This week’s discussion on “Left, Right & Center” begins with some thoughts on the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan before turning to the still-critical situation in Libya, Obama’s strategy for dealing with soaring gas prices, and yet another scandal at NPR. Arianna Huffington bows out of this show, but Chrystia Freeland, global editor in chief for Thomson Reuters, gamely takes her place. –KA

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