Mar 12 Conversation: Perspective on Google Books from Authors Guild Member James Gleick By Arts Desk In 2005, the Authors Guild brought a lawsuit against Google for digitally scanning books without permission of the books' authors. In November 2009, a court approved an amended settlement between the Guild and Google that gives authors the option of… Continue reading
Mar 12 Black: The Best Econ Books I’ve Read Recently Bill Black: I recommend looking at three books. Two of them focus on the interplay of economics and politics. James Galbraith is a professor of economics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch From Film to Sports, a Winning Week for Women With UConn's women's basketball team breaking a major record and Kathryn Bigelow's Oscars, it has been a winning week for women. Judy Woodruff reports on another remarkable woman who is gaining ground on the football field. Continue watching
Mar 11 Ray Suarez: Immigration Reform Takes a Number and Gets in Line Advocates of immigration reform that would create a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S. were asked to be patient. After the Obama campaign promised comprehensive reform and won by a convincing margin, they… Continue reading
Mar 11 Letters Reveal Public Grief for JFK’s Death In the months after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, the public flooded the White House mailbox with 1.5 million condolence letters to then First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. "We loved the President as a father as the father of our… Continue reading
Mar 11 Lo: The Best Econ Book I’ve Read Recently Andrew Lo: The best economics book I’ve read recently is Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique by Michael Gazzaniga. Now it’s true that Gazzaniga is a cognitive neuroscientist, not an economist, but the insights in this book… Continue reading
Mar 11 Shaq Attacks Art World in ‘Size DOES Matter’ NBA basketball player Shaquille O'Neal curates an art exhibition called "Size DOES Matter."… Continue reading
Mar 10 Stimulus Funds Cluster in Cities, Bypass Latino Communities By Hari Sreenivasan President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package a little more than a year ago to spur job creation during the economic downturn. Through the end of January, $283 billion had been allocated, according to a new analysis by… Continue reading