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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, September 26, 2006
  • Frank Rich
    Frank Rich

    Rich Material

    We continue our 2006 election series, “30 Issues in 30 Days” with Issue Two: Are New Yorkers Overtaxed? Also, New York Times columnist Frank Rich and his new book, “The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina.”

Rich Material

Frank Rich, New York Times columnist, author The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina (Penguin, 2006)
- why he thinks the White House obscures reality

The Case for Spinach

Marion Nestle, professor of Nutrition Food Studies and Public Health at New York University and author, What to Eat (FSG, 2006)
and
Joan Gussow, Emeritus professor of Nutrition and Education at Teacher's, College-Columbia University and author, This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader (Chelsea Green 2001)
-discuss the tainted spinach epidemic and what it means for spinach lovers

Marion Nestle's website Food Politics

30 Issues in 30 Days: Are New Yorkers Over Taxed?

Frank Mauro, executive director Fiscal Policy Institute
and
Matt Guilbault, executive director of the New York State Tax Union
- on why New Yorkers and taxed and how it can be remedied

Fiscal Policy Institute
New York State Tax Union

Sky High, Rock Bottom: Real Estate in New York

Jhoanna Robledo, contributing editor at New York Magazine
and
Anonymous or Mr. Brownstoner, blogger for Brownstoner.com a real estate blog
- talk about housing prices stagnating and whether home owners should buy, sell or hold

Jhoanna Robledo's article in New York Magazine
Brownstoner.com

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