NPR Host Ari Shapiro Goes Beyond the Airwaves With His Memoir, ‘The Best Strangers in the World: Stories From a Life Spent Listening’

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Who Doesn’t Have Classified Documents?

Now that Mike Pence was found to be in possession of classified documents, we can safely assume that more government officials probably have some.  Apparently when people leave office, the main concern is getting their stuff out of they way for the next officeholder.  This is understandable and probably due to staffer

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An Unpopular Opinion

We know this opinion will be unpopular because it will seem scary to people.  But the fact is that is that the United States and NATO should have supported Ukraine's request to join NATO.  It wasn't done because of fear that if NATO article 5 was invoked, it potentially could place nuclear powers on the battlefield, particularly the US and Russia.  It was wr

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An Appropriate Way To End 2022.

Having observed the rise of the far right in the United States, perhaps this piece we found on YouTube sets an appropriate tone for how to deal with it.

https://youtu.be/VecsnH2czLc

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Today’s Message

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just realized i haven't made my nightly #podcast post.

Tonight's #podcasts are a lot of dailies and monthlies that i've been building up. I've got #DoctorWho #RealityBomb, #Verity, #BBCWitnessHistory, #UniverseToday, #NPR #ShortWave, #ConsiderThis, and #PlanetMoney's #TheIndicator.

What Does This Tell You?

Russia's Vladimir Putin recently stated that Russia would be training pilots of the Belarus military, to fly aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons.  This raises a question.  Does Russia have a shortage of trained pilots in its air force?  If that is true, what is the Russian economy funding besides Putin and the oligarchs?  What is the actual readiness of the Russian mili

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It’s Time To Dump Twitter

Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new owner Elon Musk, among them reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Voice of America and other publications.

If it wasn't a vehicle for gathering information, we'd abandon the platform. We suspect there are other organizations that share the

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Consider This Test

Test

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