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trebolazul/flickr.Why Children Lie
Kids lie. All the time. For a variety of reasons. They lie to be cool. To avoid getting punished. They lie to gain a sense of control. And how do they learn to do all this lying? Writer Po Bronson says there's now one theory for how the habit of lying develops in kids: they're copying their parents. Also, the latest in the election with political guru Ron Brownstein.
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Primary Direction
Ron Brownstein, political director for the Atlantic Media Group, offers analysis of last night's primary results.
Free Event
Ron Brownstein will be speaking on The Second Civil War: The Partisan Divide, The Public Good and the 2008 Election tonight at 7:30 at Yeshiva University, 239 East 34th Street.
Click here for more information and registration.
Corzine's Cuts
WNYC's Bob Hennelly previews New Jersey governor Jon Corzine's budget, to be released on Tuesday, that promises drastic cuts.
Cell Phone Films
Tonight the Museum of Modern Art hosts CELLuloid featuring ten short movies shot on cell phones. Filmmakers Rebecca Nelson and Joshua Thorson join Sally Berger, assistant curator at MOMA's film department, to discuss cell phone-made movies.
Why Kids Lie
Po Bronson, author of the New York Magazine article "Learning to Lie" and Dr. Victoria Talwar, professor at McGill University’s Department of Education and Counseling Psychology, exploring why children lie -- in many cases, they're copying their parents.
Do Men's Prisons Work for Women?
From the prison nursery to the prison libraries, former female inmates discuss what changes they would recommend for women in prison. Sarah From, Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Women's Prison Association; Kathy Coughlin, Deputy Commissioner for Programs and Discharge Planning at the NYC Department of Correction and Luz, a member of the advocacy project discuss their ideas.
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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 [40]
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.
What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!- Comments [15]
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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