Dining With Disaster: Reviving The Last Meal On The Titanic
Before the iceberg, before the lifeboats, before the sinking, there was the dinner. On the evening of April 14, 1912, …
Tornadoes, Severe Weather Likely Saturday Across Nation’s Midsection
Dangerously strong storms and tornadoes are possible Saturday and into Sunday from north central Texas up through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, …
Beyond The Call Of Duty: A Short List Of Heroic Acts By Politicians
After rescuing his neighbor from a burning building, Newark Mayor Cory Booker joins an elite list of politicians who have …
Romney Wins Some Votes, If Not All Hearts, At NRA Meeting
Some 70,000 people are attending the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in St. Louis this weekend. It’s hard to find …
Murder, Hate Crime Charges Filed Against Tulsa Suspects
The two suspects in last Friday’s killings in Tulsa of three African-Americans and wounding of two others were formally charged …
Vermont Governor Has Bear Encounter
Bears are in the news again. Tuesday, there was the guy in Los Angeles who was texting-while-walking and almost bumped …
Polarization, GOP’s Rightward Shift, Fills Political Scientist With Dread
When President Obama recently complained to news media executives about their ostensibly even-handed “pox on both of your houses” coverage …
It’s All Politics, April 12, 2012
And then there were three. We’re convinced Rick Santorum pulled out of the GOP presidential race not because NPR’s Ron …
What America Pays In Taxes
See our earlier entries in this series: What America Sells To The World, What America Does For Work and What …
Why Tax Day Falls On April 17 This Year
Every year, millions of Americans scramble to file their income taxes before the filing deadline — ordinarily April 15. But …
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