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The Department of Defense is testing a new technology for funerals. It's a digital bugle, to play "Taps." There are far more funerals a day than there are military buglers, so the Defense Department has to compensate somehow. Commentator Joellen Easton has played "Taps" at military funerals, and she hopes the Defense Department's experiment isn't too successful. (3:30)

Commentator Dinesh D'Souza disagrees with those who argue that the internet is a racist concept. While it is true that not everyone uses the internet equally, he says this is not a problem of access but one of knowledge. He says the real digital divide is in appreciating the value of knowledge, how to obtain it and what to do with it. He recommends teaching young people how information and technology can be a source of improving oneself.

Taylor Swift's chokehold on the Hot 100 is loosening, and that's made room for two fresh career milestones.

Louisville's seven-game skid was bad enough. Worse were the large margins of defeat and opponents' apparent ease in lighting up the scoreboard.That…

Robert Siegel sits down with a group of students from Tel Aviv University for a conversation about their expectations for the future. The students are politically divided, but they agree that their main concern, even more than security, is the Israeli economy.

The Title X restrictions proposed by the Trump administration are modeled after a similar policy from the Reagan era. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Florida State University law professor Mary Ziegler about the history of this policy.

Steve Inskeep speaks with Richard V. Reeves, author of the book Dream Hoarders, which argues that the wealthiest 20 percent of Americans unfairly grab opportunities for themselves and their children.

In recent years, moviegoers have come to expect special effects and 3-D creatures that are increasingly fantastic and realistic. This is thanks to digital technology, which allows such things as dinosaurs and tornados to be shown on the big screen. But now directors are using computers in less obvious ways... to alter simple street scenes, or to avoid going on location at all. This is a trend that concerns those who earn their living from the millions spent by movie makers going on location. From Los Angeles, Virginia Biggar reports.

A varied blend of blues music, from local to global, hosted by Lew Jetton and airing Sunday nights from 7 to 9 pm. This episode has expired.

A varied blend of blues music, from local to global, hosted by Lew Jetton and airing Sunday nights from 7 to 9 pm. This episode has expired.