Libyan rebel fighters hold a rocket propelled grenade launcher (RPG) as a pro Kadhafi fighter jet fly over the eastern oil port city of Ras Lanuf on March 11, 2011.

The Safer Bet

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 15, 2011

The debate over public worker pensions rages on. John Fund, columnist for the Wall Street Journal editorial page, debates Teresa Ghilarducci, labor economist at The New School on public worker pensions. Plus: the debate over whether to authorize and enforce a no-flight zone over Libya; PBS NewsHour's education correspondent John Merrow on the influence of teachers; and why Kay Hymowitz thinks the rise of women has turned men into boys.

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