I have interviewed Bernie Sanders many times. Those opportunities mostly came when he was a member of Congress but when he became a Senator, he moved uptown and except for a few opportunities, he didn’t need me and the public radio audience. He had the national media begging for interviews. […]
Publisher’s Corner
Publisher’s Corner: A turning point for our country
Thanksgiving is here. History will record the defeat of Donald Trump, the would-be dictator and corrupter of American democracy, as a turning point in this country. My neighbors, and all those people who were really afraid that this country was done for, are expressing palpable relief. We all know that […]
Publisher’s Corner: Donald Trump ran against himself
One can only see this election as Donald Trump running against himself. He continued the thread that came out of the American Civil War. Slavery may have been abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment, but all those who study the American sociology know that slavery was followed by Jim Crow […]
Publisher’s Corner: Celebrating the career of a folk icon
Arlo Guthrie is incredibly talented. I’ve known him for years and interviewed him countless times. As the son of Woody Guthrie, he is one of the few sons who may be better known than his famous father. Of course, when Woody was around, we didn’t have the media outlets that […]
Publisher’s Corner: The dangers of the death penalty
There will always be those among us who believe in the death penalty. I do understand that, although I can’t personally support such a move. Capital punishment is used in some American jurisdictions, both federal and state, and is continually being advanced here in New York. Let’s just stop for […]
Publisher’s Corner: Spare me the hypocrisy
There are considerably more than 200,000 people in the United States who have died because of the coronavirus and its complications. The United States is a world leader in deaths due to that virus. One of the prime reasons for that is that the President of the United States, Donald […]
Publisher’s Corner: A fight worth having
So the day finally came. Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. She was one of a kind. If you think back on all the Supreme Court justices who have passed, no one — and I mean no one — has been mourned the way […]
Publisher’s Corner: This pandemic leaves us open to widespread change, like it or not.
We are going through a real transitional time because of the COVID-19 curse. It is assumed by some that when this thing is over, everything will be back to normal. Of course, that is not true. Depending on whether this particular pandemic fully goes away, our circumstances may change a […]