Today on Kresta - March 9, 2010

Talking about the Things That Matter Most on Mar. 9

4:00 – Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves
Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. From inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers to secret meetings in South Korea, and the corridors of Washington, Too Big to Fail is the definitive story of the most powerful men and women in finance and politics grappling with success and failure, ego and greed, and, ultimately, the fate of the world’s economy. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, Andrew is here to re-create all the drama and turmoil, revealing neverdisclosed details and elucidating how decisions made on Wall Street over the past decade sowed the seeds of the debacle. This true story is not just a look at banks that were “too big to fail,” it is a real-life thriller with a cast of bold-faced names who themselves thought they were too big to fail.

4:40 – Prof. Rice on Homosexual Activity: 'Right or Wrong?' What Notre Dame Would not Print
Charles Rice is an outstanding Catholic lawyer, Notre Dame professor, and faithful Catholic man who understands the vocation to live the fullness of the Catholic faith in his family and his professional life. He is an example of being what the Church calls "morally coherent." Charlie is one of the preeminent Catholic Legal Scholars in the US and beyond. So why would the Notre Dame student newspaper "The Observer" refuse to publish Dr. Rice´s regular column "Right or Wrong" because of its clear statement of the Catholic teaching on homosexual activity as morally wrong? We discuss the article and the refusal with Dr. Rice.

5:00 – Through Shakespeare's Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays
Fulfilling the promise he made in his previous book, The Quest for Shakespeare, bestselling literary writer Joseph Pearce analyzes three of Shakespeare's immortal plays -The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet and King Lear - in order to uncover the Bard's Catholic beliefs. In The Quest for Shakespeare, which has been made into an EWTN television series, Pearce delved into the known biographical evidence for Shakespeare's Catholicism. Here the popular and provocative author digs into the plays, which were written and first performed during the English crown's persecution of Catholics.