I remember NPR when it was National Public Radio

It was the fall of 1975. Peggy and I were on the way to Florida. We stopped in Washington DC. I wanted to visit the news service, Public Radio's All Things Considered. They had a little storefront office. It was pretty crude. I stopped and talked to the nice lady at the desk. She led me to the back of the storefront.

They let me sit in on a Newscast. Susan Stamburg was broadcasting. I was a fan.

It was very well balanced in those days. Hard questions were answered. People weren't earning a half million a year like they do now. Money hadn't yet polluted NPR.

Now it has.

It's time to strip away the veneer.

NPR is no longer what it was. It has become a monster.

Susan, where are you?