Nov 09 Watch David Petraeus Resigns From CIA After Revealing Extramarital Affair David Petraeus Resigns from CIA After Admitting Extramarital Affair… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch News Wrap: Supreme Court to Review Challenge of Voting Rights Act of 1965 In other news Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a constitutional challenge to part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The law as it stands now, requires all or parts of 16 states with a history… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch On the Eve of Political Transition in China, Assessing Hurdles and Global Role On the Eve of Political Transition in China, Assessing Hurdles and Global Role… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch To Encourage Kids' Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List To Encourage Kids' Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch Will the Republican Party Learn to Adapt and Appeal to a Changing Electorate? Will the Republican Party Learn to Adapt and Appeal to a Changing Electorate?… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch With Election Over and Time Running Out, Washington Shifts Focus to Fiscal Cliff With Election Over and Time Running Out, Washington Shifts Focus to Fiscal Cliff… Continue watching
Nov 08 Schumer: Voters Want Compromise Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Sen. Chuck Schumer predicts more cooperation in the next session of Congress than the partisan atmosphere that defined Capitol Hill… Continue reading
Nov 08 The Greek Crisis: Why Super Mario Draghi Can't Save Europe Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks at a conference in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup via Getty Images. While readers of Making Sen$e and the Rundown know Larry Kotlikoff as our resident… Continue reading
Nov 08 In 'Algiers,' Calexico Wanders Close to Southwestern Roots Geography has always played an important role in Calexico's music. You hear it in lyrics about drifters and border crossings and in the instrumentals that straddle traditions from Latin and North America. It's even apparent in the band's name --… Continue reading
Nov 08 Satellites, Supercomputers and the Challenge of Forecasting Storms EmbedVideo(4936, 482, 304); Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains the unique challenges of tracking Hurricane Sandy. Update: 6:15 p.m. ET | As Superstorm Sandy barreled its way west from… Continue reading