Dec 03 Watch Israel's West Bank Settlement Expansion Prompts Diplomatic Frustration Israel's West Bank Settlement Expansion Prompts Diplomatic Frustration… Continue watching
Dec 03 Tiny Flying 'Bengal Tigers' invade Brooklyn Common green darner dragonfly. Photo By Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via Getty Images. Once a week, I arrive home to find the New Yorker magazine on the floor, partly shredded by my dog, who devotes part of her lunch… Continue reading
Dec 03 Boehner: 'We're Nowhere' on Fiscal Cliff House Speaker John Boehner. File photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images. With House Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner both digging in their heels on the Sunday talk shows, there was no sign of give in the… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Grand Canyon May Be 60 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought Grand Canyon May Be 60 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama's Bargaining Skills, Fiscal Mandates and Filibusters Shields and Brooks on Obama's Bargaining Skills, Fiscal Mandates and Filibusters… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 2012 World AIDS Day: Strides Taken Towards Cure, But Daunting Hurdles Remain 2012 World AIDS Day: Great Steps Taken Towards Cure, But Daunting Hurdles Remain… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Senators Spar Over Filibusters, Blaming Rules for Constant Partisan Gridlock Senators Spar Over Filibusters, Blaming Rules for Constant Partisan Gridlock… Continue watching
Nov 30 Here We Go Filibuster: Harkin, Coburn on Whether Senate Is 'Dysfunctional' Filibuster, (noun), U.S. Politics: Informal term for any attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter by debating it at length, by offering numerous procedural motions, or by any other delaying or obstructive actions. (United… Continue reading
Nov 30 In 'How to Survive a Plague,' Film Looks Back at First AIDS Activists EmbedVideo(5103, 482, 304); In a new documentary, "How to Survive a Plague," filmmaker David France re-examines the in-your-face brand of AIDS activism that forced the nation to pay attention in the early days of the epidemic and… 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