Tag Archives: NPR

Tuesday Open Thread

Posted on March 27, 2018 by rikyrah

I’ve been spending a greast deal of time in my car lately, traveling for my job. Ever so often I tune in to NPR. I caught this “Fresh Air” segment last week on Comedian Roy Wood Jr. Comic Roy Wood … Continue reading →

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Videos | President Obama Speaks on Brexit

Posted on June 28, 2016 by rikyrah
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Haiti Relief: The ‘SHADINESS’ of The American Red Cross

Posted on June 3, 2015 by rikyrah

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE MONEY?! Plauged by FAILURES? Some of these Red Cross folks in the organization have had their hands in the cookie jar, not to mention piss POOR management, by hiring foreigners who didn’t even speak … Continue reading →

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Video | President Obama Announces Gun Reform Plans

Posted on January 16, 2013 by rikyrah

Upated with video: President Obama Announces Action on Gun Control with 23 New Executive Order. Document can be read here.

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ALEC: American Legislative Exchange Council = Another Shadow Group

Posted on July 22, 2011 by rikyrah

I’m really not one for conspiracy theories; but I do like researching and connecting the dots  ..  . .  ..   Which is exactly what SANE Americans have to do these days to get truth.  We have become a SOUNDBITE nation.  Truthfully, the only way … Continue reading →

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NPR’s Michele Norris Memoir: “The Grace of Silence”

Posted on September 22, 2010 by rikyrah

Memoir Excerpt:  “I was having breakfast with my Uncle Joe,” Norris tells her NPR colleague, Steve Inskeep. “He was on this rant about how young people have it easy, and they don’t know what other people have sacrificed for them.” Between … Continue reading →

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School’em Michel Martin!: Spotlight on Rare and Real Journalism

Posted on August 23, 2010 by rikyrah
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