History's Best Victory And Concession Speeches
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Friday, November 02, 2012
The Salt
Christmas Comes Early For Denmark's Beer Drinkers
November 2, 2012 The Danish tradition of releasing the Christmas beer on the first Friday in November started with a beloved TV commercial from 1980 for a straight-laced 140 year-old brewing company, and now it's practically a national holiday.
U.S.
Ala. Racist Language Measure Draws Unexpected Foes
November 2, 2012 Alabama voters decide Tuesday on a measure that would remove Jim Crow-era language from the state constitution. Republican leaders say the language is an embarrassment that deters jobs and investment. But Alabama's black leaders are against the fix, arguing it's a trick to undermine public school funding.
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
All Tech Considered
The Night A Computer Predicted The Next President
October 31, 2012 Sixty years ago, computers were used for the first time to predict the outcome of a presidential race. CBS used the UNIVAC, one of the first commercial computers, on loan. The prediction was spot on, but a decade passed before the computer's potential was finally realized on election night.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Science
Millennia Of Stargazing At 'African Cosmos' Exhibit
October 28, 2012 An ongoing exhibition at the National Museum of African Art asks visitors to consider the connections between art and science — and the ways both disciplines help us explore the why, when and how of our existence. Artifacts in the exhibition show that we've been wondering about the stars for millennia.
Commentary
Around The River Bend, A Flood Of History
October 28, 2012 NPR's Jacki Lyden grew up with the Bark River in her backyard. She left the Wisconsin waterway unexplored, until recently. Floating down the river in a canoe with a historian, Lyden discovered a story that stretches from the Ice Age and the Black Hawk War to churning 19th-century mills.
Closing Courthouse Brought Moonshiners To Justice
October 28, 2012 WFAEMoonshine used to be big business in the South, an illegal business that also kept the federal courthouses busy. Now one of those facilities, once on the front lines of the war on homemade booze, is shutting down.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Politics
Charming, Cold: Does Presidential Personality Matter?
October 23, 2012 Early on in American history, before radio and television, charisma wasn't particularly useful, one scholar says, since most decisions were made behind closed doors. Not so today. But how much difference do personality characteristics and charisma make?
Monday, October 22, 2012
