JFK: The 50th Anniversary of the Death of a President
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas. Fifty years later, a look back, beginning with the news breaking on radio station KRLD and ending, early the next morning, with NBC's David Brinkley:
Kennedy was the only American president to win a Pulitzer prize and he became the heroic subject of both a hit record and a popular movie while in office. I also spoke with author Mary Ann Watson about the telegenic president's influence on the growing medium of television.
On Inauguration Day, Four Stories of Presidents Past
From FDR to Obama, tales of presidents who got inaugurated a lot, had to get a do-over or didn't get inaugurated at all.
Electoral Dysfunction
A look at CBS correspondent Mo Rocca's special on the tribulations of voting in America, from hanging chads to the Electoral College. This longform report aired on CBS Radio's 1580 GOV.BIZ Radio in Washington.
Inside the Electoral College: Why You Don't Get to Elect Our President
This 23-part series ran all week before the 2012 presidential election. It details, in small bites, what Americans should know — but often don't — about our unusual electoral process and how presidents actually are elected. Is the Electoral College a relic of another era?
1968 - Eye of the Storm: The Democratic National Convention
This was a segment for SpeakOut.com on the big events of 1968, part of a larger series looking at each presidential election year in the nation's history. This segment focuses on the tumultous Democratic National Convention in Chicago before recapping the year. (1:15)
Sesquicentennial of the Civil War in Silver Spring
In July of 2014, Maryland and Washington DC noted the 150th anniversary of some notable skirmishes of the Civil War. Just two days after their victory at Monocacy, near Frederick, Confederate troops streamed through Montgomery County on their way to a clash with Union forces at Fort Stevens, just over the line in Washington. If you live near Georgia Ave in Silver Spring, they might have marched through your backyard.