2009 – Page 17 – People's World

McNamara and wars lessons which way do we go now?

July 10, 2009 By Susan Webb

On July 6, Neil deGrasse Tyson, head of the Hayden Planetarium, Twittered, “Wondering how many who watched fireworks on July 4 did so because it's fun, forgetting that it commemorates exploding bombs during warfare.” That same...

A new science show for Discovery channel junkies

July 10, 2009

Can science be funny? Renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson does. And that's why he has teamed up with Comedy Central's Lynn Koplitz for a new science-based radio talk show called . Tyson says the show...

George Fishman, a life with a purpose

July 9, 2009

George M. Fishman, lifelong working class scholar, teacher and activist, passed away peacefully at his New Haven, Conn., home on June 30, at age 92. He was a stalwart champion of quality public education for all...

Labor-backed think tank: Second big stimulus needed to ease worst crash since 1929

July 7, 2009

A top economist at the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute said today that this month’s jobless figures and other economic indicators show the “urgent need” for “a second stimulus package as large as or even bigger than”...

Moving to a no-nukes world? Obama, Medvedev agree on nuclear weapons cuts

July 7, 2009 By Susan Webb

In a turn away from years of stalemate and heightened tensions between the U.S. and Russia over nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Monday to reduce U.S. and Russian stockpiles of...