The right calls him a socialist, the left says he sucks up to Wall Street, and independents think he's a wimp. Andrew Sullivan on how the president may just end up outsmarting them all.
Meryl Streep’s eery reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” brings to mind Thatcher’s most famous quip, “there is no such thing as ‘society.’” None of the dwindling herd of Republican candidates has quoted her yet but they might as well considering their unremitting bashing of everything public.
>Slate Video> Quantum physics may be coming to the rescue of global warming. A long hypothesized particle which could help cool the earth has finally been discovered.
>Slate Video> The martians have landed! Or at least their rocks have. Scientists have decided 15 pounds of rock that landed in Morocco during a meteor shower last summer came from Mars.
>AP Video> 2011 saw its fair share of historic events from unrest in the Middle East, including the deaths of Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gaddafi, to protests that occupied the world and the loss of creative genius Steve Jobs.
>AP Video> The Air Force is coming under heavy criticism over its handling of the remains of America's war dead, including complaints that it has not been upfront about the extent of the problem.
>AP Video> A Chicago Reverend is holding a rooftop vigil atop a shuttered Chicago motel to protest violence in the community. Robert Ray has the story.
>ITN Video> Apple has been denied the rights to the trademark for the term 'iPad' in China, in a legal battle with Hong Kong based Proview Technology. Report by Katie Lamborn.
>PBS Video> The next major innovation in wind power might not involve big, white turbines dotting the countryside. KQED QUEST reports on research being done on "tethered airfoils" that could capture wind energy more efficiently than earthbound turbines.
