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The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, July 13, 2006
  • Greek Orthodox festivities, Downtown Brooklyn
    Greek Orthodox festivities, Downtown Brooklyn (flickr/vinnie716)

    On The Fence

    One of the loudest voices against giving legal status to immigrants is Congressman Tom Tancredo. The Colorado Republican wants a fence built on the Mexico border. In the next installment of “The Border” immigration series, we look at the arguments for this tenet of stronger enforcement of immigration laws. Plus: live coverage of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings on US laws governing detention of foreign terrorist suspects, suicide attempts by latina teenagers and lacrosse comes to New York.

    » Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions

JAGged Little Pill

John Stanton, staff writer for Roll Call
and
Scott Horton, partner at law firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb, and Tyler and former chairman of the international human rights committee of the New York City bar association, and adjunct professor at the Columbia University School,
- on today's Senate hearings on the Hamdan decision

» Roll Call
» Scott Horton (Patterson, Belknap, Webb, and Tyler)

Cry for Help

Dr. Luis Zayas, psychologist and leader of the study on suicide attempts by latina teenagers
and
Elaine Rivera, journalist for El Diario
- on the alarming rate of suicide attempts among latina girls

» "Alarming attempted suicide rate among Hispanic teenage girls" by Elaine Rivera

The Border, Part 12: The Fence

Tom Tancredo, US Represenative (R-CO), chairman of the 101-member bipartisan House Immigration Reform Caucus
- makes the case for a fence along the US-Mexico border

» Tom Tancredo (U.S. House of Representatives)
» The Border main page

The Border, Part 12: The Fence (continued)

Tamar Jacoby, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, author of Reinventing The Melting Pot: The New Immigrants And What It Means To Be An American (Perseaus Books Group 2004)

» Tamar Jacoby's profile at the Manhattan Institute

The Sign of the Lacrosse

John Jiloty, editor-in-chief of Inside Lacrosse Magazine and author, Undefeated: The 2005 Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse in the 2005 (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)
and
listeners' calls
- on New York's new professional lacrosse team

» Inside Lacrosse
» Undefeated by John Jiloty (The Johns Hopkins University Press)

Step One: The Brainstorm

The Brian Lehrer Show

This fall, The Brian Lehrer Show will air our presidential election series “30 Issues In 30 Days.” With your help, we can produce great election coverage!

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 9/1
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

Slideluck Potshow

The Brian Lehrer Show

Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

Mixed Up

The Brian Lehrer Show

We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.