May 28th, 2008 · In real life, Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart were political rivals. But in the opera house, passion plays better than politics, so in Maria Stuarda, the two monarchs are also in love with the same man. In Mary's case, her passion proves deadly.
Nov 29th, 2007 · Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announces he's breaking relations with Colombia's government and president, Alvaro Uribe. The quarrel began last week when Uribe abruptly ended Chavez's role in mediation efforts with Colombia's Marxist guerrillas.
Oct 10th, 2007 · Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani quarreled over tax and spending cuts in a debate in Dearborn, Mich. Fred Thompson, making his debut on a debate stage after a late entry into the race, says future retirees should receive smaller Social Security benefits.
Apr 11th, 2007 · For her tenth book, Domestic Violence, Irish poet Eavan Boland turns to "the charged spaces in which people live, about the interiors where seductions, quarrels, memories, and griefs occur."
Aug 12th, 2006 · The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame wants to resolve a dispute over the size of a fish hailed since 1949 as a world-record holder. Three photos and geometry techniques may establish the actual length of the Muskie. Stanford professor Keith Devlin, Weekend Edition math expert, tells Scott Simon how math might resolve the quarrel.
Feb 22nd, 2006 · Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the quarrel about port operations is a case of globalization meets xenophobia.