Jun 11 What D.C. Is Learning From Africa in the Fight Against AIDS I've interviewed HIV-positive people around the developing world. Aspects of the story used to be drearily similar ... national health systems ill-equipped to handle patient loads, resistance to tracking contacts to identify those at risk, villages and cities stalked by… Continue reading
Jun 06 Fighting Back Against Type 2 Diabetes in Kids NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser (left) interviews 16-year-old Shannon Conder, who has had a hard time controlling her Type 2 Diabetes. It hasn't been so long ago that kids went outside to play. That's right. Out the… Continue reading
Jun 04 Days of Beer and Cheeses — Covering Wisconsin’s Recall Election "Supporters of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wave to drivers from a foot bridge above I-94 outside Milwaukee on June 1. Photo by: Terence Burlij This was a return visit, nicely bracketed. By chance I'd been in Wisconsin just… Continue reading
May 30 Charles Taylor’s Sentence for Africans: Tough, Too Tough, Not Tough Enough? Former Liberian President Charles Taylor awaits his sentencing in The Hague. Photo by Toussaint Kluiters/AFP/Getty Images. The world and many in Africa applauded the 50-year sentence imposed Wednesday on former Liberian President Charles Taylor for aiding and abetting… Continue reading
May 23 Happy 75th Birthday, Golden Gate Bridge I've been driving over the Golden Gate Bridge all my life and nearly every day for the past 40 years. Often, the drive is exhilarating, especially when there are boats in San Francisco Bay. Sometimes, particularly on foggy mornings, it's… Continue reading
May 22 Miles O’Brien on SpaceX Launch: Space for the Rest of Us Courtesy: NASA Updated 2:10 p.m. ET Space is hard and unforgiving and there is still a lot of challenging work ahead for the SpaceX Dragon team. I would not pop the champagne corks just yet. But this is a… Continue reading
May 16 Carlos Fuentes and His American Life Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes on Oct. 13, 2008. Photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/GettyImages. Carlos Fuentes had aged so beautifully you might have subconsciously assumed he would live forever, like a character in a Latin American novel. He moved easily through… Continue reading
Apr 24 ‘No One Is Higher Than Me,’ Sheriff Arpaio Tells Inmate ( {"video_url": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn5breXYmD4"} ) Over the years, the sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County, Joe Arpaio, has appeared on every major news network in the U.S. and more than a few in other countries. I first interviewed him… Continue reading
Apr 05 In Uganda, Anti-Homosexuality Bill’s Re-emergence a Touchy Subject To the Rev. Joseph Serwadda, Uganda's anti-homosexuality legislation is as much a product of resentment against Western influence and donor interference as it is against the country's gay population. Serwadda, who leads an alliance of evangelical ministers, believes "gay-ism" is… Continue reading
Mar 13 White House, Senate Democrats Unite in Push to Approve Judicial Nominees White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler said Tuesday it is "ridiculous" for Republicans in the Senate to continue to block confirmation of 17 of President Obama's nominees to fill federal district court vacancies. She said the vacancies are resulting in unnecessary… Continue reading