Aug 16 Europe’s Stuttering Economy By Paul Solman With the eurozone in such obvious economic turmoil, we turn to former chief IMF economist and longtime friend and favorite of Making Sen$e, Simon Johnson (Peterson Institute, MIT). We asked him a series of pressing questions: Paul Solman: Is… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch Cate Blanchett on Reviving Theater Classic ‘Uncle Vanya’ for Modern Stage Australian actors Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh have brought the Anton Chekhov classic "Uncle Vanya" back to the stage, playing now at Washington's Kennedy Center. Jeffrey Brown speaks with the actors about the challenges of staging the play for a… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Norway’s FM: Many Questions Yet to Be Answered on Attacks The deadly attacks in Norway on July 22 marked the country's worst violence since World War II. Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store joins Judy Woodruff to discuss how the nation is coping, how the Internet is affecting extremism, the… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch Full Interview: Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh Full interview with Academy Award winning-actress Cate Blanchett on 'Uncle Vanya.'… Continue watching
Aug 15 In Defense of Flogging: Controversial Conversation on Prisons and Punishment By Paul Solman We were curious: is flogging — beating someone solidly on the behind with a wooden cane — a reasonable, effective alternative to sending that person to jail for two, five, 10 years? That’s exactly what Peter Moskos, a police… Continue reading
Aug 15 Monday on the NewsHour: Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh By Molly Finnegan Actress Cate Blanchett came from the theater, and to the theater she's returned. Now artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, she and her husband Andrew Upton have brought a new production of 'Uncle Vanya' to Washington. Continue reading
Aug 15 Weekly Poem: ‘Observation’ By Tom LeGro Jenn 's work has appeared in several literary journals. She teaches English at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs. Continue reading
Aug 15 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a Rembrandt got swiped from an L.A. hotel. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘Observation’ by Jenn Koiter Jenn Koiter reads a poem called "Observation."… Continue watching
Aug 12 Conversation: Esmeralda Santiago, Author of ‘Conquistadora’ By Tom LeGro Set in the 1800's, Esmeralda Santiago's epic novel, "Conquistadora," tells two coming-of-age stories: one of its heroine, Ana Cubillas, the daughter of Spanish aristocrats who becomes head of a plantation in the new world, and the other of Puerto Rico… Continue reading