By — Leah Clapman Leah Clapman Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/shields-and-brooks-on-x-tax-hoosiers-and-irish Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Shields and Brooks on X Tax, Hoosiers and the Irish Politics Nov 30, 2012 7:40 PM EDT Gentle people of the World Wide Web, welcome to another edition of the Doubleheader where we talk about the sport of politics and the politics of sport with none other than New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Today in the serious portion of our segment we discuss David’s latest column featuring the X-Tax. It’s a consumption-based tax that is gaining traction among conservative think tanks. In the politics of sport portion, this was a big week for Indiana college teams — Hoosier basketball and Irish football. Both our pundits have Indiana connections. You may be in awe of the depth of their trivia. Have a great weekend. Joshua Barajas shot and edited this video. You can subscribe to Hari on Facebook, Google Plus and on Twitter: Follow @hari We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Leah Clapman Leah Clapman Leah Clapman is Executive Director, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) and Education. She created SRL in 2009 as an experiment to engage middle and high school students with current events and the public media mission to educate and inform. The program has engaged over 35,000 students and won numerous awards including the 2022 Edward R Murrow for the "On Our Minds" youth mental health podcast. Leah manages partnerships with local stations, national and international organizations to bring diverse youth voices into newsrooms, events and digital content innovation initiatives. @lclap
Gentle people of the World Wide Web, welcome to another edition of the Doubleheader where we talk about the sport of politics and the politics of sport with none other than New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Today in the serious portion of our segment we discuss David’s latest column featuring the X-Tax. It’s a consumption-based tax that is gaining traction among conservative think tanks. In the politics of sport portion, this was a big week for Indiana college teams — Hoosier basketball and Irish football. Both our pundits have Indiana connections. You may be in awe of the depth of their trivia. Have a great weekend. Joshua Barajas shot and edited this video. You can subscribe to Hari on Facebook, Google Plus and on Twitter: Follow @hari We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now