Bob Edwards reflects on his life as a 'Voice in the Box'

Sep. 29, 2011
Anyone familiar with public radio knows the voice of Bob Edwards. Edwards was the co-host of All Things Considered before he helped NPR launch Morning Edition in 1979.

Sorting through the 9/11 tributes

Sep. 9, 2011
Earlier this week I was emailed a press release from someone who I believe was an amateur musician letting me know about his September 11 tribute rock song. That, and this Regretsy post signify the amount of media dreck out there about honoring September 11.

Obama Budget Chief Lew Stays Vague On Entitlements

Feb. 15, 2011
When it comes to how to make changes to slow the rising costs of some of the nation's most cherished entitlement programs, like Social Security and Medicare, it's a no-win situation for presidents and their top aides to give too many details too early on their proposals.Start suggesting you want to

Obama Kept Many Campaign Promises But Now Faces GOP Wall

Jan. 18, 2011
How's President Obama doing in terms of keeping all those campaign promises he made back in 2008?Bill Adair, editor of PolitiFact, the political fact-checking outfit, says Obama has what he called an "astounding" success rate, keeping 26 percent of his promises.But in a discussion with Morning E