US President Barack Obama orders a sandwich before meeting with small business owners at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, New Jersey, July 28, 2010.

Everyone is Angry

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 30, 2010

Today's show is a best-of, so we won't be taking any calls. But the comments page is always open!

The Obama agenda is taking heat from the far left almost as much as the far right. Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter and Katrina vanden Heuvel, of The Nation discuss the anger on both sides. Plus, what it means to be a business-leader in tough economic times; NYU’s Clay Shirky on how the internet is changing the way we think; the mythology of the “strong black woman”; and why your office chair is killing you.

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