Jan 27 Clough Formally Takes Charge of Smithsonian By Arts Desk Follow-up to the NewsHour's recent story about major overhauls at the Smithsonian Institution: On Monday, G. Wayne Clough was formally installed as the institution's 12th secretary. Continue reading
Jan 26 ‘People’s Poet’ Robert Burns Turns 250 By Tom LeGro The image of poetry fans gathered in a pub enjoying bagpipes, haggis, drinks and verse is a very Scottish one, but Scotland's national poet Robert Burns has fans worldwide who know there's no better way to honor the man and… Continue reading
Jan 26 ‘People’s Poet’ Robert Burns Turns 250 The image of poetry fans gathered in a pub enjoying bagpipes, haggis, drinks and verse is a very Scottish one, but Scotland's national poet Robert Burns has fans worldwide who know there's no better way to honor the man and… Continue reading
Jan 26 Weekly Poem: ‘A Man’s A Man for A’ That’ A Man's A Man for A' That by Robert Burns. Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that!… Continue reading
Jan 23 Conversation: Roberto Bolano’s ‘2666’ By Arts Desk For most of the English-speaking world and certainly for this reader, Roberto Bolano was unknown only a few years ago. Since then, he's become a literary phenomenon--his novels read, reviewed, discussed, widely praised. Continue reading
Jan 23 Robert Frank: An Outsider Looking In By Arts Desk In the late 1950s, a Swiss-born photographer named Robert Frank traveled America, documenting its days and nights. With a Guggenheim fellowship, Frank captured Americans in 48 states, on 767 rolls of film and almost 27,000 frames. Continue reading
Jan 22 Highlights from the Manifest Hope:DC Party By Arts Desk The Manifest Hope:DC gallery space in Washington neighborhood Georgetown closed Monday night, the day before the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Jan 22 Scenes From a Mideast Trip By Arts Desk News from Gaza on every television. One man said to me: "I feel as though I've seen every one of the 1,200 bodies of those killed." And on every tongue: expressions of outrage, helplessness, sadness. Continue reading
Jan 21 How Do You See Medicare and Social Security Being Changed to Accommodate Future Generations? By Business Desk Question/Comment: What is the future of Social Security and Medicare in the next 20-years and how do you see it being changed to accommodate future generations? Paul Solman: Medicare is a much bigger problem than Social Security. I think Medicare… Continue reading
Jan 20 Weekly Poem: ‘Praise Song for the Day’ By Arts Desk Praise Song for the Day by Elizabeth Alexander. Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each other's eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. Continue reading