The Brian Lehrer Show

Life of the Party

Friday, June 02, 2006

John Faso, not William Weld, got the majority of delegates at the New York State Republican Convention, but they’ll both be on the ballot for the September primary. We continue coverage of the state conventions with Fred Dicker and take calls from Republicans on their choice to face Democrat Eliot Spitzer in November. Plus, more on the cut in Homeland Security funding; Puzzle Master Will Shortz; and the new "Lipstick Lesbian" Batwoman.

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In Security Complex

J. Michael Barrett, the Harbinger/Icx Technologies Fellow in Homeland Security at the Manhattan Institute's Center for Policing Terrorism, former analyst with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense
and
Clark Kent Ervin, former Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and currently is the director of the Homeland Security Initiative at the Aspen Institute, CNN analyst and author Open Target: Where America is Vulnerable to Attack (Palgrave Macmillan; 2006)
and
Bob Hennelly WNYC reporter
- on the cut in homeland security funding for New York City

» J. Michael Barrett’s bio

Puzzle Me This

Will Shortz, crossword editor for the New York Times, puzzle master for NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and subject of the documentary Wordplay
- on the life and times of a puzzle master

» Will Shortz on NPR

» NYT Sunday with the Magazine event

Life of the Party

Fred Dicker, State Editor for the New York Post
-on conservative John Faso's upset majority over moderate William Weld at the NYS Republican Convention

» the New York Post

Out With the Comics

Nick Purpora, store manager for Jim Hanley's Universe, a comic book store in New York City
and
Gene Kannenberg, Jr., director Comic Book Research.org
and
Emily Remm, managing editor of Bust Magazine a women's magazine that focuses on pop culture
- on Batwoman coming out of the bat closet

» Jim Hanley’s Universe

» Comic Book Research

» Bust Magazine