Nov 30 Conversation: Lorin Stein, Editor of The Paris Review, on the Art of the Short Story By Tom LeGro What is a great short story and what does it take to write one? The Paris Review posed those questions to 20 contemporary authors and asked them to pick a story they love in the almost 60-year-old archives of the… Continue reading
Nov 30 Tough Votes on the Fiscal Cliff Loom for Congress By Alex Bruns Congressional Leaders Meet With President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Photo by Reuters/ Larry Downing.) Fall creeps towards winter in Washington and the chill is reaching an equilibrium in the Capitol. Votes are still being tallied in the… Continue reading
Nov 30 Is the World Any Closer to Ending AIDS? An Indian child walks past a mural painted on the side of a train Kolkata in West Bengal, India. India has the world's third largest population living with HIV/AIDS. Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/ AFP/ Getty Images. An AIDS-free generation? Sounds… Continue reading
Nov 30 Latest Release of U.S. High School Graduation Rates Still Preliminary Photo by PBS NewsHour After decades of using different metrics to calculate high school graduation rates, the Department of Education has for the first time released data for most states' graduation rates under one standardized measurement. The… Continue reading
Nov 30 Thelma and Louise Redux: Satire in Song as We Near the Fiscal Cliff By Paul Solman // To plagiarize a prior post of mine, this page likes to feature monetary minstrel Jon Shayne, a Nashville investment manager whose nom de croon is Merle Hazard. Merle has written and sung such classics as "H-E-D-G-E",… Continue reading
Nov 30 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Japanese craftsman Sumikazu Nakata adds the final touches on a Daruma doll, which is believed to bring good luck and represents the Indian priest Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism in China. Continue reading
Nov 30 Republicans Unhappy With Latest Fiscal Cliff Talks Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives at the Capitol on Thursday for meetings on the fiscal cliff. Photo by Benjamin Myers/Reuters. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivered President Obama's opening bid in the fiscal cliff negotiations to congressional leaders on… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch News Wrap: Egyptians Protest Constitution Submitted by Islamist-Led Assembly In other news Friday, thousands of Egyptians took to Tahir Square protesting President Mohammed Morsi's actions in claiming sweeping, unchecked powers, as well as a draft of a new constitution which was approved by an Islamist-led Assembly that doesn't ensure… Continue watching
Nov 29 Which Is Better: Government or Private Spending? Vice President Joe Biden checks out his purchases during a visit to a Costco store on a shopping trip in Washington recently. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch College Teams Play Game of Musical Chairs Switching Conferences for TV Contracts College Teams Play Game of Musical Chairs Switching Conferences For TV Contracts… Continue watching