Aug 28th, 2008 · Hurricane Gustav is opening old wounds in Louisiana. But gun-shy residents' reactions to the threat could be a good thing. Madeleine Brand talks to Kenneth Padgett, Jefferson Parish director of emergency services, about how they're preparing for a possible disaster three years after Hurricane Katrina.
Aug 23rd, 2008 · Greg Mortenson, executive director of the Central Asia Institute, met with Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf during a recent trip to the region. Musharraf had read a book Mortenson co-wrote titled Three Cups of Tea, about his experiences building more than 60 schools in remote parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Aug 20th, 2008 · Ohio recently forbade poll workers from taking voting machines home with them days before Election Day for safekeeping. Twenty-four of Ohio's 88 counties allowed the practice known as "sleepovers." Jodi Dibble, deputy director of the Trumbull County Board of Elections, offers her insight.
Aug 20th, 2008 · Mark Jurkowitz, associate director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, talks about media coverage of the economy and why the news hasn't always kept up with public interest and concern.
Aug 19th, 2008 · Jaime Johnson, one of the heirs of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune and director of the 2003 HBO documentary Born Rich talks about the blessing and burden of white, Anglo-Saxon, protestant culture.
Aug 19th, 2008 · After a bail-out last month, the government-sponsored companies are still on unsteady ground. The director of macroeconomics at Moody's Economy.com examines what trouble for Fannie and Freddie means for the economy.
Aug 16th, 2008 · Michael Phelps won his record-tying seventh gold medal by a fraction of a fingernail, just 0.01 second. Even when you study the photos and the video, it's tough to tell who came in first. Christophe Berthaud, the director of Olympic timekeeping for Omega, the official timekeeper at the games, explains the system used to time swimmers.
Aug 14th, 2008 · Though Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz almost redeem the film, the director's latest is almost as flat as its title. Critic Kenneth Turan is left wondering: Can't we just have the old Woody back?