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The Brian Lehrer Show / December 08, 2005

The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, December 08, 2005
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  • Falling Behind In Science?

    In recent weeks, a flurry of newspaper editorials have appeared, fretting that American Universities are not turning out enough graduates in science. Some even attribute our ignorance of quarks to an elitist intellectual preference for arts and literature.

Is Iraq More Like Somalia or Vietnam?

Michael Ledeen, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author,The War Against the Terror Masters: Why It Happened, Where We Are Now, How We'll Win(St. Martin's Press, 2002)
- on Rep. Murtha's comments on the Iraq war
and
Andrew Bacevich director of the Center for International Relations at Boston University, West Point graduate, Vietnam veteran, and author, The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War (Oxford University Press, 2005)
- agrees with John Murtha

» Michael Ledeen (The American Enterprise Institute)
» Andrew Bacevich (Boston University)

Borrow, Spend, Plunge

Chris Swann, US economics correspondent for the Financial Times
- on the plunge in consumer borrowing

» The Financial Times

All Arts and No Science Makes America a Dull Country?

Andrew Hacker, professor of political science at Queens College and contributor to the New York Review of Books
and
Lawrence Weschler, director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU
and
Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- on the "crisis" in math and science education in America

» "The Truth About the Colleges" by Andrew Hacker in the New York Review of Books
» The New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University
» Shirley Ann Jackson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Choose Or Lose

Barry Schwartz professor of psychology at Swarthmore College and author, The Paradox Of Choice: Why More Is Less (Harper Perennial, 2005)

» Barry Schwartz (Swarthmore)

Governor Spitzer gets a briefing on the Second Avenue Subway at the groundbreaking ceremony from MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow and MTA Executive Director Elliot Sander

January Guest: Elliot Sander

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Elliot Sander, Executive Director of the MTA, is joining Brian Lehrer every Thursday for the month of January.

Got a question for Lee Sander? Ask it below!

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Coping with the Economy

Many New Yorkers have questions about the economy - I've been laid off, what now? How do I collect unemployment? Where should I look for a job? The Brian Lehrer Show helps New Yorkers find answers as they cope with the struggling economy.

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Lost City

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Steve Zeitlin executive director of City Lore and co-author of Hidden New York: A Guide to Places That Matter, and Brooks of Sheffield, the pseudonym of the author of the Lost City blog, offer a postmortem of the local establishments lost in 2008.

Judge Kaye Retires

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New York State Chief Judge Judith Kaye is retiring at the end of this year. She reflects on her 25 years on the bench and what it was like becoming the first female judge in the state’s highest court.

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2008 News Quiz

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It's been a busy year. From the campaign trail that led to Barack Obama's historic election, to a grueling recession - and everything in between - we've kept you posted. Were you listening?

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.