The Brian Lehrer Show

Let A Thousand Permits Bloom

Friday, July 21, 2006

Mayor Bloomberg is trying new approaches in fighting homelessness, garbage and protesters. The Times’ Diane Cardwell joins guest host Errol Louis of the Daily News to talk about running the city, Bloomberg-style. Also, closing New York’s digital divide, your calls on the Queens blackout, and who had more influence on your psyche – Mom & Dad or your siblings?

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One's Company, Two's a Protest

Bob Hardt, executive producer and political director at New York 1
and
Diane Cardwell, city hall bureau chief for The New York Times,
- on hauling trash, limiting protests, and getting the homeless housed

» NY1 Top Stories
» "City to Clear Homeless Encampments" by Diane Cardwell in The New York Times

Dis-content

Andrew Rasiej, former candidate for public advocate and entrepreneur
and
Walter Fields, vice president of Political Development at the Community Services Society of New York
-on why some people can't take advantage of wi-fi

» Advocates for Rasiej
» "Calling All Luddites" in the New York Times
» Walter Field's bio

Family Ties

Susan McHale, professor of Human Development at Penn State University
and
Jeanne Safer, Ph.D psychotherapist, supervisor and faculty member at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and the National Institute for the Psychotherapies and author, Forgiving and Not Forgiving: Why Sometimes It's Better Not to Forgive (Quill 2000) and The Normal One : Life with a Difficult or Damaged Sibling (Delta 2003)
- on sibling relationships

» Jeanne Safer's website