Romney-Gingrich, neck and neck in Florida. Obama kicks off his own campaign. SEAL Team 6 back at work, in Somalia. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
From the Sundance Film Festival, stories of complicated relationships—and hard times.
The opera “therapist,” the opera “terrorist.” Two greats. We’ll listen in with critic Peter Conrad.
American Energy. President Obama says we’re going to become an energy power again. Is he right? And how clean can the energy be?
From spoiled milk to monkey brains – and worse. What revolts us and why? We’ll take on the science of disgust.
The State of the Union. We’ll look at President Obama’s blueprint for the country and staying in the White House.
The revolution brewing in your child’s backpack. One little computer tablet may soon replace all those big old textbooks.
There’s a hot debate on right now over U.S. military action against Iran’s nuclear program. High stakes. We’ll tune in.
GPS tracking, the government, and you. The Supreme Court looks at whether tracking your every move equals “unreasonable search.”
Mississippi Republican Governor Haley Barbour pardoned 208 criminals – murderers on down – on his last day in office. We’ll look at what moved Haley Barbour, and the uproar now.
“Self-Reliance.” Did the great Ralph Waldo Emerson get it wrong? Have we? Have we turned self-reliance into self-centeredness?
How to fix American politics. Money out, people, up, says Harvard’s Lawrence Lessig.
From time travel to the Amazon to Catherine the Great to new Murakami, we’ll look at the best books of 2011.
“Extra virginity.” We’ll look at the sublime and scandalous world of olive oil.
