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The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, October 06, 2005
  • Send in the Army

    When disaster strikes, should the president mobilize the US military? The 1878 posse comitatus act limits the president’s use of federal forces. But after Hurricane Katrina, President Bush is thinking of rescinding or revising the rules.

"Stay The Course"...And Then What?

Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution,
-previews "a major addess" by the President

» Michael O'Hanlon (Brookings)

Live Remarks by President Bush

A "major address" by the President on the war in Iraq and fighting terror

» The White House

Texas Three Step

Ted Alden, Washington correspondent for the Financial Times
-on Bush's speech

» The Financial Times

Call in the Army!

James Pinkerton, Newsday columnist, Fox News contributor, and fellow at the New America Foundation,
-says posse comitatus or no, the federal government must protect Americans in disasters

» James Pinkerton columnist archive (Newsday)
» James Pinkerton (the New America Foundation)
» James Pinkerton (Fox News)

30 Issues: School Construction in New Jersey

Steve Chambers, reporter for the Star-Ledger, focusing on land use
-on the controversy surrounding the School Constructions Corporation

» The Star-Ledger
» 30 Issues in 30 Days

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.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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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