Nation Feb 15 Arm Teachers or Ban Video Games? Students Debate in Google Hangout The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has made many schools rethink their safety procedures. It has also sparked emotional debates about the roots of violence. To find out how the tragedy has affected young people, we…
Politics Feb 08 Shields and Brooks on Bush Family Email Hacking, Super Bowl Results For our regular examination of the politics of sport and the sport of politics with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, we tackle the revelation that members of the Bush Family had their email…
Politics Feb 01 Shields and Brooks on Scott Brown, Super Bowl and Deer Antler Spray On this edition of the Doubleheader, where we tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sports, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks begin with the decision by former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown to…
Politics Jan 23 A ‘Fireside Hangout’ to Discuss Gun Violence With Vice President Biden Live stream courtesy of the White House. Americans huddled around radios to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats broadcast across the country. Now, anyone with an internet connection can gather 'round their computer screens to watch a live…
Politics Jan 18 Shields and Brooks on Political Retreats, Manti Te’o and Lance Armstrong The politics of sport and the sport of politics -- this is the Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Tonight we chew over news that Republican members of the House will…
Politics Jan 11 Shields, Brooks on Trillion Dollar Coins, ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ Hall of Fame Woes In this installment of the Doubleheader, New York Times columnist David Brooks and I save the drubbing that syndicated columnist Mark Shields deserves -- for last week's wager that Notre Dame would win the BCS -- until…
Politics Jan 04 Shields and Brooks on Sandy Relief, Fighting Irish Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join us for the first Doubleheader of 2013. This week's topics are the politics behind the delay in the vote on relief funds for the victims of…
Politics Dec 21 2012 Year in Review: Very Best of the Shields and Brooks Doubleheader For loyal fans of the Doubleheader, this is the big enchilada. Each week this year we've talked to NewsHour regulars Mark Shields and David Brooks about the sport of politics and the politics of sports. We've conducted these chats far…
Politics Dec 07 Shields and Brooks on Pot Laws, RGIII and Heisman Picks 'Tis indeed another Friday which means it's time for the Doubleheader, where syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport. Tonight we discuss the fact…
Politics Nov 09 Shields and Brooks on Super PACs, Subtraction and Spoiled Lakers Once again in our regular look at the sport of politics and the politics of sports, we chat with New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Topic 1: Super PACs. The Sunlight Foundation reported this…