Aug 27 Shields and Brooks on Ken Mehlman’s Revelation, Strasburg’s Unifying Effect By Hari Sreenivasan Earlier this week, my old colleague Marc Ambinder wrote an article stating that the former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has become more open about his homosexuality in recent weeks and months. It came as no shock… Continue reading
Aug 27 ‘Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing’ Exhibit Puts Apollo Theater in Spotlight By Monique Hayes Built in 1914 and originally named Hurtig and Seamon's New Burlesque Theatre, Harlem's famous Apollo Theater first catered to whites only. However, ownership changed hands in 1934 and a new era in black entertainment and American pop culture was launched. Continue reading
Aug 27 Dick Armey to Beck Rally Critics: ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ By David Chalian Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, who has been spending most of his time trying to harness the Tea Party energy into electoral gains for conservatives, said the “Restoring Honor” rally that Fox News talk show host Glenn… Continue reading
Aug 27 Katrina Five Years Later: New Orleans Is a State of Mind By Spencer Michels It's very hard for me to separate my own experiences in the aftermath of Katrina from the flood of other impressions I've wallowed in since 2005. I've watched HBO's "Treme" and Spike Lee's "If God is Willing and… Continue reading
Aug 27 The Fed Speech: Paul Solman Channels Ben Bernanke By Paul Solman Years ago, Saturday Night Live's Kevin Nealon debuted a character named "Mr. Subliminal" whom he still reprises. The gimmick: Nealon talks and then occasionally, under his breath, says what he's really thinking. In October, President Obama economic adviser Austan… Continue reading
Aug 27 Conversation: Nicholas Carr’s ‘The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains’ By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Nicholas Carr, author of "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains," which looks through the lens of neuroscience to see how the Internet shapes our brains. Continue reading
Aug 27 A Glimpse of Life Underground for Trapped Chilean Miners By Natalie Friedman The drama of 33 trapped Chilean miners continues with the release of the first significant video footage taken thousands of feet below the ground. A camera was sent down through an emergency shaft being used to deliver food, water… Continue reading
Aug 27 Friday’s Art Notes After dominating the home video rental business for more than a decade and struggling to survive in recent years against Netflix and Redbox, Blockbuster is preparing to file for bankruptcy next month. Continue reading
Aug 27 Gwen’s Take: Why We Love It When the President Goes Away By Gwen Ifill The president of the United States is on vacation. I am not. It rained for his first three days in Martha's Vineyard. The sun was shining here in Washington. (Tee hee.) Forgive my enjoyment. But it's nice to take a… Continue reading
Aug 27 Bernanke Says Fed Is Ready to Help; Carter Wins American’s Release There is more evidence out Friday morning that the U.S. economy has slowed to nearly a crawl of late. The gross domestic product, or GDP, which is the value of all goods and services produced, was revised downward by the… Continue reading