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A new Pope, two Supreme Court vacancies, and the London subway bombings. It’s the end of the year and time to see how much have you been paying attention to the year’s news with the a... (episode)
The President has admitted ordering wiretaps of Americans without a court’s approval, but citizens and scholars are still pondering the legal justifications he offered: Article 2 of t... (episode)
BL Blogger is on vacation from Thursday, the 29th of December, 2005, returning on January 3, 2006. We'll be back with required reading, photos, and your observations, next Tuesday. An... (article)
Guest host Errol Louis chats with yesterday's guest host, Beth Fertig (article)
TWU board approves deal with the MTA (Newsday) Revelations of NSA spying may endanger terrorism prosecutions (NY Times) City on track to record lowest murder rate since 1963 (NY Sun) ... (article)
A federal law requires that New York State replace its voting machines with new ones by the ’06 elections. But local officials say that’s practically impossible. Will New York miss th... (episode)
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We're talking now with the Times' Jim Dwyer, who reported last week on NYPD infiltration of protest groups during the 2004 Republican convention. To see a video on police surveillance... (article)
Corzine will work as Governor for free (The Record) Good-government group tallies Schumer & Clinton "earmarks" for contributors (NY Sun) In loose media blackout, TWU members mull poss... (article)
For decades, black politicians like Newark’s Sharpe James came out of the civil rights movement and embraced big-government solutions to social ills. But members of the new generation... (episode)