--but did not shock--many Americans. Sanctions on Iraq have stood since 1991 with the conditions for their end shifting according to the demands of the US administration. But their success has been dubious and the President continues to thwart the importation of about half of the humanitarian goods allowed by law. Also on the show, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Indiana Congressman Dan Burton's Colombia insurrection, and Kofi Annan on the state of the world.

Stick to Your Principals

Joel Klein, New York City Schools Chancellor, is setting up a leadership initiative for school principals

Open Phones

Listeners' comments on the Chancellor's plan and the feistiness of former mayor Ed Koch

$2 Billion And Nothing To Show For It

Robin Kirk, senior researcher with Human Rights Watch and author of More Terrible Than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia (Public Affairs, January 2003), on the costly and ineffective drug war in Colombia www.hrw.org

Worth 500,000 Deaths?

Joy Gordon, professor of philosophy at Fairfield University and author of A Peaceful, Silent Deadly Remedy: The Ethics of Economic Sanctions (Harvard University Press, Spring 2004) believes economic sanctions are another form of warfare.

Open Phones

Listeners' calls on whether it's time to reconsider past Israeli-Palestinian agreements and build from the unconcluded Taba negotiations.

30 days 30 issues

Step Three: The Wiki

The Brian Lehrer Show

This fall, The Brian Lehrer Show will air our presidential election series “30 Issues In 30 Days.” With your help, we can produce great election coverage!

WNYC's Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein talk politics at lunch time.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 10/03
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

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Slideluck Potshow

The Brian Lehrer Show

Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

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Mixed Up

The Brian Lehrer Show

We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.

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