Driving home from work Friday night, I noticed a telephone pole down across the street from my condo. It didn’t register much until I got ho...

When it comes to our roster of political analysts, we have “deep depth” (as Yogi Berra used to say). But we’re always looking for new angle...

PBS has finally jumped on the reality television bandwagon, except—unlike some of the more, errr, dubious reality TV shows gracing the airw...

(Above: A digital converter box in MPT's break room. Easy to install! And kinda cute!) In less than a year, we’ll be saying goodbye to ...

Yeah, yeah, we know what you’re thinking. Public television rocks? MPT rocks? My grandmother watches MPT. Yes, while we do admit to being p...

As you may or may not know, MPT gets about one third of its budget from the state. Each year, we go through a lengthy process to prepare and...

Looking back on it now, I realize that I took Lake Redman and Lake Williams for granted while I was growing up in York County, Pennsylvania....

Everyone loves a good waterfront view, but most of us have probably never stopped to think about what price local ecosystems pay for waterfr...

Tonight’s Great Performances production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company has an ironic Baltimore connection that might not be obvious to MPT a...

So I know my last blog entry was a tear-jerker, but after a Super Bowl Sunday filled with good-time cooking and rowdy television watching, I...