" ... in any fair system, they would flourish and thrive."

It was forty years ago today that National Public Radio officially incorporated as a 501 (c) (3) NPO. As someone who has long labored within the realm of public radio, I can assure you civilians that not all that you listen to on your more generically termed "public radio" station is synonymous with NPR. And while I also can't think of a rock and roll song that references "NPR", Randy Newman, with some help from Mark Knopfler, does sing of "all of the people that I used to know" who he sees "lurking in book stores/working for the Public Radio". Thanks a lot for making us feel so good about ourselves, Randy. I suppose there's some comfort in knowing that song, from Newman's '88 LP Land of Dreams, is not as grim as Davy the Fat Boy from his debut.