The Brian Lehrer Show

Bentonville Comes Calling

Thursday, December 09, 2004

Wal-Mart plans to open its first New York City store in Rego Park in 2008. The store will cover 135,000 square feet and ignite fierce debate on the business practices of the world’s largest retailer.

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Gin Rummy

Greg Jaffe Pentagon Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
and
Mike Hirsh Senior Editor, Newsweek At War With OurselvesOxford Univeristy Press on Rumsfeld's comments to the troops in Kuwait after being confronted by some of them, and the Pentagon's stop loss policy

Another Brick in the Wal-Mart

Brian McLaughlin, State Assemblyman (D-Flushing), president of the The New York City Central Labor Council, says it's not a good for Wal-mart to come to Queens
» NYC Central Labor Council

Then Again, Maybe Not

Jennifer Michael Hecht, Professor of History at Nassau Community College and author, Doubt, a History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson (HarperSanFrancisco, 2003), says it's good to harbor doubts
» Jennifer Michael Hecht

Bristling Dixie

Frances Coleman, editorial page editor of the Mobile Register, explains the persistence of Alabama's Amendment 2
» The Mobile Register
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John Giles, President of the Alabama Christian Coalition, says there are good reasons to keep Amendment 2
» Alabama Christian Coalition