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Playing Host to Controversy

Lee Bollinger, president of Columbia University, explains the comments he made when he introduced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday.

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Open Phones: Students and Ahmedinejad

We open the phones to students who want to react to the Iranian President's speech at Columbia University yesterday.

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The Nuclear Question

Jacqueline Shire, senior analyst at the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), analyzes Ahmadinejad's comments about nuclear proliferation.

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Your cubicle has eyes!

Some workers know to keep their personal emails out of the office server, but what do you do if you are punished professionally for a blog you write at home, or for a political bumper sticker on your car? Bruce Barry, professor of management and sociology at Vanderbilt University and author of the new book Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace, looks at how companies curb free speech at the work place.

Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace is available for purchase at Amazon.com

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Obama to New York

Barack Obama, United States Senator (D-IL) and presidential candidate, discusses his presidential campaign and Thursday's rally in Washington Square Park.

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Cafferty Files

Jack Cafferty, host and commentator on CNN, former New York local news anchor, and the author of It's Getting Ugly Out There: The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting America (Wiley, 2007), gives his take on national and international politics.

It's Getting Ugly Out There is available for purchase at Amazon.com.

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Fare Play

WNYC reporter Beth Fertig looks at the two ways the MTA is proposing to increase subway fares.

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