Valentines Day is over – Presidents Day is hours away and your contributions are trickling in. I’m heading into the Third Week of this Past Daily Emergency Fundraiser a little apprehensive. Sure, yesterday was a holiday for a lot of people – dinners and reservations and flowers. The mass outpouring
The end of our second week of the Past Daily Emergency Fundraiser and we’re smack in the middle of Valentine’s Day. It would be a wonderful opportunity to slather phrases like “Spread the love and kick in a few bucks” or “Lookin’ for Fifty Shades of Green” all over, but
. . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service – The World Today – February 11, 2005 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Ten years ago today – Britain’s Prince Charles announced his engagement to longtime Mistress Camilla Parker Bowles, from then on to be
Update Number 4 – Week Number 2. After an unexpected meltdown came an equally unexpected flurry of contributions yesterday, putting us up to 22% of our goal as of February 10th. With only 22 days left, it’s making for some sleepless nights and nail-biting days. Much of this is making
We’re in Week Number 2 of our Save Us From The Wrecking Ball Emergency Fundraiser. It’s been slow and the pledges haven’t been coming in at all since yesterday. We desperately need your support and we’ve gotten only 13% of our goal. Our vault space rent has been raised and
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Vietnam And After – February 1, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection By 1968, the tide of public opinion was shifting dramatically against the war in Vietnam. Seen by many as a pointless excursion
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Adlai Stevenson – Launching Presidential Candidacy – February 4, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Adlai Stevenson is a name most people these days are completely unfamiliar with. But if you are of a certain age, and
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – February 4, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day of drama, this fourth day of February, 20 years ago. A Trade War between the U.S. and China was brewing. With the
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Debate On Capital Punishment – February 18, 1962 – The Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In 1962, eight states in the U.S. had banned Capital Punishment, which meant the other 42 had some form of Capital Punishment. It
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: Sunday Night With Mitch Miller – January 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Another series of interviews with notables from Broadway and Hollywood from the early 1960s this week, via Mitch Miller and his weekly
