Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Pushing Drugs on Public Radio

Stealth Marketers

A few weeks ago, devoted listeners of National Public Radio member stations* were treated to an episode of the award-winning radio series The Infinite Mind called "Prozac Nation: Revisited." The segment featured four prestigious medical experts discussing the controversial link between antidepressants and suicide. In their considered opinions, all four said that worries about the drugs have been overblown.

Read the Slate story here.

Tired this morning?

How late did you stay up waiting to here the poll results?

When WVPE's Morning Edition host Michael Linville came into the studio this morning, All Things Considered host Tony Krabill was still here.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Columbine revisited

Unfortunately, a local Penn High School student was preparing to commit mass murder. It's good that he was caught in the planning stages.

I think we can learn from what others are doing around the world to put more focus on prevention by being sensitive to children's needs.