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Jim Lehrer on the Road: Dispatch from Austin, Texas

May 10, 2010  |   The end is near... After Minnesota--Minneapolis and Hibbing--I was back on the route of the Super Chief, spending three days each in Albuquerque and Los Angeles. Both cities have energetic booksellers as well as public television stations that are propelled...

Jim Lehrer on the Road: A Dispatch From Kansas City

April 30, 2010  |   All of those great lines from the musical "Oklahoma" leapt into -- and remained -- in my mind the whole time I was in Kansas City. Yes, everything is up to date... etc., etc. It's a terrific place and I...

Jim Lehrer On the Road: Dispatch From Chicago

April 27, 2010  |   An update from Chicago: This was the kind of day that always breathes the life and spirit of public broadcasting into me. I spent it with a wide range of Chicago citizens who give their energy and support to WTTW,...

Jim Lehrer on the Road: Update From New York City

April 21, 2010  |   An update from New York City: Last night's party for "Super" was, in fact, super. The MacNeils and the Quinlans created a wonderful event. The president of the Borough of Brooklyn even made me an honorary citizen of Brooklyn...

Jim Lehrer's First Blog From the Rails

April 20, 2010  |   I come to you from Amtrak #2166 on the way from Washington to New York. Our Acela train is just approaching Baltimore. Being on a train is a most fitting way, it seems to me, to begin the book/public...

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