Opinion Forum

Change in Moderator for October 16th Presidential Debate

October 5th, 2012

By Dan Miller Candy Crowley has become unexpectedly unavailable. But the show must go on. Immediately following the October 3rd presidential debacle debate, CNN advised President Obama, as well as some guy scheduled to debate him about foreign policy on October 16th, that Candy Crowley needed an immediate and lengthy period of convalescent leave commencing […]

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Tags: Big Bird, Candy Crowley, debate, moderator, PBS, satire
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Vet Arts Profiled on PBS

May 2nd, 2012

By Jan Barry PBS Newshour ran an unusual program the other night, providing an insightful look at the Combat Paper Project that I’ve been working with for some time. “Finally tonight, transforming the wardrobe of war into art,” PBS Newshour anchor Gwen Ifill said in introducing this report aired on April 30. “In 2007, a […]

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Tags: Afghanistan, combat art, Combat Paper, Iraq, PBS, veterans, vets
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A Lasting Lesson in Courage

June 14th, 2011

By Jan Barry In the spring of 1961, as I impatiently awaited graduation from high school, the news of the world was a blur to me. Unless there was a war zone or rumor of war involved, I paid little attention. So I don’t recall being aware of one of the big events of the […]

Articles written by Jan Barry
Tags: freedom riders, Montgomery, PBS, race, Selma, Vietnam, voting rights
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