In a forum scheduled for Feb. 15, the Jandoli Institute will explore the role that musicians’ fans can play in promoting social justice. The forum, “Prevention, Proliferation, and Prioritization: The Good You Can Do as a Fan,” will begin at… Read More ›
Songs for the Buffalo Bills (“Allentown”), vaccines (“Double Shot of My Baby’s Love”) and more from Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Jan. 29 radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Fridays at noon at on the WSBU… Read More ›
By Richard Lee As we were reminded often yesterday, the inauguration was a day of firsts. “We celebrate our first African-American, first Asian American and first woman vice president, Kamala Harris,” Sen. Amy Klobucher, co-chair of the inaugural committee, told… Read More ›
By Richard Lee How popular are the Buffalo Bills in Western New York? A search of the Buffalo News website to see how many times Josh Allen’s name was included in stories on Jan. 15, the day before the Buffalo… Read More ›
By Michael P. Riccards My late mother had a cousin who lost his life on Iwo Jima during the second world war. He was 20 and probably never had a sweetheart My sister insisted we find where he was buried…. Read More ›
By Michael P. Riccards It will end as it began with agony and patriotic excess. It is true that in the last year the president and his enablers have shown a deep disregard for constitutional government. Now we are facing… Read More ›
By Richard Lee Fifty years ago today, All in the Family premiered on CBS. Through comedy, the show addressed racism, sexism, war and other issues in a way that no previous sitcom had done. Norman Lear, who created the show,… Read More ›
By Paul Wieland The insurrection by Trump supporters is one of the most outrageous stories in my lifetime, much of it spent as a newspaper reporter, but more time in other journalistic pursuits, including teaching college students about the field…. Read More ›
By Michael P. Riccards The founding fathers feared above all executive tyranny. Yesterday American democracy was disgraced by a foul mouth corrupted demagogue inciting violence and a crude take over the capitol. He is guilty of common sedition and with… Read More ›
Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee has been selected to present a paper at an international music and cinema symposium organized by research groups at two French universities. Lee will present his paper, How Terribly Normal to be 70, on… Read More ›
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