It’s Time to Allow NPR to Come Out of the Closet — at Long Last

Somewhat Reasonable (The Heartland Institute) ^ | March 12, 2011 | Jim Lakely

[seamus]

The right's long-justified annoyance at taxpayer-subsidized National Public Radio's elitist and insulting liberal bias — accidentally expressed by one sacked executive named Schiller, and quite viciously by another sacked executive named Schiller — has finally gained traction among the greater culture.  Heads are rolling at the DC offices of NPR. I never thought I'd see it, and I can't say I'm not kinda enjoying it.

NPR's chief fundraiser Ronald Schiller not only saw his planned smooth departure from his NPR gig accelerated, he lost his "fall back" at the Aspen Institute, too. His job-killing crime? Dragging his insults of the folks in "fly-over country" — racists, not-really-Christian, just generally being a jerk on tape — behind him like a palpably moist stink-cloud.

[Captain Kirk]

My mistake. I guess I need to re-read the constitution. Interestingly, Lysander Spooner, who challenged the postal monopoly with a private company in the early 19th century emphasized the fact that Constitution, even though it allowed a post office, did not mandate a monopoly. Sumner owned a company that delivered mail seven times a week and at lower price than the USPS. Ultimately, the USPS drove him out of business by cutting their price. For this reason, some say that Sumner is the "father of cheap postage." See here for his essay on the topic.

I'm glad we agree on the VOA. It says something about the efficiency of the U.S. government that Arabs everywhere prefer Al Jazeera to the lame U.S. alternative.

[Republic_of_Secession.]

The Left calls anything “wrong” which exposes them.