Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists agree that Apple CEO Tim Cook’s (at right) announcement that he’s gay is historic. Meanwhile, the “war on women” isn’t playing in the midterm elections and fast food workers in Denmark are making about $20 per hour.

Scheer is joined by host Matt Miller moderating from the center, David Frum of The Atlantic on the right, and Dahlia Lithwick from Slate.com.

Listen here.

— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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