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The Brian Lehrer Show / December 26, 2005

The Brian Lehrer Show

Monday, December 26, 2005
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    While You Were Trudging to Work…

    The news didn’t stop in New York last week just because the trains weren’t running. Jeanine Pirro dropped out of her race for the Senate, Eliot Spitzer got into a nasty spat with LMDC Chair John Whitehead, and the City Council got interested in spreading broadband access.

Monday Morning Politics

Marie Cocco, syndicated columnist for the Washington Post Group,
-on George Bush's speeches on the war in Iraq and other news from Washington

» Marie Cocco's recent columns

Tsunami: One Year Later

Richard F. Mollica, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma and Professor of Psychology at the Harvard Medical School,
-on the mental and emotional state of tsunami survivors

» Harvard program in refugee trauma

While You Were Striking

Bob Hardt, executive producer and political director, NY1,
and
Garry Pierre-Pierre, editor and publisher of the Haitian Times,

and
Pete Donohue, transit reporter for the New York Daily News,
-
-on local news that got overlooked during the strike

» Bob Hardt's Political Itch
» Haitian Times
» New York Daily News

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30 Issues in 30 Days

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Michael Moore on Brian's 20th Anniversary

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Live from the Greene Space: Michael Moore talks about his new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story and Brian celebrates the 20 year anniversary of The Brian Lehrer Show.

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.

Help us map abandoned lots, stalled construction and unsold condos.

Digesting Politics

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