Why I love NPR affiliates:

You can catch a mid-afternoon show from Public Radio International with an academic look at the effect of the lousy dollar on the international cocaine market. This is sexy economics!
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I heard an uplifting tangent related to Jerry Falwell's death on NPR last night. It mentioned that many young evangelicals look up to Bono more than Falwell, and want to focus their political and social action on issues like disease, poverty, and the environment rather than sex-based "morality." I don't think any majority of evangelicals are ( Read more... )