Fri. 3/16/12
Week In Review
Week In Review
A fire at a utility transformer plunged Boston’s Back Bay into darkness this week. And though the lights are back, many questions remain. What happened? And who’s gonna pay? On today’s show, we round up this week’s top news headlines from the blackout to Rick Santorum’s big wins in Dixie. Team Romney tries to project confidence and insists the delegate math still adds up. Then, a deadly rampage against Afghan civilians at the hands of an American soldier raises fresh concerns about US-Afghanistan policy. And, a widely circulatedop-ed in the New York Times has us wondering, does morality have a place onWall Street?
Guests:
Cheryl Cronin, Boston attorney and political activist
Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe columnist
Jeffrey Berry, professor of political science at Tufts University
A fire at a utility transformer plunged Boston’s Back Bay into darkness this week. And though the lights are back, many questions remain. What happened? And who’s gonna pay? On today’s show, we round up this week’s top news headlines from the blackout to Rick Santorum’s big wins in Dixie. Team Romney tries to project confidence and insists the delegate math still adds up. Then, a deadly rampage against Afghan civilians at the hands of an American soldier raises fresh concerns about US-Afghanistan policy. And, a widely circulatedop-ed in the New York Times has us wondering, does morality have a place onWall Street?Guests:
Cheryl Cronin, Boston attorney and political activist Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe columnist Jeffrey Berry, professor of political science at Tufts University
Garrett Quinn, WGBH contributor and author of the Less is More blog on Boston.com
John Summers, editor of The Baffler
