Nov 30 Shields and Brooks on X Tax, Hoosiers and the Irish By Leah Clapman 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… Continue reading
Nov 09 Shields and Brooks on Super PACs, Subtraction and Spoiled Lakers By Hari Sreenivasan Once again in our regular look at the sport of politics and the politics of sports, we chat with New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Topic 1: Super PACs. The Sunlight Foundation reported this… Continue reading
Nov 02 Shields and Brooks: Watching Indiana’s Senate Race, Bobblehead Forecasts By Christina Bellantoni Mark Shields and David Brooks met up Friday in the NewsHour newsroom for a final pre-election Doubleheader. I filled in for Hari Sreenivasan, who is hosting the PBS election special, "What's at Stake," which airs at… Continue reading
Oct 26 Shields and Brooks on Sununu and the Giants By Hari Sreenivasan No, it's not the name of a hipster band from Brooklyn, it's what we talked about on the Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. In our sport of politics section we addressed the… Continue reading
Oct 19 Shields and Brooks on Polls, Benchwarmers and Politeness By Hari Sreenivasan It's another episode of the Doubleheader, where we talk about the sport of politics and the politics of sport. Tonight we sort through all the noise we hear in poll after poll during the election cycle. We also talk about… Continue reading
Oct 12 Shields and Brooks on Campaigns, Copyright and Cheating Cyclists By Hari Sreenivasan It's another episode of the Doubleheader, where we talk about the politics of sport and the sport of politics with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Continue reading
Oct 05 Shields and Brooks on Biden vs. Ryan, MLB Playoffs By Hari Sreenivasan It's another episode of the Doubleheader, where we talk about the sport of politics and the politics of sports with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Tonight's semi-serious topic is how our two… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Shields and Brooks on Akin’s Curve and Dickey’s Knuckler Mark Shields and David Brooks on Todd Akin's resurgence and the knuckleball. Continue watching
Sep 21 Shields and Brooks on Romney’s Clean Bill of Health and MLB Playoffs By Christina Bellantoni Mark Shields and David Brooks were reunited in the NewsHour newsroom for the Doubleheader Friday, chatting in the informal setting for the first time since the conventions. I was filling in for Hari Sreenivasan, who will return… Continue reading
Aug 29 Shields, Brooks on Chris Christie’s RNC Speech, Negative Advertising By News Desk The Doubleheader with Mark Shields and David Brooks was live and direct from the Google Hangout studios at the Republican National Convention once again. As we always do, we tackled the politics of sport and the sport of politics. In… Continue reading