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1:42pm

Tue February 21, 2012
Tuesday Commentary

Kindergarten Letter

Former Morning Announcements Girl, AG Johnston

Annie Gray Johnston has a parenting style all her own. 

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2:28pm

Fri February 17, 2012
Thursday Commentary

The Offal Truth

rajthesnapper / Flickr Commons

"'Plato observed a long while ago that those stomachs are not the best that reject all sorts of food,'" both a quote from Voltaire's Candide and a wise observation. Nan Graham's, however, has been rejecting food of a certain sort from a young age, when cow's tongue was a regular feature on her dinner table. From liver to haggis, she examines how offal cuisine can be.

10:00am

Tue February 14, 2012
Tuesday Commentary

My Smoky Valentine

Younhee Jeong / Flickr Commons

On a Valentine's day some years ago, Shane Fernando had finally found the perfect gift. But he wasn't looking to woo a new infatuation; he already had a partner. A volunteer at a retirement home, he was searching for a way to bring one lonely smoker in out of the cold and spread some true love on Valentine's Day.

11:00am

Thu February 9, 2012
Thursday Commentary

The Midway

monkeymanforever / Flickr Commons

From a young age, Commentator Philip Gerard knew the difference between right and wrong. 

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6:00am

Tue February 7, 2012
Tuesday Commentary

Here's to 25 More Years!

When Andy Wood walked into WHQR's headquarters on Greenfield St. twenty-five years ago, he only wanted to record a few public service announcements.

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1:36pm

Fri February 3, 2012
Thursday Commentary

Longfellow, Revere'd

DMC / Flickr Commons

While lovers of  more modern free verse poetry might scoff at the rhyming verses of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Literary Commentator Gwenyfar Rohler applauds his ingenuity within the constraints of form.

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