Nov 12 LIFE Releases Never Before Published Photos of John F. Kennedy This week marked the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's election as the nation's 35th president. At 43 years old, Kennedy became the youngest man to be elected to the office, and the nation's first and only Catholic… Continue reading
Nov 11 U.S. Debt and the Chinese Government: A Match Made in Purgatory? By Elizabeth Shell The United States is in debt to the tune of $13.7 trillion. But for what, and to whom? At its core, the debt is the result of more spending than saving at every level, from individual households to businesses… Continue reading
Nov 11 Will the Real Author (Bill Wyman) Please Stand Up? By Molly Finnegan A (creative nonfiction) review of Keith Richard's new book, supposedly written by Mick Jagger, is mistaken for the real thing… Continue reading
Nov 11 For Birbiglia, Comedy Is a Means to an End Mike Birbiglia, a regular on PRI's "This American LIfe", has turned his one-man off-Broadway comedy show into a new book called "Sleepwalk With Me."… Continue reading
Nov 11 Thursday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture news, film producer Dino De Laurentiis has died at age 91. Continue reading
Nov 10 On Wednesday's NewsHour ... Obama at G-20, Haiti Recovery, Deficit Proposal OBAMA AT G-20 | President Obama arrived in South Korea Wednesday ahead of the G-20 Summit amid growing international criticism of the Federal Reserve's recent economic decisions. We examine the president's push in letting the free market help determine… Continue reading
Nov 10 How Stimulating is Military Spending? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: Rich Tuloch Question: I learned long, long ago in school that… Continue reading
Nov 10 Around the Nation Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation. Continue reading
Nov 10 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture news, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will return 19 artifacts to Egypt. Continue reading
Nov 09 Art Is a Laughing Matter at Baltimore's Visionary Art Museum "What Makes Us Smile?", an exhibit at Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum, is a celebration of human joy as seen through an array of funny, happy or goofy drawings, paintings and sculptures, as well as the ever-present, ever-blowing, whoopee cushion… Continue reading