wbur.org
support wbur today!
Listen to this show
Week in the News
photo

By host Tom Ashbrook:

All roads lead to Washington this week, except for Andy Fastow’s and Bernie Ebbers — and maybe Mozart’s.

President Bush battled a major brush fire over leaked intelligence saying the Iraq war has poured gas on the flames of international terror. Congress gave the President nearly all he wanted on detainee interrogation and trials — including no habeas corpus. And House Republicans — on the way out the door to the midterm hustlings — have said yes to warrantless wiretapping.

Fastow and Ebbers went to jail. Karzai and Musharaf fumed in the Rose Garden. The Berlin Opera cancelled Mozart over Mohammed.

Hear a conversation with Michael Isikoff, Tony Blankley, and Jack Beatty about this week’s news.

Guests:

Michael Isikoff, investigative correspondent for Newsweek, author of Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War

Tony Blankley, editorial page editor for The Washington Times

Jack Beatty, On Point News Analyst, senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly

 
 

Comments are closed.

Recent Shows
The Future of Aging
Thursday, November 5, 2009 image

A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — from diets to testosterone. We’ll get the story.

Comments [31]
 
Climate, Congress & Copenhagen
Thursday, November 5, 2009 image

The Copenhagen climate conference is one month away. US climate action is going nowhere in Congress. We’ll look at the global implications of America’s domestic climate politics.

Comments [73]
On Point Blog
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 [7]
 
For Love of Science – or Money?

A new study supports the idea that U.S. dominance in engineering and science is threatened — but not for lack of training and education. It has more to do with a lack of social and economic incentives.

More » | Comments [5]
 
Matthew Hoh’s Resignation Letter

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain, became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan. The move has generated a lot of reaction. You can read Hoh’s resignation letter, posted by The Washington Post, which reported on it here.
It’s a topic for our news roundtable today. What [...]

More » | Comments [4]