On Point (Magazine)
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Week in the News
Fri, Oct 3
Bailout maneuvers, market swings. Palin versus Biden. And Obama inches up in the polls. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Peggy Noonan
Fri, Oct 3
Conservative columnist Peggy Noonan takes the long view of this American moment, with a call for unity and what she calls "Patriotic Grace."
The Sarah Palin Factor
Thu, Oct 2
Sarah Palin prepares for Joe Biden and her first national debate. It's been one month since she stepped onto the national stage. We take stock.
Paul Newman
Thu, Oct 2
Remembering Paul Newman. Actor and activist. Butch Cassidy. Cool Hand Luke. We look back on an American movie hero.
Buffett's Bio, Buffett's Brain
Wed, Oct 1
Billionaire Warren Buffett has waded deep on the financial crisis. We'll look at the life and outlook of the "Oracle of Omaha."
Issues '08: The Supreme Court
Wed, Oct 1
The presidential election and the US Supreme Court. Top legal thinkers on what an Obama Court or a McCain Court would mean for the country.
The View from Wall Street
Tue, Sep 30
We've heard from Congress and the White House on financial meltdown. But what is Wall Street itself thinking? We'll get the word on the Street.
The View from Main Street
Tue, Sep 30
We open up the phone lines and hear from listeners on the historic bailout failure, the financial crisis, and what should happen now.
The Bailout Deal
Mon, Sep 29
Days of decision for the U.S. Congress. The House today. The Senate soon. In the balance, the U.S. economy: accountability for its past, and the shape of its future. On Capitol Hill, shouting and table thumping. "Financial crimes have been committed," roared one Democrat. "Now Congress is being asked to bail out the culprits." We're snuffing out the free-market system, warned a Republican. And the economy teeters and waits. In the debris and details and debate, a new era is taking shape. This...
A Changed Campaign
Mon, Sep 29
Five weeks to Election Day. 35 days. We'll look at the Obama and McCain campaigns and strategies, in the midst of crisis.
A Call for Jewish Renaissance
Fri, Sep 26
Jewish leader Edgar Bronfman calls for an era of "hope not fear" for Jewish culture in North America.
Week in the News
Fri, Sep 26
Washington in crisis mode, and a week of everything on the line - economy, election, debates. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Scowcroft: America and the World
Thu, Sep 25
General Brent Scowcroft was national security adviser to two Republican presidents, and is best friends with one of them, George H.W. Bush. But he's been a stern critic of American foreign policy in the era of crusading neoconservatism and Bush the younger. Scowcroft firmly opposed the Iraq War. He's been sharply critical of McCain-Palin talk of arming up Georgia, or war with Russia. He's backing John McCain. But McCain or Obama, he wants a whole new American way in the world, and says we...
Proverbial Wisdom
Thu, Sep 25
The wisdom of the world and ages in a new collection of proverbs from Zanzibar, ancient days, and the corner store.
The Bailout Debate
Wed, Sep 24
The big bailout goes to Congress, and the pressure for action is intense. We'll go to the Hill, and beyond, for a hard look at Washington's options.
Issues '08: Health Care
Wed, Sep 24
Economy in crisis - and 46 million Americans without health insurance. We ask advisers to Obama and McCain how each would tackle the health care crisis now.
Wall Street's Global Shockwaves
Tue, Sep 23
Financial crisis in the USA, and the whole world is watching. We reach out to London, Moscow, Shanghai, and more, to ask what they see in the rubble on Wall Street.
Moral Clarity
Tue, Sep 23
Philosopher Susan Neiman gets back to basics in her new book "Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists."
The Super-Bailout
Mon, Sep 22
We look at the historic Federal bailout of America's financial system — and what American taxpayers should expect in return.
Protecting Your Money
Mon, Sep 22
Buy? Sell? Hold or panic? We'll ask top financial advisers what they advise now in a scrambled market.
Week in the News
Fri, Sep 19
Financial crisis sweeps Wall Street, the world, and the presidential campaign. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Dispatches
Fri, Sep 19
Frontline dispatches from where the fighting never ends. New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins on Iraq, Afghanistan, and The Forever War.
The Financial Crisis
Thu, Sep 18
Former Bush Treasury official John Taylor, now advising McCain, and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, now advising Obama, debate the way out of this financial crisis.
A Call to Transform Our Economy
Wed, Sep 17
Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect and a leading progressive voice on economics, calls for a transformative response to America's economic crisis. We hear his case.
Getting Outside the Box
Wed, Sep 17
Gregory Berns, a pioneer in the field of neuro-economics, explains the biological basis of truly innovative thought.
Home to Africa
Tue, Sep 16
Helene Cooper shares her amazing story of privilege and flight from Africa in "The House at Sugar Beach."
Issues '08: Education
Tue, Sep 16
Forget lipstick. We're talking issues. This time: education, and what Barack Obama and John McCain would offer the country at school.
Being Catholic Now
Mon, Sep 15
Kerry Kennedy—daughter of Bobby and niece of JFK — joins us to talk about what it means to be Catholic now.
Banks on the Brink
Mon, Sep 15
Bear Stearns was bailed out. Then Fannie and Freddie. Now Lehman Brothers has gone to the brink. More could follow. How much should the government step in?
Zen and Now
Fri, Sep 12
40 years after Robert Pirsig began the journey that became "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," we retrace his tracks and his philosophy of life.
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