We had some listeners tell us this morning's show sounded so clear they couldn't believe we broadcast live from a diner on 34th Street. Well here's the proof: from the Skylight Diner near Madison Square Garden.

The paint was drying in the convention floor at Madison Square Garden last night

WNYC sets up at the Garden

Excitement is building, we're off to Madison Square Garden for the Republican National Convention! See you on Monday.

The Freedom of Expression National Monument

On the show Thursday: Congresswoman Melissa Hart (R-PA-4th District) takes us inside the arduous, tedious, and throroughly ungamorous process of drafting a new party platform.

OK, perhaps you haven't read any party platforms lately. They are dry as dust and not even all that relevant to making policy. ...

Newsday published the text of the ruling denying an Arab-American protest group the right to protest on Central Park's Great Lawn during the Republican Convention. Surprisingly, the judge sought fit to inject humor in the 35-page legal document. ...

Below is a link to Michael Dobbs' article from Sunday's edition of the Washington Post. Please click on the title below (note registration at the Washington Post site is required to see the article).

Swift Boat Accounts Incomplete
Critics Fail to Disprove Kerry's Version of Vietnam War ...

Mike...Chris...Kerry...Errol...Chris (again). They were all so good, each in their own way. We hoped you liked them as much as we do.

Brian will be back on Monday!

Mike Pesca joins Chris for a super-tough News Olympics. There was only one winner.

A Brian Lehrer Show t-shirt!

The attire of champions

The 'other side' of champions

MW writes: I'm curious about Chris, who's doing a wonderful job subbing for Brian. Chris's vocal quality is unique, and I like his his on-air personality. Put his photo on your website! Thanks.

With CB at the helm, you'll never run adrift

The silly season hasn't seemed all that silly this year. What with the Governor McGreevey scandal and the recent intelligence hearings in Congress. But we producers are finding the majority of potential show guests have finally packed up and gone on vacation. Given that, we thought it ...

Inspired by a positive review in the New York Times, one of us just caught the new reality show on Fox, “Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy” and can’t stop going on about it. In the episode rebroadcast last night, the two mothers live in such disparate worlds: ...

Errol Louis wrapped up his tour as guest host today with a 'super nerd' conversation with Dr. Michael Dolfman of the New York office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Despite the somewhat dry subject matter, the phones lit up with your calls, proving that some people ...

While filming Fahrenheit 911 Michael Moore sent out a producer to speak to Rep. Porter Goss, the results never made it into the movie and ended up on the cutting room floor. However since President Bush nominated the Congressman to the post of Director of ...

OK, we have now all duly noted that Jim McGreevey's campaign slogan in 2001 was "straight talk"...But how long has this been going on?

Gordon Bishop of the Atlantic Highlands Herald insinuated it last May.

WNYC's own Bob Hennelly told us today:

"I will say that I was told ...

This is the blog entry we writing just before Jim McGreevey made his speech this afternoon:

By now you must know that James McGreevey has resigned as Governor of New Jersey. But do you remember that he's the sixth governor in four years? The others were Christie Whitman (resigned to ...

A story broke after the show about Toys R Us getting its etch-a-sketch all shaken up by Wal mart.

News that a European group will monitor the Presidential elections might be a little humbling for the powers that be. Officials from the OSCE will send over observers to monitor balloting in November to avoid potential irregularities. Although the US signed up to an agreement to monitor ...

Casual Fridays have extended themselves into Thursdays, Wednesdays and even Mondays! What does it say about our productivity in a global economy? Would July’s employment numbers have been better if we had better dress sense?

One anonymous Public Radio employee told us that she would not give ...