Science Friday: Desktop Diary
Science Friday: With physicist Michio Kaku. Here or below.
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PBS Newshour: Chrysler Pays Back Bailout
President Obama got a lot of heat for the auto bailout, and so it’s no surprise that his critics aren’t paying much attention to this development: Today, Chrysler paid America back billions of dollars and the US auto industry seems back in the game. Read more about this forgotten story of the 2008 recession at PBS Newshour.
President Attempts a Middle East Reset
President Obama’s major Middle East policy speech, from May 19, 2011, is embedded below.
Triple Crown 2011: Prepping for Preakness
This spring, Mike Fritz and Tom Legro of the PBS Newshour went to Pimlico racetrack in Baltimore — the site of tomorrow’s Preakness Stakes — to learn more about the sport of horse racing.
As we head into the second leg of the 2011 Triple Crown, watch “King of Pimlico,” the second installment in the series, which focuses on the venerable (and aptly named) Maryland trainer King T. Leatherbury.
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.
(Watch Animal Kingdom win the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby.)
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Stop Sunday Talk Shows (Revisited)
Just caught this blurb on the FlHuffington Post, of Rachel Maddow excoriating the Sunday political talk shows, so I figured it was worth re-posting this. Way ahead of ya, girlfriend!
Triple Crown 2011: Jockey Club
In anticipation of the 2011 Triple Crown season, Mike Fritz and Tom Legro of the PBS Newshour went to Pimlico racetrack in Baltimore to learn more about the jockeying life. Here is the first installment in their series:
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.
(Watch Animal Kingdom win the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby.)
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More Reflections on bin Laden’s Death
Here is an excerpt from a poignant essay written by Robert Klitzman, whose lost his sister Karen on 9/11:
“There are lessons we have not yet learned. I feel Karen would share my concerns that underlying forces of greed and hate persevere. American imperialism, corporate avarice, abuses of our power abroad and our historical support of corrupt dictators like Hosni Mubarak have created an abhorrence of us that, unfortunately, persists. We need to recognize how the rest of the world sees us, and figure out how to change that. Until we do that, more Osama bin Ladens will arise, and more innocent people like my sister will die.”