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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, June 06, 2003
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    Thou Shalt Not....

    In her survey of school textbook guidelines, education professor Diane Ravitch found that terms such as "early man," "snow cone" and "God" were no-nos. The demands of social conservatives and liberals, she argues, have rendered textbooks and curricula bland and meaningless. Also on the show: former CNN VP Gail Evans, and the future of abortion rights.

Hammer the Nail in the Coffin?

Josh Hammer, Jerusalem bureau chief for Newsweek and author of A Season in Bethlehem: Unholy War in a Sacred Place (Simon & Schuster, September 2003), on Hamas' ending talks of a ceasefire

Full Victory For Partial Birth Ban

Jeremy Manier and Ofelia Casillas, staff writers at the Chicago Tribune, explain the politics and science of "partial-birth abortion"

Open Phones

Listeners on gambling in sports and the lack of New York interest in Jersey teams

The Ravitches Of Time

Diane Ravitch, research professor of education at New York University and non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, on her book, The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Knopf, 2003)

See Jane Get Promoted

Gail Evans, former executive vice president of domestic networks for the CNN Newsgroup and author of She Wins, You Win: The Most Important Rules Every Businesswoman Needs to Know (Penguin, 2003), explains the reaction to the Martha Stewart scandal and the perception of successful women

Your Fab Cab

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Who is in your fantasy Obama cabinet? Pick anyone!

Word from Abroad

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

Chief of Technology

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the potential presidential cabinet position of Chief Technology Officer. Who's in your fantasy cabinet? Visit our Fab Cab page and let us know.

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