It’s finally Infrastructure Week so songs about highways, trains and bridges comprised the content for Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Nov. 11. radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Thursdays at 3 p.m. on the WSBU livestream… Read More ›
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Election Day 2021: A Simple Revulsion of the Democratic Party
By Michael P. Riccards. Although the media and the professional talking heads are commenting about the gubernatorial race in Virginia, there was a more important one in New Jersey. Sitting in my catbird seat in central Jersey, I can say that… Read More ›
Deja Vu in New Jersey
By Richard Lee Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s narrow victory over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in Tuesday’s New Jersey governor’s election is reminiscent of Christie Whitman’s 1990 campaign for U.S. Senate. At the time, Whitman, a Republican, was a county freeholder who… Read More ›
One question with Jesse Jackson
By Richard Lee The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who turns 80 Friday, has been a civil rights leader, a candidate for president and an international activist. And a few minutes of his 80 years were spent with me. We had very… Read More ›
Radio: The Great Divide
Talk and music about the great divide in Washington and throughout the nation from Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Sept. 30 radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Thursdays at 3 p.m. on the WSBU livestream… Read More ›
Radio: Welcome Back
Talk and music about 2021’s unusual election campaigns from Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Sept. 16 radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Thursdays at 3 p.m. on the WSBU livestream site. More Richard Lee radio… Read More ›
Radio: The Boss Turns 72
An hour of talk and music to celebrate Bruce Springsteen’s birthday — from Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Sept. 23 radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Thursdays at 3 p.m. on the WSBU livestream site…. Read More ›
Buffalo News Publishes Lee’s Op-ed on Cuomo and Hochul
An op-ed that Jandoli Institute Execeutive Director Richard Lee wrote about Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s decision to resign was published in The Buffalo News today. In the article, Lee shares his observations about Cuomo’s decision and offers suggestions for Lt…. Read More ›
In a digital and divided America, can music still be a force for social justice?
Sharp Notes, Sharp Thoughts, the Jandoli Institute’s music and social justice project, will resume in October at the New York State Communication Association conference in Callicoon, New York. The association has accepted the institute’s proposal to conduct a panel discussion… Read More ›
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison: 1946-2021
By Richard Lee Patricia Kennealy-Morrison was one of journalism’s first female rock critics and the author of numerous books, including a memoir about her relationship with Doors lead singer Jim Morrison and two fiction series — one science fiction/fantasy; the other,… Read More ›