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William WeldAs The Weld Turns
In all of history, only one man has ever managed to be elected governor of two US states (Sam Houston - Tennessee and Texas). Now ex-Bay Stater William Weld wants to be the governor of New York, and he’s promising a big tax cut for low and middle-income New Yorkers. Also, Tamar Jacoby talks immigrants, Moikgantsi Kgama finds a homeland for the films of the African Diaspora, healthcare experts discuss the small state with a big plan and two entertainment journalists navigate the turbulence caused by a 9/11 trailer.
As The Weld Turns
William Weld, Republican candidate for Governor of New York and former Massachusetts Governor
-on his gubernatorial ambitions.
» Weld for Governor
Stirring the Pot
Tamar Jacoby, senior fellow, Manhattan Institute
and author, Reinventing The Melting Pot: The New Immigrants And What It Means To Be An American (Perseus
Books Group, 2004)
- on the immigration bill.
» Reinventing The Melting Pot (Perseus Books Group, 2004) by Tamar Jacoby
The Life and Times of...
Moikgansti Kgama, founder of Imagenation, a Harlem-based nonprofit working with African diaspora cinema and director of communications and developement for Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement,
-on the films of the African diaspora.
» Imagenation website
Mass Healthcare
Regina Herzlinger, Manhattan Institute senior fellow
and
Alice Burton, vice president of Academy Health a health care research organization and director of the State Coverage Initiative
and
Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, associate professor of Medicine at Harvard and co-director of the Harvard Medical School General Internal Medicine Fellowship program
and
Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation
-discuss the pros and cons to the Massachusetts Healthcare Bill.
» Regina Herzlinger's website at the Manhattan Institute
» Alice Burton's website at Academy Health
» Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler's website
»Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation website
Trailer of Tears
Owen Gleiberman, film critic for Entertainment Weekly
and
Sharon Waxman, Hollywood correspondent for the New York Times
-on the recently pulled trailer of United 93, a dramatic recreation of a hijacked 9/11 flight.
» "Universal Will Not Pull 'United 93' Trailer Despite Criticism" by Sharon Waxman in The New York Times
» Universal's United 93 trailer
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