October 15, 2013 - 11:16am
The importance of John Hartford 's musical influence is difficult to overstate: His presence is felt in the various styles that have grown out of traditional Appalachian, country and bluegrass music, and can be found threaded through the works of contemporary artists like Béla Fleck and The Avett Brothers ...
October 15, 2013 - 11:08am
A life-threatening pandemic occurs. You're a doctor in the ER and can save a 9-year-old or a 63-year-old doctor. Whom do you choose? How do you choose? Questions like that can crop up in real life and also on the silver screen. So how good a job do filmmakers do...
October 15, 2013 - 10:57am
A letter (pdf) released today by a special surveillance court clears up some misconceptions about legal oversight for government wiretap activities. Responding to a letter from Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Pat Leahy (D-VT) and ranking member Charles Grassley (R-IA), the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court says, yes, it's true, we do...
October 15, 2013 - 10:52am
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle , a documentary in three hour-long segments that will premiere back to back (to back) tonight on many PBS stations, begins with a curious image: Vincent Zurzolo of Metropolis Comics explains that a recent copy of Action Comics #1 , which contained the first appearance of...
October 15, 2013 - 10:30am
The government shutdown has forced a lot of hard-working people into idleness. That includes most of the staff that tends the famed White House kitchen garden , according to Obama Foodorama. On Friday, the site reported that only a skeleton crew of National Park Service gardeners remained on duty —...
October 15, 2013 - 10:30am
If you don't pay your electric bill on time, you'll probably get charged a buck or two in interest. As long as you pay off the balance in a reasonable amount of time, your lights will stay on. So why is it such a big deal that the Treasury Department...
October 15, 2013 - 10:12am
Saying "America is grateful for you," President Obama awarded the nation's highest military honor on Tuesday to former Army Capt. William Swenson. The Medal of Honor is the first given to an Army officer since the Vietnam war. President Obama said Swenson braved seven hours of continuous fighting, putting his...
October 15, 2013 - 10:11am
Government shutdowns, climate change, zombie attacks: it seems like everyday the news delivers new reasons to think civilization is on the verge of collapse. And yet, a glance back at history shows that things have always been going to hell and somehow we manage to survive. Is the past prologue?...
October 15, 2013 - 10:00am
Among the bargaining chips in the budget crisis on Capitol Hill, there's the small but persistent issue of taxing medical device manufacturers. The 2.3 percent sales tax covers everything from MRI machines to replacement hips and maybe even surgical gloves. The tax was imposed to help pay for the Affordable...
October 15, 2013 - 10:00am
Pitbull (Armando Christian Pérez) is the latest in a long list of celebrities lending their star power to the flourishing charter school movement. Alicia Keyes, Denzel Washington, Shakira, Oprah — all support or sponsor charter schools. The Sports Leadership And Management Academy (SLAM) is Pitbull's new public charter school for...
