Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss the police response to furious crowds after the shooting of Michael Brown; the stepping down of Iraq’s prime minister; Hillary Clinton criticizing President Obama in an Atlantic interview; and remembrances of Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall.

Joining Scheer is moderator Matt Miller and The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack on the right.

Listen here.

— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly

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