Politics Jan 20 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on S.C. Debates, Super Bowl Picks The first edition of the Doubleheader for 2012 is here. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks tackle Topic No. 1 of the debates in South Carolina last night. If you missed the debate -- and…
Politics Nov 04 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Supercommittees, Honey Badgers Now that baseball season is over, where will syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks spend their leisure hours? They'll likely be back to the heavy lifting of political news. In our "sport of politics" section…
Politics Oct 21 Shields, Brooks on VP Switcheroos, Occupy Movement, World Series Picks Why are there rumors every presidential cycle that the incumbent will switch his (so far his) vice president out for someone else? That is topic No. 1 on this week's Doubleheader: the potential for Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary…
Politics Oct 14 Shields and Brooks on Herman Cain, Occupy Movement, Detroit, iPhone 4S In this week's edition of The Doubleheader, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks and I chat about Herman Cain's surge in recent polls, the merits of his 9-9-9 plan (see the fact-check of…
Politics Sep 30 Shields, Brooks on al-Awlaki’s Death, Occupy Wall St., Wildcard Wednesday Its no secret that syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks are avid baseball fans, so you know we had to talk about the topsy-turvy night that was Wildcard Wednesday. It was such an exceptional night…
Arts Sep 22 Girl Effect: Helping Poor Girls Makes Economic Sense Infographic and Poster from Girl Effect report Each teenage mother in India can lose up to $100,000 in potential income over her lifetime. Multiply that by the number of teenage mothers in India and…
Arts Aug 24 For Great Sioux Nation, Black Hills Can’t Be Bought for $1.3 Billion Nine Sioux tribes have been locked in a land dispute since 1877, when the government broke a treaty setting aside the Black Hills as part of their reservation. However, there is a chance that the Great Sioux Nation's long struggle…
Politics Jul 22 The Doubleheader: Debt Limits and NFL Lockouts It has been a rare feat in recent times due to summer schedules, but we managed to get another episode of the Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks recorded Friday afternoon.
Politics Jul 15 The Doubleheader: Debt Ceiling Drama and the Roger Clemens Mistrial Mark Shields and David Brooks returned to the Doubleheader with Hari Sreenivasan after a summer hiatus and jumped right into the debt limit drama at the center of politics in Washington this month. Shields and Brooks agreed…