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Hannah Arendt (Fred Stein)
Happy Birthday, Hannah Arendt
This year is the centennial of the birth of Hannah Arendt, the political theorist and chronicler of 20th Century totalitarianism. On our next program, the relevance of Hannah Arendt today with human rights activist Samantha Power and Iraqi exile Kanan Makiya. Also: a new report wants to make it harder to sue Wall Street companies; and two advisors to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Air Power
Dr. Ronald M. Sega, under secretary of the Air Force
and
Rod McKinley, chief master sergeant of the Air Force
- talk about the present and future of the Air Force
The Fourth Man?
Al Baker, reporter at the New York Times
- on recent developments in the Queens police shooting case, including the police raids and community reaction
then
James Sanders, Jr. , New York City councilmember (D-31) representing: Far Rockaway, Laurelton, Rosedale; parts of Springfield Gardens,
and Chair of the Economic Development Committee
and
Helen Diane Foster, Democratic NYC councilmember, district 16 in the Bronx (West Bronx, Morrisania, South Bronx, Highbridge, Melrose);
member of NYC council's education committee
- react to recent developments in the Queens police shooting case, including the police raids and community reaction
then
Heather MacDonald, John M. Olin fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a
contributing editor to City Journal and author,
Are Cops Racist? How the War Against the Police Harms Black Americans (Ivan R. Dee, 2003)
- argues there is no evidence the police shooting in Queens was about race
Hanna Arendt: Then and Now
Kanan Makiya , professor of Middle East studies at Brandeis University and author, Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq (University of California Press, 1998)
and
Samantha Power , lecturer in Public Policy, founding executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University and author, Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (Harper Collins, 2003)
- talk about the relevance of Hannah Arendt in 2006
NYU Conference Hannah Arendt: Then and Now
In the Market for Change
Hal Scott, professor of international financial systems at Harvard Law School, Director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation
and
Merrit Fox, professor of law at Columbia University
- respond to a new government report calling for a relaxation of securities regulation
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