Jeffrey Skilling and Ken Lay are household names today, but if business schools had years ago imposed rules they recently adopted, they might never have gotten their MBAs. Wharton and other elite institutions now employ investigators to screen applicants, including calling former employers. Also: terror, technology and history, according to Robert Wright.
Fox, Foul, Young and the Restless
Peter Riddell, political columnist for the London Times, on the UK’s anti-war protest, which drew about 150,000, and the fox hunting demonstration which 3 times that and Chris Peterson, freelance reporter with the Washington City Paper, on the IMF protests in Washington DC
The Dollar or Disarmament
Howard Fineman, chief political correspondant for Newsweek, on whether the economy or Iraq is the top priority for voters
Open Phones
Listeners say what's on their minds this election season
MBA=Must Be an Angel
Rosemaria Martinelli, director of MBA admission at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, talks about rejecting evil nerds for saintly do-gooders in the MBA admission process
A Cut Too Close
Karen Hunter, Daily News columnist, says even black icons have to learn to take a joke
War the Wright Way
Robert Wright, contributor to Slate magazine and author of Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny (Vintage, 2001),says Bush's plan for combating terrorism is no good and offers his own plan in "The Real War on Terrorism."
Will the Torch Go Out?
Bruno Tedeschi, Trenton bureau chief for The Record, on New Jersey Senator Bob Torricelli's possible withdrawal.