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The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, June 22, 2007
  • John Edwards
    John Edwards (Rachel Feierman)

    From the Union Hall

    Hear excerpts from presidential hopeful John Edwards’ speech at Cooper Union and excerpts from Brian’s follow-up interview with him on the Great Hall stage. We’ll take your reactions to Edwards’ latest policy proposals about fighting poverty and preserving the middle class. Plus, American Heritage has a list of 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses – what are yours?

From the Union Hall

Former United States Senator (D-NC) and presidential candidate John Edwards spoke last night in the Great Hall at Cooper Union. We’ll play excerpts from his speech and from Brian's follow-up interview – and take your calls.

Open Phones: Single Payer Health Care

Listeners react to John Edwards' health care plan.

Following Up:

Civil Unions vs. Partnership
William Eskridge, John A. Garver professor of Jurisprudence at Yale and co-author with Darren Spedale of Gay Marriage: For Better or for Worse? (Oxford University Press, 2006), follows up on the New York Assembly's passage of the same sex marriage bill, and New Jersey's commission studying civil unions.

Crack vs. Cocaine
Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, a national organization working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing laws and alternatives to incarceration, talks about the disparaties in cocaine sentencing practices.

100 Words
Steve Kleinedler, supervising editor at American Heritage, talks about the 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses (Houghton Mifflin, 2004).

100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

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