The Institute of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) launched its Lampert Lecture Series Wednesday with an address by Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria, who offered a compelling examination of today's economic crisis.

Besides his Newsweek role, Zakaria regularly contributes to The Washington Post and hosts a foreign affairs program on CNN Worldwide called Fareed Zakaria GPS.

Stanley Brubaker, PPE director and professor of political science, said Zakaria was the perfect speaker for the institute's exploration of "Liberal Democracy and Its Limits."

The radio show must go on.

And so it did for Arnie Arnesen, a political analyst and longtime radio and TV show host who visited Colgate Tuesday to talk to students about the presidential primaries.

Arnesen has been on talk radio for nearly 20 years, and each weekday hosts the Chowder in the Morning program, which is available online and on AM radio and public access TV stations throughout southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts.

A last-minute scramble to get on the air landed Arnesen and her husband, Marty, in office space in McGregory Hall early Tuesday morning.