Manners of Speaking

Readers Digest recently sponsored a survey of "politeness" in major cities around the world. They found that, of the 35 cities tested, New York ranked first while Mumbai came in last. Brooklyn-based writer Suketu Mehta, the author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found has lived and worked in both cities and offers his assessment of the test. Also: Monday Morning Politics with legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas; how brainstorming can hurt good ideas; and a discussion of the Corzine budget impasse, the Senate race debate and what it means for New Jersey.