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If it wasn’t Walter Cronkite, it was David Brinkley: for a couple of decades, Americans tended to share news sources. The mainstream media, derided today… -
In light of the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, the Ashland Independent Film Festival, scheduled for April 16-20, will not be taking place as planned. For more…
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Three young children peek their faces out of a makeshift tent. The oldest two are smiling, looking at the camera. Their tow-headed baby brother is looking… -
As we welcome a new year, all of us at JPR are reminded of the special challenges and opportunities 2017 will bring.In the wake of one of the most… -
I've had a pretty contentious relationship with my online social network this past election season. My Facebook newsfeed exploded with caustic political… -
Shortly after the election, my friend Kevin sent me an article from the Huffington Post by John Trowbridge, a comedy writer who took on the topic of the… -
In July, I was literally hit by a truck. Needless to add, I was grateful to survive the collision, but the prospect of prolonged immobility left me… -
Noisy crowds are a regular, and indeed expected thing at music clubs that specialize in louder rock music. But the inherent decibel level of the act on… -
Some things you should know about Sara Bruner, the OSF actor who played both Viola and Sebastian in last season’s Twelfth Night and Norma McCorvey, a k a… -
The moment of greatest trust between a talk show host and a listener starts with a casual turn of phrase: “Let’s take a call.”What happens next can be the… -
America invented the Internet.The first iteration of what became “the Internet” that you use everyday, was built in the 1960s. It was called ARPANET and… -
Somewhere along the 100 miles of the Alta Via 2 trail that I hiked, with my friend Mike Kohn, in Italy’s Dolomite Mountains last September, someone asked… -
In late August, NPR announced that it was discontinuing the feature on NPR.org that enabled visitors to make public comments about its online news… -
Been to a live concert recently? How was the experience? Did it meet the expectations you had going in? Increasingly, it seems that for many, the concert…
