Commentary

Student newspapers may be the latest victims of social media.

Education

High School Newspapers: An Endangered Species

2:49pm June 01, 2013

by Scott Simon

The New York Times reported this week that only 1 in 8 of New York's public high schools still has a student newspaper. National figures are only a bit better. NPR's Scott Simon says student newspapers are the latest victims of social media.

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Sports

One More Swing: 'Casey At The Bat'

11:03am May 29, 2013

by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Frank Deford puts aside his gripes this week to pay tribute to the poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, first published in the San Francisco Examiner 125 years ago June 3.

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U.S. Navy sailors form a ceremonial guard at a wreath-laying ceremony to memorialize the victims of the attack on Pearl Harbor and pay tribute to the veterans of World War II in front of the Lone Sailor statue at the Naval Memorial in Washington, D.C., in

After WWII, A Letter Of Appreciation That Still Rings True

9:43am May 28, 2013

by Maureen Corrigan

Recently, Fresh Air contributor Maureen Corrigan found a letter from then-Secretary of War James Forrestal that had been sent to her father after he had been honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1945. In that letter, she found an expression of gratitude that could serve us well today.

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Week In Politics: IRS, Benghazi Emails, AP Phone Logs

6:52pm May 17, 2013

Audie Cornish speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss controversial IRS audits, the release of White House emails on Benghazi talking points and the Justice Department's seizure of AP phone logs.

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Kiss In 'Bombay Talkies' Breaks New Ground In Bollywood

6:31am May 17, 2013

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema, four famous Bollywood directors have made an anthology movie, Bombay Talkies. Commentator Sandip Roy says one of the shorts is pretty revolutionary because it has a gay protagonist, and what is probably Bollywood's first gay kiss.

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Sports

No. 1s: The Latest Greatest Of All Time

6:19am May 15, 2013

by Frank Deford

The NBA will soon crown another team as the best. And another MVP will be named. But commentator Frank Deford says such titles of greatness are fleeting.

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A woman walks along a path lined with deciduous trees in Wendover Woods on October 11, 2009 in Buckinghamshire, England.

Noticing: How To Take A Walk In The Woods

5:41pm May 14, 2013

by Adam Frank

Refining our capacity to notice is an act of reverence that we can bring to everywhere and everywhen. It's an invitation, bringing the world's most basic presence into view, opening our horizons and restoring our spirits.

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Mothers somehow know when we've been bad, but when times are tough, they also have our back.

Health & Safety

Mom's X-Ray Vision Also Sees The Best In Us

2:10pm May 11, 2013

by Scott Simon

Mothers know us better — sometimes better than we know ourselves. As any child will tell you, they really do have eyes in the back of their heads. When times are tough, they also have our back.

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Sports

Ladies, Want Women's Sports To Get More Attention? Pony Up

11:47am May 09, 2013

by Frank Deford

Some critics say that women's sports aren't treated the same as men's sports when it comes to coverage, marketing and advertising. Frank Deford has some thoughts about why that is, and how it can change.

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Anthony Marra is a Stegner fellow and a recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award.

Books
Arts

From A Debut Writer, A Polished, Passionate, Must-Read Book

9:00pm May 06, 2013

by Meg Wolitzer

Anthony Marra's debut novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, takes place in war-torn Chechnya — a world of perpetual violence, fear and exploding land mines. But reviewer Meg Wolitzer says the characters are so vivid and the language so brilliant you want to stay there.

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