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Constance
Alexander
Constance Alexander is Faculty Scholar/Arts & Humanities at Murray State’s Teacher Quality Institute. |
"A Review of Jian Ping's Mulberry Child:
A Memoir of China"
If you’ve been following this year’s Olympics, you may have heard the stories of Lang Ping – the US Women’s Volleyball Coach, or Liang Chow, a US Gymnastic’s Coach. Both are former Chinese Athletes and both came to America to pursue their careers and dreams. Jian Ping also came to America to pursue her dreams and is now the US National Director of China’s largest brewery, Tsingtao Beer. She’s back in China to support the Olympics and Commentator Constance Alexander reviews her book “Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China.” |
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Duane Bolin
Dr. James Duane Bolin is a professor in the Department of History at Murray State. |
"Watching the Road Rush By"
It’s back-to-school weekend here at Murray State University and as students and professors gear up for classes to begin, and History Professor Duane Bolin gets ready to take his son to college and takes notice of the road of life rushing by. |
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Brian Clardy
Dr.
Clardy is an Assistant Professor of History at
Murray State. |
"1968: The Re-Invention of Richard Nixon"
Whichever candidate gets elected this Tuesday, it’s certain history will be made. By January 20th, 2009, we’ll have either our first African American president or our first female Vice President. This time 40 years ago, Americans were celebrating another historic election. Commentator Dr. Brian Clardy takes us back to 1968, when Richard Milhous Nixon became the 37th President of the United States.
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Michael Cohen
Michael
Cohen is Professor Emeritus at Murray State. |
"Sherlock Holmes and Christmas"
Literature’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, was introduced to the world during the winter holidays just over 120 years ago in the publication, “Beeton’s Christmas Annual.” Author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was known for having his cunning detective rely on astute observations and deductive reasoning to solve mysteries such as The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear. Mystery fan Michael Cohen says deciding whether or not to read a book featuring Sherlock Holmes this holiday season, would be “Elementary, my dear Watson.” |
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Mike Freeland
Mike Freeland served as a combat medic in Europe during World War II. |
"Veterans' Day 2008"
Author and commentator Mike Freeland, a World War II combat medic, reflects on the cost of freedom and the responsibility of citizenship.
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Richard Nelson
Richard Nelson is a policy analyst for The Family Foundation, a nonprofit public policy organization. |
"Media Bias and the Coronation of a Rock Star"
Barack Obama has been getting all kinds of media attention this week with the Democratic National Convention underway. But commentator Richard Nelson says this year Obama may be getting more attention than he deserves and wonders if the media has an unfair bias against McCain and other Republican leaders. |
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Patience Renzulli
 Patience Renzulli is a member of The Dog Writers Association of America. She has published two books of essays, and is finishing a novel.
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"Creepy Peeps Online"
All day long people around the world are tweeting their friends, digging their faves, flickering their photos and hot-listing websites they find “delicious.” Commentator Patience Renzulli blogs about her dogs on her website and decided to venture into the vast, virtual world of social networking. She made some new friends, but probably not the kind she’ll be inviting to dinner! |
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Martin Tracy
Murray resident Dr. Martin Tracy travels internationally as a social services consultant. |
"Riley's Food Market"
Recently MSU students from India planted a tree honoring Mahatma Gandhi on land at the corner of 16th and Main in Murray. On this site once stood a family grocery store. Martin Tracy of Murray recalls when he and his family traded with Riley's Food Market and became a part of its community of customers. He enlisted the help of the store's proprietors' Thelma Riley Bailey and her husband Jack Bailey of Murray in this remembrance. |
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John Utgaard
John Utgaard is an Assistant Professor of Art at Murray State. |
"On Richard Nelson's Gay Rights Editorials"
"Fair and balanced" are two ideals NPR strives for, and the same goes for WKMS. Richard Nelson's commentaries targeting homosexuality have prompted some emails from our listeners. John Utgaard says Nelson's commentaries are nothing more than verbose bigotry. |
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Robert Valentine
Robert
Valentine is a professional Speaker, Storyteller, and Senior
Lecturer at Murray State in the Department of Journalism
and Mass Communications. |
"The Holiday You Missed"
This year marks our 230th Thanksgiving since it was first issued in 1777 by the Continental Congress. As you gather around a large Turkey and give thanks for safety and happiness in the same manner George Washington once did, you might ask yourself, Whose idea was it to eat a turkey? Well, Commentator and Storyteller Robert Valentine has some morsels of information for you to chew on in an amusing Thanksgiving send-up. |
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Scott Vander Ploeg
Scott Vander Ploeg is a scholar and writer who contemplates our culture from Madisonville. |
"My Bluetooth"
The technology market is constantly being flooded with new products. Young people seem to adapt quickly, but commentator Scott Vander Ploeg is having trouble keeping up. |
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