Aug 31 In Europe, Austere Summer Holiday a Sign of the Times Europeans who could afford it this year are wrapping up their traditional month-long August holidays. But many of Europe's political leaders either scaled back or canceled their vacations, and few ventured far from their capitals. So much for a European… Continue reading
Aug 31 Negotiation Expert Robert Mnookin Answers Your Questions By Paul Solman Last week, Paul Solman spoke with Harvard Law School professor Robert Mnookin, an expert on negotiation, about his new book "Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight." Mnookin offered to take some viewer questions. Here… Continue reading
Aug 31 Tuesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the White House announces the launch of a new dance performance series. Continue reading
Aug 30 In Louisiana, Wetlands Erosion is a Slow-Moving Crisis By Betty Ann Bowser A worker lays boom beside a fragile Louisiana wetland area early in the Gulf oil disaster on April 29. Photo by Erica Berenstein/AFP/Getty Images City fathers love to talk about the numbers: 78 percent of the population of New Orleans… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch News Wrap: Obama Calls for Small Business Assistance In other news Monday, President Obama called for new action to help the sluggish economy and urged new assistance for small businesses. In Pakistan, thousands of refugees began to head home as flood waters receded in some areas. Continue watching
Aug 30 Impact of Beck's 'Restoring Honor' Rally Remains Unclear for Tea Party By Dante Chinni Glenn Beck had a good Saturday. Depending on whose crowd estimate you want to believe -- always a tricky game -- somewhere between 87,000 and 500,000 people came to the National Mall for the TV and radio personality's… Continue reading
Aug 30 Political Checklist: Obama's Primetime Iraq Speech, Jobs Problems By David Chalian In this week's edition of the Political Checklist, Judy Woodruff discusses the week ahead in politics, including President Obama's primetime speech on Iraq plus what the White House may have in store to address Americans' ongoing economic and unemployment concerns. Continue reading
Aug 30 Negotiation Expert Robert Mnookin Answers Your Questions Editor’s Note: Last week, Paul Solman talked to Harvard Law School professor Robert Mnookin, an expert on negotiation, about his new book Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight. Afterward, Mnookin offered to take viewer… Continue reading
Aug 29 Beck, Palin Rally the Faithful as Other Rallies Focus on MLK Jr. Legacy By Chris Amico They came looking for hope, for change, for like-minded people. They came because they didn't want to be alone. They came because of a belief that "they" (the government, politicians, someone) is taking away their freedoms. "Glenn Beck said this… Continue reading
Aug 27 Katrina Five Years Later: New Orleans Is a State of Mind By Spencer Michels It's very hard for me to separate my own experiences in the aftermath of Katrina from the flood of other impressions I've wallowed in since 2005. I've watched HBO's "Treme" and Spike Lee's "If God is Willing and… Continue reading