Charlie Hebdo; Common Core Math; Hookah Crackdown

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 8, 2015

The health department is investigating nicotine use at hookah bars around the city. City Council member Ydanis Rodriguez discusses related legislation, which would ban the sale of hookah in some places. Plus: cartoonists Jeff Danziger and Steve Bell and The New Yorker's George Packer react to yesterday's attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo; help with your middle schooler's Common Core math problems; the difference between how 'nonemployed' men vs. 'nonemployed' women spend their days; and a how-to guide to falling in love...for introverts. 

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