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A Safe Investment?
As baby boomers head into retirement, many want to switch from the uncertainty of the stock market to annuities. We ask Slate's Daniel Gross and a financial advisor if that's a wise idea. And, why people are changing their minds about the Sopranos ending (and what it has to do with their political leanings). Also, Follow-up Friday looks at the Michael Moore-Fred Thompson spat, why Sam Brownback supports the labor movement in Iran, and whether bloggers can replace newspaper columnists.
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Giuliani's Blue State Poll-Vaulting
John Zogby, pollster and president of Zogby International and Liz Benjamin, political columnist and blogger for the New York Daily News, look at Rudy Giuliani's chances among Democrats in the northeast.
Sure Thing?
Peter Katt, principal at Katt & Co., a fee-only life insurance advising firm, and Daniel Gross, who writes the "Moneybox" column for Slate and contributes to the "Economic View" column of the New York Times, explain annuities' appeal for retiring Boomers. Daniel Gross is the author of Pop!: Why Bubbles Are Great For The Economy (Collins, 2007).
Daniel Gross's website
WSJ: "As Boomers Retire, Insurers Aim to Cash In"
The Politics of the Sopranos
The Sopranos aired its final episode ever on Sunday and people are still talking about the ending. We look at whether viewers' political leanings have anything to do with their opinion about the ambiguous finale.
Follow Up Friday
John Dickerson, Slate's chief political correspondent talks about the war of words between Fred Thompson and Michael Moore.
John Dickerson's Video about the Moore-Thompson spat
Talking Iran
Vali Nasr, adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, looks at what Democratic senator Joe Lieberman said about bombing Iran, and what Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback said about encouraging the Iranian labor movement.
Can Bloggers Replace Columnists?
Bob Guskind, blogger for Gowanus Lounge and Brooklyn editor of Curbed, looks at whether blogs can tell the same stories as print journalists did a generation ago.
Listen to former columnist Pete Hamill explain why he thinks blogs can't tell the immigrant stories that print newspapers do.
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The Rocky Road Ahead
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.- Comments [41]
Tweet If You Use Twitter
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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.
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Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!- Comments [172]
From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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