Patricia J. Williams, a professor of law at Columbia U. and a lawyer in CA, writes The Nation column “Diary of a Mad Law Professor.” She speaks here about race and gender in the 2008 presidential primaries, as well as the use of language in the construction of political arguments.
Since the war began, more than 2 million Iraqis have fled their country. Watch an interview with Bashar Ja’afari, the Syrian ambassador to the U.N. about the situation, also follow a refugee family in Portland, OR as they try to start their lives over.
Some doctors are now proposing what’s being called “slow medicine,” i.e. letting nature take its course rather than aggressively fighting diseases that sometimes accompany old age. Watch.
An MRI is a huge magnet, sucking metallic objects into its maw. But they needed to film the process… so how did the team shoot the scene? Read the Spark Blog to find out. (also watch video).
As cross-cultural borders blur, we are seeing so-called “uptown” (read: high brow) performers now appearing in club settings. One of them is violinist Eugene Drucker. Read an interview with SundayArts blog writer Jennifer Melick.
Sales of GM’s once-popular line of SUVs and pickup trucks have sunk. The company is now trying to lure drivers back by making smaller and more fuel-efficient cars, like the Chevy Volt, an electric vehicle GM calls “a game changer.” Watch interview…
A woman in Littleton, New Hampshire inherited her husband’s aunt’s belongings, which include a curious 18th-century book titled “Trials of Patriots.” History Detectives investigates what appears to be President John Adams’ signature in three places, and an inscription in the book, “Charles Adams from His Father, 1794.” Watch video. Originally aired Aug. 18, 2008.
What’s real minimalism? It’s not there at all. And that’s exactly what happened to Rhys Chatham’s eagerly awaited piece for 200 electric guitars, “A Crimson Grail,” on Friday night. But what about the other two performers — Beata Viscera and Manuel Göttsching?
Janine Zacharia (Bloomberg News), Todd Purdum (Vanity Fair), Jeffrey Birnbaum (Washington Post), Gebe Martinez (Politico) and host Gwen Ifill discuss:
* U.S. Calls for End to Russia-Georgia Conflict
* Clintonites May Hinder Democratic Unity
Watch here. Originally aired 8/15/2008
The Bush administration has proposed new rules that would weaken the Endangered Species Act. As you will recall, in May of this year, the polar bear became the first species listed as threatened on the basis of habitat concerns stemming from climate change.Why does the Bush Administration want the changes?
