RNC Gathers To Choose New Leader

Jan. 14, 2011
Members of the Republican National Committee are gathering in Washington (actually just outside the nation's capital at the massive Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center just across the river in Maryland) to elect a new chair.As NPR's Don Gonyea reported on Morning Edition, RNC chai

George Ryan gets out: Who needs the courts when you have the prisons?

Jan. 7, 2011
 Top story: So much for public dialogue and due process. The goverment sent out a statement today saying Gov. George Ryan was released from prison on Wednesday night to visit his ailing wife in the hospital. There ya have it.

Ellen Weiss out at NPR

Jan. 6, 2011
Ellen Weiss is out as Senior Vice President of News at National Public Radio.

Review Of Juan Williams' Firing Done; NPR News Exec Resigns

Jan. 6, 2011
NPR just released two statements -- one on the completion of an independent review of the dismissal of news analyst Juan Williams and another on the resignation of Senior Vice President for News Ellen Weiss:"Washington, DC January 6, 2011 -- The NPR Board of Directors announced today that it has com

New NPR rap is sweeping...NPR?

Nov. 16, 2010
There is a new NPR rap done by a kid out of Oregon. It's name-drop central and it is burning up the blogs at NPR.org. It's very clever, but we at WBEZ think that it is a bit trite and overdone. White geek rapping is so 2007.

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