New Links

Hi everyone,
Please note the new header tab above with the words “Protest Links”.  If you go there, you’ll find links to the following sites:

Blade Runner

In case you missed it, Diane Rehm just revealed that her favorite movie is Blade Runner.
I thought that was important to share.

10/16/07 Congressional Representatives

Today at noon we are talking with 1/2 of Maryland’s representation in the House.  We’ll hear from Chris Van Hollen, Elijah Cummings, Wayne Gilchrist, and John Sarbanes.  Topics?  Iraq, SCHIP, Iran, veterans issues, and whatever you choose to bring to the table!
-Jessica

cute kitten, as promised

Not long ago, I mentioned there would be some forthcoming pictures of a cute kitten.  We had BARCS on, and they brought this great puppy, and hopefully it inspired some people to do something nice for an animal, like maybe adopt one from the shelter.  We got this kitten from our neighbors, who obviously didn’t [...]

Feet

A challenge for our listeners.  If anyone can figure out why the following search terms are sending people to our blog, I will send you a free copy of any show you like.
According to the blog stats that our blog provider shows us, people have typed the following phrases into search engines and then surfed [...]

America’s Approval Rating

Let me recommend the website www.watchingamerica.com once again.  It’s a great website that translates into English articles about the United States from all over the world.
 I found a recent article from a Swiss paper of interest.  It’s called Can America ‘Find Love’ Again?  It’s basically advice from a Swiss columnist on how America could improve [...]

A chance to meet an author about to be on the show!

 
I made a post below asking our female audience to submit their financial questions for Manisha Thakor and Sharon Kedar, authors of the book On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girls Guide to Personal Finance.  We are doing a pre-recorded interview with them this afternoon, and I am happy to say that lots of [...]

“‘Ready to Blog’”

A week and a half ago when Jessica told us she had our long-awaited blog up and running, I thought, “Great, I’m ready to blog.”  Then I kept forgetting to get on it, as it’s not part of the daily routine, yet.
Today, I took a look at this page for the first time since it [...]

United Workers Association

This morning, our News Department did a report on the efforts of the United Workers Association to organize day laborers who are employed by temp agencies to be cleaners at Camden Yards.  
Those temp agencies are hired by a company called Knight Facilities Management that is based in Michigan.  KFM was hired by the Maryland Stadium [...]