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Job Corps Students Are About to Get a Very Cruel Lesson
Driving around town yesterday, I heard this NPR piece by Maggie Ryan with Little Rock Public Radio about the senseless, soulless cutting of 90 federally funded Job Corps centers run by contractors across the country, which would end the program … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, ATC, Job Corps cuts, Little Rock Public Radio, Maggie Ryan
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Super (Val) PAC: Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide
Third-party political groups are all the rage these days, thanks to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision deregulating corporate election expenditures. Bottom line: Newly constituted Super PACs can collect as much money as they want from whomever they want … Continue reading
NPR Anchor Doesn’t Know Boston
All Things Considered’s Independence Day edition featured an excellent piece about The Songs That Make You Proud Of Your Country. (No surprise, The Boss was the boss of them all, with not just “Born in the USA” but “Rosalita” as … Continue reading
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Tagged 1983 NBA All Star Game, ATC, Marvin Gaye, Michele Norris, NPR, Star Spangled Banner
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NPR And NYT Go Underground
The New York Times and NPR’s “All Things Considered” got cozy on Sunday with his ‘n’ her pieces on “the City’s Subterranean Wilderness.” Times reporter Alan Feuer’s lede: IT must have been the third or fourth day — time, by … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Feuer, ATC, Erling Kagge, Jacki Lyden, New York Times, New York Underground, NPR, Steve Duncan
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NPR Drives Anchor To Drink (II)
What is it with All Things Considered and All This Chugging? Once again, Weekend ATC had its host (in this case fill-in anchor Audie Cornish) hoist an alcoholic beverage (in this case meatliquor – your eww goes here). This is really … Continue reading