But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it was just more impressive to me than just about anything I've ever read about slavery before.

If blue collar jobs are leaving and white collar jobs are outsourced what color collar jobs are left?

The difference between a friend and an acquaintance is that a friend helps; an acquaintance merely advises.

I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.

The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.

I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.

Public radio has always been so powerless.