Bob Herbert on the state of America in 2012
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This week Dr Helen Caldicott talks with author and former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert about the state of America in 2012. Herbert is now one of the experts for the think tank Demos. Listen to Dr. Caldicott’s 2009 interview with Herbert here. Read Herbert’s 2011 columns Losing Our Way: The U.S. can find the resources for endless warfare, but not for nation-building here at home and Is Nuclear Power Worth the Risk? The public deserves a much fuller accounting of nuclear power’s pros and cons. Read more of his New York Times columns here.
July 22nd, 2012 at 2:25 am
Finally got around to listening to this podcast. Herbert’s remarks on high-powered assault weaons and mass shootings in the U.S. are strikingly on point in light of Aurora, CO. It’s time to rethink the Second Amendment.