Feb 14 Watch Bassist Esperanza Spalding Scores Best New Artist Grammy The NewsHour recently profiled jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding, who won best new artist at Sunday's Grammy Awards. Jeffrey Brown has an excerpt of her song "Little Fly" from the album "Chamber Music Society."… Continue watching
Feb 14 On Monday’s NewsHour: Federal Budget Battle, Social Media in Egypt OBAMA'S BUDGET BLUEPRINT | President Obama submitted his $3.7 trillion federal budget blueprint for 2012. Gwen Ifill speaks with White House Budget Director Jack Lew about the details of the budget. Judy Woodruff has the Republican reaction from… Continue reading
Feb 14 Weekly Poem: ‘Nightcrawler Buys a Woman a Drink’ Gary Jackson was born and raised in Topeka, Kan. He received his MFA from the University of New Mexico. His book, "Missing You, Metropolis" (2009, Graywolf Press) won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Continue reading
Feb 14 Before Greeting Card Companies, Valentine Writers Helped the Tongue-Tied In the 19th century, if an amorous author found himself short of verse, he needn't look further than the local bookseller. Six-penny pamphlets that contained popular collections of pre-written love messages were sold as "Valentine Writers."… Continue reading
Feb 14 How-To Economics: Irrational Assurance Tips for Valentine’s Day By Paul Solman Our friend Dan Ariely, of behavioral psychology and economics fame, returns to Making Sen$e as a regular presence, starting today. The book that made him famous is called "Predictably Irrational," but we think of Dan as… Continue reading
Feb 14 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a roundup of Grammy winners. Continue reading
Feb 14 President Unveils Budget Plan, China Ranks as World’s 2nd Largest Economy President Obama will officially release a budget blueprint aimed at reducing the deficit by $1.1 trillion over the next decade. The proposal is meant to counterbalance the cuts proposed by Republican leaders in Congress. The plan would cut federal… Continue reading
Feb 11 Introducing How-To Economics: Living in a Material World By Paul Solman Today, we inaugurate a new feature here on Making Sen$e: How-to Economics: Living in a Material World. And to explain the good works we're up to, I talked to Duke's Dan Ariely, who'll be one of our prime… Continue reading
Feb 11 Conversation: Andrew Altschul, Joshua Ferris and Hannah Tinti, Part 2 of 2 By Tom LeGro We've asked three authors -- Andrew Altschul, Joshua Ferris and Hannah Tinti -- attending the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Washington to come in and talk about their world. Continue reading
Feb 11 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, L.A.'s Watts Towers get $500,000 towards restoration efforts. Continue reading