wbur.org
support wbur today!
The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Monday, August 16, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT.
Listen to this story
Monday, August 16, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT
James Bennet on Ariel Sharon
photo

In his last article as Jerusalem correspondent for the New York Times, James Bennet sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to talk about the man, his country, and Israel’s uncertain future. His article offered a profoundly mixed and troubling assessment of the Sharon legacy.

Bennet’s three year stint as Jerusalem bureau chief for the New York Times ended last month. Hear Bennet talk about his article, which appeared as the cover story of yesterday’s New York Times Magazine.

Guests:

James Bennet, New York Times correspondent who last month completed a three-year stint as the Jerusalem bureau chief.

 
 

Comments are closed.

Recent Shows
Poker: America’s Game
Thursday, November 19, 2009 image

Poker and American history. How the game of presidents, cowboys, gangsters, and online gamblers helped shape America.

Comments [10]
 
Google vs. Murdoch
Thursday, November 19, 2009 image

Rupert Murdoch wants to block the search giant from scooping free content from his newspapers. We’ll look at the staredown.

Comments [132]
On Point Blog
Michael Wolff and Jeff Jarvis on Murdoch v. Google

We had a rousing discussion about Google vs. Murdoch, and what it says about the whole future of news, with Michael Wolff, Jeff Jarvis, and Steven Brill. Here’s what Wolff and Jarvis had to say about the delusions of both Murdoch and Google.

More » | Comments [19]
 
Video: Google CEO Eric Schmidt

Last week, host Tom Ashbrook was on stage with Google CEO Eric Schmidt, asking him about some of the biggest technology and business issues of our time.
It was part of an MIT event held on Thursday, Nov. 5, to commemorate computer science professor Michael Hammer, who died last year. Here’s video of the full interview, courtesy of WBUR.org:

Among other things, Schmidt said the possibilities [...]

More » | Comments [4]
 
California, here we come! And we need your questions!

On Point is headed west!
No, no. Not for good. Only for one show. But it’s a very special show!  The NPR station in Thousand Oaks, California – KCLU – is celebrating their 15th anniversary. We’re lucky to have been on their airwaves for nearly seven years, and they invited us out west to host a live [...]

More » | Comments [10]