Week In Politics: Capitalism Versus Democracy
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Commentary
Krulwich Wonders...
Tom Waits Salutes (I Think) An Artist I've Never Heard Of()
John Baldessari is a conceptual artist whose work includes people with colored dots on their heads, oddly composed photographs and large trumpet sculptures. What happens when the gravelly-voiced Tom Waits narrates a film about an artist who proclaims "I will not make any more boring art"?
NPR Double Take
Double Take 'Toons: One In The W Column?()
George W. Bush endorsed Mitt Romney this week. Pat Bagley and Steve Kelley can't decide whose campaign it benefits the most.
Simon Says
Teaching Kids Balance Can Be A Lesson For Parents()
May 19, 2012 To be a parent is to be constantly reminded that almost everything you thought you were doing right for your children will one day turn out to be wrong. The latest revised revelation may be: Training wheels don't help kids achieve a sense of balance.
NPR Double Take
Double Take 'Toons: Face Value?()
May 19, 2012 The IPO for Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook established the company's value at $104 billion. Joe Heller sees more hot air than actual value, and while Chris Weyant decries the stock market as glorified gambling, is our own piece of the action all we really want?
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Let The Real Space Age Begin()
May 18, 2012 Astrophysicist Adam Frank says that private rocket ships will launch a sure future for Americans.
Opinion
New Republic: JP Morgan Scared The White House()
May 18, 2012 The losses at JPMorgan Chase keep growing. Originally reported at $2 billion, they are now reportedly at $3 billion. Noam Scheiber of The New Republic argues that this looks bad for the Obama administration, which touted the Volcker rule as an end to this kind of loss on Wall Street.
