Feb 18 The Machine Breakers We Have Always With Us 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 today's query: A long and interesting email arrived recently from one Jean Maier. Continue reading
Feb 17 On Thursday’s NewsHour: Crackdown in Bahrain, Collective-Bargaining Battle BAHRAIN ON LOCKDOWN | The capital of Bahrain was under military lockdown Thursday evening after riot police smashed protesters' main camp. We have a report from Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News, then Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the… Continue reading
Feb 17 Conversation: Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘Prose’ By Tom LeGro Although publishing relatively little, roughly 100 poems, Elizabeth Bishop wrote volumes, and over the last decade nearly all of her unpublished work has been made public. Last week, two new books were added to the Bishop's canon, titled simply "Poetry"… Continue reading
Feb 17 Costa Rican Art Returning Home By Larisa Epatko About 4,500 pieces of Pre-Columbian artifacts, including ceramic bowls and animal-shaped vessels, taken from Costa Rica are returning soon to their country of origin. Continue reading
Feb 17 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, some of the antiquities that were believed to be looted have been located. Continue reading
Feb 16 Conversation: Borders Files for Bankruptcy By Molly Finnegan On Wednesday, the bookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 reorganization after accumulating more than $1 billion in debt and failing to pay publishers that supply its inventory. Continue reading
Feb 16 Talking About Girl Talk When Gregg Gillis takes the stage, he's accompanied by two industrial grade laptops, 30 or so fans and lots of confetti. It's all part of the music project he calls Girl Talk. Continue reading
Feb 16 Merle Hazard and You: And the Winner Is… By Paul Solman We have an update on our country-country lyric contest, inspired by the econo-crooner Merle Hazard. Those of you who frequent these pages often will remember our series late last month where Merle lyricized about the financial crises in… Continue reading
Feb 16 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a contemporary art auction turns into arts funding protest. Continue reading
Feb 16 Costa Rican Artifacts Returning Home In 2011, the Brooklyn Museum plans to return to Costa Rica about 4,500 pre-Columbian artifacts taken legally around the last turn of the century. Here are some examples. Continue reading