We thought we'd end up the week with a bang, the Gov. of New York, David Paterson. We wanted to talk to him because he is on the horns of a dilemma.

On the one hand, some of the Wall Street titans who are being handed a share of blame for the financial mess are his constituents. On the other hand, New York is feeling a very large share of pain.

How does he address both perspectives? Can he?

We ask him. Plus, he talks about changing the Rockefeller Drug Laws. New York has some of the most stringent drug laws in the country, requiring mandatory minimum sentences for many low-level, non violent drug offenses. Advocates have been trying to change the mandatory minimums for years arguing that it is too expensive and socially destructive to keep locking up so many people and that it would be far better to steer people into drug treatment. We talk about that, too.

Then to Faith Matters, where we talk about the ongoing relationship between conservative evangelicals and the White House. Concerned Women for America president Wendy Wright asked for and got a meeting with the head of the White House Office on Faith Based and Neighborhood Initiatives. We heard from her and Kevin Ecstrom, editor of Religion News Service.

And a special collaboration with theRoot.com. I am excited. We hope to have one of these collaborations about once a month, where we showcase some of their provocative reporting and commentary. I have an essay in the package, too, but you heard it before. It's adapted from a commentary I did last summer when I cut off my hair and the excessive (I think) reaction I received to same.

In case you are wondering, I grew the hair back. My daughter requested it.

She said, "Mommy, everybody in the family has hair like daddy now and nobody has hair like me!"

So what could I say? I am back to the twists. It's all good.

HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYONE.

categories: 'Behind the Curtain' at TMM

7:08 - March 27, 2009

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