Good Enough

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 19, 2012

David Maraniss, associate editor at The Washington Post and the author of Barack Obama: The Story, discusses Obama’s early life, including his life in New York City, and how it’s affected his presidency. Plus: Ken Lovett of the Daily News looks at the end-of-session deals as the legislative term winds down in Albany; NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe gives an exit interview; and Cheryl Mendelson, author of The Good Life: The Moral Individual in an Antimoral World, talks about how to tell the difference between morality and “pseudo” morality.

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