Shields and Brooks on the Afghanistan address
From The Newshour, here’s syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks with their 5 minute take on President Obama’s Afghanistan policy and his address.
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- So longThis is our last day here at EconomyBeat, where we focused on user-generated content related to the economic downturn and other aspects of the nation’s financial life. What is not ending, however, are the effects of The Great Recession — which we tried to capture by going directly to the source. The country may, as macroeconomic [...] […]
- Top-post countdown No. 1: Geography of a recessionOn our last day, here’s our top post of all time (or the last nine months, which amounts to the same thing). This post had legs like Betty Grable, probably because it so clearly illustrated just how badly the employment situation was deteriorating last year. 1. Geography of a recession (Nov 30, 2009) This is an [...] […]
- Friday photo gallery: Best of the bestOur last day, our last photo gallery. Here are our favorites, culled from the entire lot… […]
- EconomyBeat Podcast #16: RememberingAs we wrap up here at the EconomyBeat Podcast, I thought we could take a long view and look back the the last great depression, the one in the 20th century. Over the next five minutes or so, feel free to reflect and do a little comparing and contrasting for yourself. Fewer than 1 in [...] […]
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- Louisiana Shrimp, Petroleum Festival Draws Attention Amid Oil WoesMORGAN CITY, La. | Some people might find it odd that this city near Louisiana's southern coast has a Shrimp and Petroleum Festival. Somehow the two don't seem to go together.But some local citizens get a bit testy if you ask them about that juxtaposition. They say it's really a harvest festival, and that people here "harvest" oil fr […]
- Conversation: From Book to Stage to Screen, Lawrence Wright's 'My Trip to Al-Qaeda'Lawrence Wright is an author, screenwriter, playwright and staff writer for The New Yorker, winning numerous awards along the way. His book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," was published in 2006, spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and won several accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and a n […]
- Track Hurricane Earl's Atlantic JourneyKellie Maier kayaks Friday on water-covered Highway 12 in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Hurricane Earl continued to churn along the East Coast Friday, heading north from North Carolina and expected to reach southeastern Massachusetts by Friday night. The hurricane was downgraded to a Category 1 storm and it was still predicted to […]
- Friday's Art NotesBronze works by renowned French artist Edgar Degas are seen at a press preview in Sofia. Bulgaria's National Art Gallery has announced that it will present the full collection of 74 bronze sculptures by the French impressionist Edgar Degas. Photo by Ditmar Dilkoff/ AFP/ Getty Images*Conservators at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam have finished restorin […]
- Gwen's Take: Middle East Peace Talks Then and Now"A great moment of opportunity," she said."There's a lot of skepticism out there," he said. "But I think there is ground to be hopeful."She was Madeleine Albright, a Democrat and former secretary of state. He was Stephen Hadley, who served as national security adviser in George W. Bush's second term. On the PBS NewsHou […]
- Paul Solman Explains: How Is a Jobless Recovery Possible?On a day when new jobs numbers indicate that U.S. unemployment is continuing to edge up, Paul Solman answers a viewer question on the Business Desk about how it's possible to have a jobless recovery.Name: Mohammad KhanQuestion: I have a hard time understanding "jobless recovery." If there are few jobs and businesses are suffering, how are the […]
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- 'Recovery Summer' Ends With Economic PotholeThis was supposed to be the season the economy heated up, thanks to a wave of public works projects funded by the government's stimulus program. But summer is coming to an end and the recovery has not taken root. Forecasters are expecting another gloomy employment report on Friday. […]
- Worries Over Jobs Numbers Ahead Of New DataThe biggest cause for concern is that this month could show the weakest business hiring in months. Although the economy is technically a year into a recovery, that is not yet showing up in the jobs numbers. […]
- Study: Cash For Clunkers Was A WashThe program didn't bring any new buyers into the market, a study found. But it encouraged people who would have bought a car anyway to make their purchase a few months sooner. […]
- Consumers Still Gear Up, Camp Out In RecessionSales in the outdoor gear industry are up more than 8 percent this year, topping retail sales overall. The industry's strength may be due to its consumers' high incomes, but the recession also has more people heading out into the wilderness. […]
- BP Removes Cap From Well, Moves Toward Final Well KillBP engineers on Thursday removed the cap that first stopped the blown-out Macondo oil well from spewing oil and gas back in mid-July. The removal brings BP one step closer to permanently killing the well, which has been shut in since July 15.Since the cap was put in place, engineers have also plugged the well by injecting heavy mud and cement through its top […]
- News Wrap: Another Gulf Oil Rig Fire Extinguished; Workers RescuedListen to the AudioThirteen workers survived a Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion 100 miles south of Vermilion Bay in Louisiana. In Pakistan, thousands of Shiite Muslims mourned the loss of 35 people who were killed in a triple-bombing in Lahore. HARI SREENIVASAN: Coast Guard cutters and aircraft scrambled today after the latest oil fire in the Gulf. They pick […]
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