Aug 31 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, poet Maya Angelou wants a change made to the newly opened Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. Continue reading
Aug 31 Stand-Up Economist: Always Bring Your Own Toilet Paper Another vlog today from Our Man in Beijing, Stand-up Economist Yoram Bauman. He's not in China as a comedian, of course, but as an environmental economist, which this post explains. (It also explains why he keeps a roll… Continue reading
Aug 30 Poet, Activist Ernesto Cardenal Explores Cosmos, Humanity in Verse By Tom LeGro Ernesto Cardenal, one of Latin America's most renowned, but also controversial, poets and political activists, has shifted his recent work to reflect on humanity's connection to nature and relationship to the universe. Ray Suarez speaks with the poet about his… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch Poet, Activist Ernesto Cardenal Explores Cosmos, Humanity in Verse Ernesto Cardenal, one of Latin America's most renowned, but also controversial, poets and political activists, has shifted his recent work to reflect on humanity's connection to nature and relationship to the universe. Ray Suarez speaks with the poet about his… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch Real-Life Thriller Explores al-Qaida Triple Agent’s CIA Infiltration, Bombing In the real-life thriller, "The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA," author Joby Warrick examines the unlikely story of an operative who infiltrated the CIA and detonated a suicide bomb at a U.S. base in Afghanistan. Margaret… Continue watching
Aug 30 ’30 Mosques’ Explores Where Muslim Americans Fit in Modern Society EmbedVideo(1356, 482, 304); Earlier this month, two Muslim Americans embarked on a 12,000-mile Ramadan road trip across the United States to explore the relevance of Islam a decade after the Sept. 11 attacks. Aman Ali and… Continue reading
Aug 30 Bon Iver Showcases Bold New Sound Since its origin as a solo project in a cabin in the Wisconsin woods four years ago, the band Bon Iver and its critically acclaimed albums have grown in number, scope and sound. Continue reading
Aug 30 Why U.S. Housing Prices Aren’t Falling Off a Cliff Click on the cities above to see how housing prices have changed from June, 2003 to June, 2011 according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Housing Index. Data are in Tuesday morning from what may be the one reliable product coming… Continue reading
Aug 30 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Delta Blues singer David Honeyboy Edwards has died. Continue reading