As half of Obama's term ends, three big questions dominate this week's show (listen below): if tax rates are at their lowest in 50 years and the concentration of income & wealth at their highest, how can more income and inheritance tax cuts be justified? Should the Senate in January reject automatic filibusters as the new normal? Is Palin a celebrity or a candidate? Also, sitting in for a traveling Arianna, Salon's Joan Walsh and Mary agree about Holbrooke's brilliance, King's legacy -- and spar over whether speaker-to-be John Boehner has a big heart or a big problem, for crying out loud. Listen here:
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