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Tavis Smiley’s book, Covenant with Black America, has been a bestseller for 10 weeks. On the next Brian Lehrer Show, find out what he thinks the black community can do about criminal justice and healthcare. Plus: the only formal nominee for NY governor -- former Republican assemblyman John Faso, "He Says, She Says" on wedding planning, and a listener poll of 2008 candidates
Life in the Faso Lane
John Faso Republican candidate for Governor and former Assemblyman (R-NY-12th District-Albany, Columbia, Greene, and Schoharie Counties)
- on his candidacy for the post of governor of New York
» John Faso for Governor
Wedding Jitters
Vicki Howard, professor of history at Hartwick College and author, Brides Inc.: American Weddings and the Business of Tradition (University of Pennsylvania Press 2006)
- on the $70 billion business of weddings
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Doug Gordon, successful groom and author The Engaged Groom (Collins 2006)
- on how men can be more useful in planning a wedding
Community Covenant
Tavis Smiley, host of the
- on his plan to have a community covenant
» Covenant with Black America
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