Jan 28 Watch News Wrap: President Obama Talks Gun Violence Prevention With Police Chiefs In other news Monday, President Obama met to talk about gun violence with police chiefs from Aurora, Colo., Oak Creek, Wis., and Newtown, Conn., sites of the three worst mass shootings in 2012. Also, a $50 billion dollar disaster aid… Continue watching
Jan 25 Background Checks Don’t Threaten Second Amendment, Biden Says A gun store employee in Los Angeles inspects a semi-automatic rifle. An Obama administration plan to reduce gun violence includes restricting sales of assault weapons. Photo by Reuters/ Lucy Nicholson. Vice President Joe Biden said that a proposal to… Continue reading
Jan 25 Did Shakespeare Have Syphilis? By Tom LeGro In a new book, "Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers," Dr. John J. Ross of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital looks at how disease and mood disorder may have infected the lives, creativity and words… Continue reading
Jan 25 Did Shakespeare Have Syphilis? EmbedVideo(5569, 482, 304); Writing a book is "a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness," George Orwell once said. The literary giant behind "1984" and "Animal Farm" was comparing his life's work to the… Continue reading
Jan 25 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A professor looks at hundreds of paintings from students that have yet to be graded in Jinan, China. The paintings are part of the provincial entrance examination for colleges of fine arts. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch Did Shakespeare Have Syphilis? Jeffrey Brown talks to John J. Ross, author of "Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough."… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Vice President Biden Finds New Venue to Talk Up Proposed Actions on Gun Violence Vice President Biden Finds New Venue to Talk Up Proposed Actions on Gun Violence… Continue watching
Jan 24 Battle Over Gun Legislation Heats Up One Million Moms for Gun Control, a group formed after the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., marches across the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Not even a week into President Obama's second term, the… Continue reading
Jan 23 A ‘Fireside Hangout’ to Discuss Gun Violence With Vice President Biden By Hari Sreenivasan, News Desk Live stream courtesy of the White House. Americans huddled around radios to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats broadcast across the country. Now, anyone with an internet connection can gather 'round their computer screens to watch a live… Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch Exploring Technology, Effectiveness, Consequences of Drone Warfare Exploring Technology, Effectiveness, Consequences of Drone Warfare… Continue watching