Category Archives: Heard it on NPR

The Most Interesting Man and an Early Prediction of Newspapers’ Doom

Posted on 2009/06/06 by ngilmour

I don’t often watch beer ads, but when I do, they’ve got to be something like this: The billboard that goes with this ad campaign has been up on the Atlanta Highway in Athens for a while now, but it … Continue reading →

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A Pattern of Intimidation?

Posted on 2008/10/24 by ngilmour

David Iglesias on Attorney Firings I hadn’t heard much about this since the SCLM gave it a cursory treatment and dropped it (compare, if you will, Bush’s firing attorneys to Clinton’s receiving sexual favors), but this interview was fascinating, so … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Assault on Reason

Posted on 2008/05/31 by ngilmour

Perhaps the single funniest thing about this book, as I noted in an earlier post, is that Al Gore, one of the AM radio crowd’s most hated enemies, has written a book basically extending the argument of Neil Postman, one … Continue reading →

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It would have been sloppy art…

Posted on 2008/03/31 by ngilmour

I heard this morning that Congress is going ahead with its investigation into whether Prosperity Gospel pastors should pay taxes as corporations or whether they can retain their non-profit status. No biggie. What amused me was that the chief figure … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Bobby Fischer

Posted on 2008/01/23 by ngilmour

I know Heath Ledger has already bumped the chess giant as the celebrity death of the week, but I’m just now getting my head around the fact that the greatest American chess player of all time is dead.? I’m conflicted … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ Awareness Week

Posted on 2007/11/14 by ngilmour

A Soldier’s Journey from Iraq to Grad School I heard this on my way to work this morning, and I enjoyed it.? Network news (around here, anyway) and AM radio sometimes slip into the error of casting the Iraq debate … Continue reading →

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Nine Trillion and Counting

Posted on 2007/11/08 by ngilmour

I heard on the news today that the national debt has crested the nine trillion dollar mark, a historic high. Nine trillion. I don’t doubt that much of it is going back (who knows when?) to the government of the … Continue reading →

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Umami!

Posted on 2007/11/05 by ngilmour

?I heard this fun bit on Morning Edition on my way to work: So here’s a question you don’t hear every day: How many tastes can a person taste? There’s sweet, of course. Then sour. Then salty. And when the … Continue reading →

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Tortue on TV

Posted on 2007/10/12 by ngilmour

Torture on TV, Bad Interrogation in Iraq I heard this the other day on NPR’s Fresh Air, and it reminded me again that those who claim to be tough-guy “realists” often miss the reality of a situation. The interview, twenty … Continue reading →

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