May 24 Making Sense: The Rising Price of Oil By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: William Bair Question: What, if anything, is be done on the… Continue reading
May 24 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, "The Book of Mormon" and "Anything Goes" were the big winners at the Drama Desk Awards. Continue reading
May 23 Weekly Poem: ‘To Television’ Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky reads "To Television" from his "Selected Poems."… Continue reading
May 23 Making Sense: Is it Dumb to Play the Lottery? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: We received a fascinating email in response to last week's installment of… Continue reading
May 23 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘To Television’ by Robert Pinksy Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky reads "To Television" from his "Selected Poems."… Continue watching
May 23 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a federal program that grants military families free museum admission has grown to more than 1,300 museums nationwide. Continue reading
May 20 Watch Former Poet Laureate Pinsky: Poetry ‘Too Fundamental, Large’ to Need Advocate Much of former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's writing has focused on American life. He takes a look back at his career with Jeffrey Brown. Continue watching
May 20 Furry Robots, Foldable Cars and More Innovations from MIT’s Media Lab By Elizabeth Shell We recently visited the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for our story on George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen's ebook, "The Great Stagnation." Cowen argues that our economy is slowing down because the… Continue reading
May 20 Watch Geena Davis on her Quest for Gender Equity in Film and Television Geena Davis talks to Simon Marks about gender equity on screen. Continue watching
May 20 Watch Robert Pinsky Reads From ‘Selected Poems’ Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky reads three poems from "Selected Poems."… Continue watching