Local commentaries that have aired during NPR's "Morning Edition" on WYSU 88.5. http://www.wysu.org/commentary.php WYSU, 88.5, Youngstown, OH http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:39:28 -0400 Tuesday, 15 Dec 2009 0:00:00 -0400 WYSU Carole Babyakhttp://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Babyak20091215.mp3236Tuesday, 15 Dec 2009 0:00:00 -0400http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20091015.mp3232Thursday, 15 Oct 2009 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka reflects on whether the government bailouts and health care reform signal the death of the free market system in the United States.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090924.mp3220Thursday, 24 Sep 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka tells us about a famous philosopher's call for the liberation of women almost 150 years ago.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090903.mp3217Thursday, 03 Sep 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka argues that the use of cellphones comes with a moral duty that many people ignore.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090820.mp3213Thursday, 20 Aug 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka tells us about an accomplished professional who can no longer perform the work that he loves due to a health affliction.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090806.mp3210Thursday, 06 Aug 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka tells us about an experienced intelligence official's candid assessment of national security.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090723.mp3209Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka reports on a child of celebrity Hollywood parents who has battled two addictions and a mental illness.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090709.mp3208Thursday, 09 Jul 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka talks about Karl Rove, the political consultant who guided George W. Bush to the presidency.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090625.mp3206Thursday, 25 Jun 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka talks about his disappointment in the Obama Administration for continuing the Faith Based initiatives set forth by the Bush White House.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090611.mp3205Thursday, 11 Jun 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka reports on a study of what motivates suicide terrorists.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary20090529.mp3200Friday, 29 May 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka reports on a national survey of beliefs about religion.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090423.mp3192Thursday, 23 Apr 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka reports on a new book about Senator Ted Kennedy.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090410.mp3187Friday, 10 Apr 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka takes issue with the author of a popular critique of religion.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/Commentary20090319.mp3183Thursday, 19 Mar 2009 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka reports on a prominent theologian's reply to three religious skeptics.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary20090302.mp3178Monday, 02 Mar 2009 0:00:00 -0400Carole Babyak reports on the wonders in her garden.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary20090223.mp3177Monday, 23 Feb 2009 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka calls for a federal law to require parents to provide medical treatment for their sick children.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary021909.mp3173Thursday, 19 Feb 2009 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka repots on a rabbi's reply to four prominent critics of religion.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary021109.mp3172Thursday, 12 Feb 2009 0:00:00 -0400Commentator, Tom Shipka, discusses Sidney Potier, the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary012709.mp3165Thursday, 22 Jan 2009 0:00:00 -0400Today's commentator, Tom Shipka, discusses a Catholic theolgian who has spent his entire career challenging the teachings of the Vatican.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary010809.mp3163Thursday, 08 Jan 2009 0:00:00 -0400Today's commentator, Tom Shipka, reports on a plan by a historian of religion to combat religious illiteracy in America.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary122608.mp3161Friday, 26 Dec 2008 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka tells us about an economist who proposes aggressive action by the governments of the world to deal with global warming.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary121108.mp3157Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka tells us about a new book about two Scandinavian countries.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/shipka120208.mp3154Tuesday, 02 Dec 2008 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka tells us about an author who says that American Voters have been dumbed down over the past half century.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/shipka111408.mp3150Friday, 14 Nov 2008 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka reports on a new book which attacks four prominent contemporary atheists.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary103108.mp3148Friday, 31 Oct 2008 0:00:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka tells us about a book on the radical religious right in America by a Pulitzer Prize winner.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/shipka101008.mp3144Friday, 10 Oct 2008 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka reviews Coach Jim Tressel's latest book "The Winner Manual".http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/shipka092908.mp3140Tuesday, 30 Sep 2008 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka discusses the book Mistakes Were Made by co-authors Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/shipka091108.mp3136Friday, 12 Sep 2008 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka discusses how president George W. Bush has brought religion into politcs more than any other president in history.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/shipka082908.mp3134Friday, 29 Aug 2008 0:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka discusses how America has drifted away from her founding father's original plan for religion's role in government. His discussion is based on Gary Wills's most recently published book.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary081408.mp3132Thursday, 14 Aug 2008 8:00:00 -0400Commentator, Tom Shipka, looks fifty years ahead at the impact of the nation's current energy crisis.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary080508.mp3131Tuesday, 05 Aug 2008 0:00:00 -0400Commentator, Tom Shipka, discusses a new plan to confront the debt culture in America.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary071708.mp3128Thursday, 17 Jul 2008 0:00:00 -0400Commentator, Tom Shipka, discusses a new plan to confront the debt culture in America.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary070308.mp3127Thursday, 03 Jul 2008 8:00:00 -0400Today commentator Tom Shipka reports on the founder of the credit union in America and his hopes for American workers.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary061908.mp3126Thursday, 19 Jun 2008 8:00:00 -0400Today commentator Tom Shipka tells us about the staggering costs to taxpayers of the fragmentation of the American family. http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary060608.mp3122Friday, 06 Jun 2008 8:00:00 -0400Today Tom Shipka reports on discouraging trends in American higher education for faculty job-seekers.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary052208.mp3121Thursday, 22 May 2008 8:00:00 -0400Unavailablehttp://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary051508.mp3118Thursday, 15 May 2008 8:00:00 -0400Today commentator Tom Shipka tells us about a new initiative to confront the debt culture in America.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary050808.mp3117Thursday, 08 May 2008 8:00:00 -0400Tom Shipka discusses the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary042408.mp3112Thursday, 24 Apr 2008 8:00:00 -0400Today commentator Tom Shipka discusses a popular but, in his view, mistaken ethical theory.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary040308.mp3110Thursday, 03 Apr 2008 8:00:00 -0400Today's commentator Regina Reynolds talks about Jeremiah Wright.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary032408.mp3101Monday, 24 Mar 2008 8:35:00 -0400Tom Shipka tells us how Barack Obama plans to bridge the gulf between evangelicals and liberals.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary030608.mp392Thursday, 06 Mar 2008 8:35:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka reports on an investigation by a U.S. Senator into six ministries that preach the Gospel of Prosperity.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary022108.mp389Thursday, 21 Feb 2008 8:30:00 -0400Today commentator Tom Shipka reviews the case against the entanglement of church and state.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary020708.mp383Thursday, 07 Feb 2008 8:35:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka discusses a decision made by U.S. District Court Judge, John E. Jones III. http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary121307.mp379Thursday, 13 Dec 2007 8:35:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka proposes that on Thanksgiving we should acknowledge all of our benefactors, not just one.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary112907.mp375Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 8:35:00 -0400Tom Shipka reports on a landmark court ruling by a federal judge about Intelligent Design.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary110807.mp371Thursday, 08 Nov 2007 8:35:00 -0400Tom Shipka tells us about a school system in California with a unique course to help students live and work in a religiously diverse world.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary102507.mp363Thursday, 25 Oct 2007 8:35:00 -0400Lou Zona talks about his life long passion for baseball.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary100407.mp361Thursday, 04 Oct 2007 8:35:00 -0400Tom Shipka reports on the recent publications of an author who focuses on the interplay of theology and politics.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary092707.mp357Thursday, 27 Sep 2007 8:35:00 -0400Lou Zona reminisces about growing up with a big brother.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary092007.mp355Thursday, 20 Sep 2007 8:35:00 -0400Commentator Tom Shipka recommends a film to enhance the critical thinking skills of young and old.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary091307.mp351Thursday, 13 Sep 2007 8:35:00 -0400Tom Shipka tell us about a man who criticizes religion without bashing religious people. http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary082907.mp347Thursday, 30 Aug 2007 8:30:00 -0400Tom Shipka tells us about the threat to democracy in America by religious zealots within our own borders.http://www.wysu.org/rss/audio/commentary081707.mp346Friday, 17 Aug 2007 8:30:00 -0400