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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, June 24, 2005
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    Reuters

    Dollars, Rupees, and Yuan

    Reuters has “outsourced” reporter jobs to India. A Chinese company is bidding on the American oil giant Unocal. As economic power accrues to countries in Asia, political power will too, says author Clyde Prestowitz.

"Last Throes" or Worse to Come?

Juan Cole, professor of modern Middle East and South Asian History at the University of Michigan and author, Sacred Space And Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi'ite Islam (I.B. Tauris, 2002),
-says the insurgency in Iraq is not "in the last throes"
» Juan Cole's Blog
and
Jack Spencer, senior policy analyst for national security at the Heritage Foundation,
-says the Iraq war is not the catastrophe some think it is
» Jack Spencer

Open Phones

you calls on anything at all!

Think Global

Clyde Prestowitz president of the Economic Strategy Institute and author, Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East (Basic Books 2005)
- on the rise of capitalism in China and India
» Economic Strategy Institute

Live Coverage

- of George W. Bush's press conference with Iraqi leader Ibrahim Jaafari

Bush Speaks

Kevin Whitelaw senior writer at World News and World Report
- on Bush's speech with Ibrahim Jaafari , Iraqi interim Prime Minister

Step One: The Brainstorm

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!

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 9/1
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.

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.

Mixed Up

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