Aug 12 Can you explain “moral hazard” in how it increases the cost of health care? Question/Comment: Your report on “moral hazard” was really outstanding. Now, try explaining how it increases the cost of health care. Paul Solman: As with any insurance, if you’re covered for your health, you might take more risks than… Continue reading
Jan 18 AU Head Calls for Peacekeepers to Stay in Somalia By PBS News Hour African Union Commission Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare called Friday for peacekeeping troops to remain in Somalia for an additional six months amid near daily clashes in the capital, Mogadishu. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch Doctors Provide Temporary Health Care Solutions for Katrina Victims Almost 18 months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, thousands of its victims are still without health care. In the first of a two-part report, NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer looks at how doctors are providing some temporary relief. Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Trillin Remembers Beloved Wife in His Latest Book Journalist, humorist and novelist Calvin Trillin's latest book pays homage to his wife, Alice, who passed away in 2001. Jeffrey Brown speaks with him about his latest book and the memory of his wife. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Satirist Art Buchwald Passes Away at Age 81 Washington Post columnist Art Buchwald succumbed to kidney failure at home with his family late Wednesday, but was able to spend his last year enjoying life and writing about his experiences. Here are excerpts from a March 2006 NewsHour interview… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch Poet Laureate Donald Hall Reflects on Age and Nature New U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall gives a tour of his New Hampshire farm where he has written poetry for over 30 years. He also reads poems on nature, love and loss, suggests that poetry is becoming more popular and… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Russian Human Rights Journalist Murdered in Moscow Anna Politkovskaya, known for her reporting of human rights abuses by the Russian military and the plight of civilians in Chechnya, was gunned down Saturday in Moscow. Colleague Nina Ognianova discusses the murder and reflects on Politkovskaya's career in journalism. Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch Fighting Continues to Escalate Between Israel and Hezbollah Fighting raged at the Lebanese border with Hezbollah striking deeper in Israel. ITN reporters describe the latest events in Lebanon and Israel. Continue watching
May 03 Louis Rukeyser, Longtime Wall Street Week Host, Dies at 73 By PBS News Hour Louis Rukeyser, for years a fixture on Friday nights as the host of the PBS series "Wall $treet Week," died Tuesday at his home in Connecticut after a battle with a rare bone marrow cancer. Continue reading