Jul 20 Weekly Poem: 'July in Washington' By Tom LeGro Back in March, we were excited to give attention to the Poetry Foundation's DC Poetry Tour, a multimedia tour that reveals our nation's capital through the eyes of its great poets. It seems more appropriate now to highlight the tour… Continue reading
Jul 20 Study Shows Gel Holds Promise for Reducing HIV Risk By Talea Miller VIENNA, Austria | In a big step forward for the field of HIV prevention, a new study shows for the first time a microbicide gel provided significant protection for women from HIV infection. Use of a vaginal gel containing the… Continue reading
Jul 19 Country Singer Merle Hazard Tackles the Greek Debt Crisis By Paul Solman We here at Making Sen$e have long been fans of Nashville investment adviser Jon Shayne, who became known to us as Merle Hazard, the singer and author of country-and-western songs about economics. We featured snippets of his performances… Continue reading
Jul 19 Merle Hazard on the Greek Debt Crisis By Paul Solman We here at Making Sen$e have long been fans of Nashville investment adviser Jon Shayne, who became known to us as Merle Hazard, the singer and author of country-and-western songs about economics. We featured snippets of his performances in… Continue reading
Jul 19 Democrats Bank on Local Strategy to Help in Red States By Lee Banville According to conventional wisdom, it is going to be a bad year for Democrats. Historically the party of the president has lost seats in the mid-term, ugly fights over health care and the soaring deficit have owned media headlines and… Continue reading
Jul 19 Special Olympics Enlisting Able-Bodied Youth to Reduce Bias U.S. tennis star Andy Roddick works with Special Olympics competitor James Reiter in a tennis clinic on Sunday in Nebraska. (Photo courtesy Special Olympics/Caroline Kilday, University of Nebraska) I can confirm there was at least one place in America… Continue reading
Jul 19 Critic DeRogatis: Pitchfork Stands for 'Local Music Community at Its Best' Note: This is the third and final installment of dispatches by Chicago Public Radio music critic Jim DeRogatis from the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival. Click here for Part 1,… Continue reading
Jul 18 Pitchfork Day 2: 'Yawnfork' The first part of day two at the Pitchfork Music Festival has continued in the sleepy spirit of Friday, with nothing as yet to energize a sold-out crowd of 18,000 baking in the 92-degree heat. Continue reading