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Trail-blazing with Ivins
Columnist Molly Ivins riffs and rants on the Bush era in America, in her new book Bushwhacked
. Across the world, a different kind of columnist, “The Bagdad Blogger”, known as Salam Pax, wrote about the times in Iraq. He joins Brian to talk about life during Sadam’s rule and after the American invasion. Also a review of the news in Washington.
Rice Dream
Ted Alden Washington reporter for Financial Times on the weekend’s 's Washington news and newsmakers (including National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice.)
The Blog of War
Salam Pax blogger and author, Salam Pax: The Clandestine Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi (Grove Press, 2003) recounts his experiences during the US war on Iraq
Pruning the Bushes
Molly Ivins Nationally syndicated columnist, best-selling author and co-author, Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America (Random House, 2003)
I Toll You So
Bruce Schaller of Schaller Consulting, former Deputy Director of Marketing Research and Analysis at New York City Transit, and author of a study saying traffic can be reduced in Brooklyn by adding bridge tolls. Sharing his findings on the traffic reducing effect of bridge tolls.
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The Rocky Road Ahead
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.- Comments [40]
Tweet If You Use Twitter
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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.
What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!- Comments [15]
Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!- Comments [172]
From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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