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The Brian Lehrer Show / June 22, 2005

The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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  • The Downing Street Documents

    When did the Bush Administration decide to go to war with Iraq, and did officials twist evidence to make their case for war? Two British government documents provide fascinating insight into both questions.

Fostering Ethics

Elizabeth Roberts assistant commissioner for the Administration for Children's Services' Office of Children and Family Health
- on charges of improper clinical trials on foster children with HIV and AIDS
» Administration for Chilren's Services
and
Bill Perkins New York City Councilman (D-9th District-Central Harlem, parts of Morningside Heights, Upper West Side, East Harlem )

» New York City Council
and
Dr. Moira Szilagyi associate professor of pediatrics University of Rochester Medical Center
- says we should not restrict clinical research on foster children
and
David L. Levy lawyer, Chief Executive of The Children's Rights Council, an advocacy group for children
- says research should not take place on foster children

Money Matters for the Unmarried

Sheryl Garrett, financial planner, founder of The Garrett Planning Network Inc. and author Money without Matrimony: The unmarried couple's guide to financial security (Dearborn Trade Publishing 2005) with Debra Neiman
- on monetary issues for non-married people

The Downing Street Documents

Michael Smith, writes for the Sunday Times of London,
-says it's good to harbor doubts
» "The secret Downing Street memo" (The Sunday Times)
» The Reading Project Page

So...What Do They Mean?

Duncan Black (AKA Atrios), writes the blog eschaton,
-thinks there is now a "smoking gun"
» eschaton
and
Bill Crawford, writes the blog allthingsconservative,
-says the documents could be fake anyway
» allthingsconservative
» The Reading Project Page

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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.

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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!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

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!

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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.

Judge Sotomayor

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.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.