Dec 08 Welcome to the New Making Sen$e with Paul Solman Paul Solman: A belated welcome to you here at the redesigned Making Sen$e with Paul Solman Web site. We are, like the Internet through which we operate, a work in progress. Heraclitus was right in observing that you can’t step… Continue reading
Dec 08 Patchwork Nation: Media Landscape Shifts Online in a Wired Town If there is a community well positioned for the demise of a true local daily, it may be the heavily wired, tech-savvy college town of Ann Arbor, Mich. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch Afghan Timetable, Troop Levels Spark Skepticism Two top U.S. officials in Afghanistan told lawmakers Tuesday they support President Obama's revamped war plan, despite skepticism from some lawmakers. Republican Mike Pence of Indiana and Democrat James McGovern of Massachusetts describe their views to Jim Lehrer. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch War Weary British Seek An End in Afghanistan Margaret Warner travels to the tiny English village of Wootton Bassett and finds growing unease about British involvement in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Dec 07 Diving Into Patchwork Nation By Hari Sreenivasan This week's Patchwork Nation series will feature reports from around the country on issues facing American communities. After a Web-only video postcard from the first city the series will explore -- Philadelphia -- I talk to Patchwork Nation director… Continue reading
Dec 07 Betty Ann Bowser: Public Option Debate Continues in Senate By Betty Ann Bowser It's all we've heard about for months: the public option, a government-run health insurance plan. Liberals love the idea. They say it would offer cheap insurance for the uninsured because there would be low administrative costs. And, they reason,… Continue reading
Dec 07 On Monday’s NewsHour… By Simon Marks It's been a busy day in the PBS NewsHour's Washington newsroom. As you may know, Monday night you'll be able to watch our new broadcast debut, and we're spending the afternoon crossing each "t" and dotting each "i" in a… Continue reading
Dec 07 Tom Bearden: Photographers Focus on Family Portraits for Troops When members of the Armed Forces are far from home, few things are more important than reminders of their families -- particularly photographs. Those pictures can be found taped to office walls, in shirt pockets, and on the dashboards of… Continue reading
Dec 07 Paul Solman Wins Business Emmy for Unemployment Reporting By Carolyn O'Hara At the 7th Annual Business & Financial Emmy Awards luncheon today, Paul Solman and team won an Emmy for outstanding coverage of a current business news story for "Faces Behind the Numbers," a duo of pieces on U.S. unemployment. Continue reading