Archive for January 23rd, 2009

NPR seeks Darwin in Cambridge

For the upcoming 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, what better place for NPR to trace his roots than at Cambridge University.
Weekend Edition Sunday sent a correspondent to the Sedgwick Museum, where they’ll be digging deep into Darwin’s own specimen and fossil collection, and the Cambridge University Library, where they’ve interviewed our own Alison Pearn, of [...]

Will President Obama govern as a moderate?

Robert M. Calhoon
From the Charlotte Observer, January 20
Will Barack Obama govern as a Moderate, a Centrist, or a left of center Democrat?
Every sane person is a moderate in the sense of disliking extremes and striving for reasonableness in their politics. Historic Moderates, men and women whose lives have been changed by the [...]