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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
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    Geneva Conventional Wisdom

    Four years after the White House counsel derided the Geneva Conventions as “quaint”, the Department of Defense has embraced them as a guideline for handling enemy combatants. But does it mark a major shift in policy, or more of the same? Also: friendship from Aristotle to Central Perk, and how globalization connects extremists.

    » Read the July 2006 Pentagon document committing to the application of the Geneva Conventions (via NY Times)
    » Read then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez' 2002 memo on the Geneva Conventions (via MSNBC)

Conventional Thinking

Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate
- on the Bush Administration's change of attitude towards the Geneva Conventions

» Read Emily Bazelon's articles in Slate

Geneva Conventional Wisdom

Scott Sullivan, attorney at Allen and Overy representing 11 Guantanamo Bay detainees.
- on the Defense Department's embrace of the Geneva Conventions

Listen to WNYC Reporter Marianne McCune's
"Guantanamo Diaries" on Allen & Overy's efforts to provide legal representation for detainees being held as enemy combatants

Strength In Numbers

Arjun Appadurai, John Dewey Professor in the Social Sciences and senior advisor for Global Initiatives at The New School and author, Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger (Duke University Press, 2006)
- on how globalization connects extremists around the world

» Arjun Appadurai (personal site)
» Fear of Small Numbers (Duke Press)

What Are Friends For?

Joseph Epstein, writer and author, Friendship: An Expose (Houghton Miflin)
- investigates the appeal of friendship from Aristotle to Seinfeld

» Friendship (Houghton Mifflin, outdated)

Bombay Dreams

Pankaj Mishra, author, Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and Beyond (Farrar, Strauss and Grioux 2006)
- shares his reaction to yesterday's train bombings
also,
Indian and Indian Americans share their reaction to the bombings

» archive of articles by Pankaj Mishra in the New York Review of Books

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30 Issues in 30 Days

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Once again, 30 Issues in 30 Days is taking on the election season by going beyond the horse race and examining the real issues that are at stake for the people of New York and New Jersey in the Mayoral and Gubernatorial contest. See the schedule and help craft the segments at the 30 Issues Wiki!

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

Brian, Bob, and Andrea

WNYC's political team of Brian Lehrer, Bob Hennelly, and Andrea Bernstein talk politics and more over lunch each week. Hear the latest episode and subscribe to the podcast here!

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.