Aug 01 Watch Syrians Pledge to Escalate Protests During Ramadan as Crackdown Continues On Sunday, President Obama said he was appalled by the Assad regime's use of violence and brutality against opposition demonstrators in Syria. Margaret Warner discusses what's next for the uprising in Syria with the Financial Times' Abigail Fielding-Smith, reporting form… Continue watching
Aug 01 Default by Debt Ceiling? 'Complete Nonsense' By Paul Solman // Editor's Note: On Monday's NewsHour Paul Solman reports from the trading floor of Natixis CIB Americas to see how the stock market was reacting to news of the debt-ceiling deal. Turns out the market is reacting… Continue reading
Aug 01 Weekly Poem: 'Sheriff Ed Rebuffed Her ('Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!'), Then He Fell' K. Silem Mohammad is the author of "Breathalyzer" (Edge Books, 2008), "A Thousand Devils" (Combo Books, 2004) and "Deer Head Nation" (Tougher Disguises, 2003). He is also editor of the magazine Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading
Aug 01 Monday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, shrinking state budgets also means shrinking funding of the arts. In Kansas, that support now equals $0. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 'The President Is a Sick Man' Details Secret Surgery of President Cleveland When President Grover Cleveland underwent secret cancer surgery in 1893 the public was kept in the dark for weeks while he recuperated and for decades to follow. Ray Suarez discusses the history with author, Matthew Algeo, who details the happenings… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Lissy Rosemont Write Songs at My Dining Room Table Behind the scenes look at the making of Lissy Rosemont's latest album, "Jelly Roll."… Continue watching
Jul 29 How the U.S. Racked Up $14 Trillion in Debt By Paul Solman A fascinating set of graphic debt data, courtesy of the New York Times. Meanwhile, amidst all the scare talk of a bond rate crisis, has anyone noticed that the bond market is rallying mightily… Continue reading
Jul 29 Conversation: Norwegian Author Anne Holt on the Lessons of Oslo By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to crime writer Anne Holt about the situation in Norway in the aftermath of the July 22 attacks by Anders Behring Breivik. Holt is one of Scandinavia's most successful crime writers, but she's also had quite a… Continue reading
Jul 29 On Stage, Interactive 'Omnivore's Dilemma' Offers Food and Thought In the first-ever stage adaptation of Michael Pollan's nonfiction bestseller about American food production, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma,' the audience isn't allowed to stay in their seats for long. Continue reading