Today’s show is live and local, in the air everywhere over CMU’s very independent free-form WRCT-FM (88.3) and online at McKeesport’s www.tubecityonline.com/radio. I’ll be taking your requests from 12 to 3 p.m. at 412-385-7450.
Speaking of McKeesport, from where I do the show most weekends, someone asked me Friday morning “Why are you so committed to the Mon Valley?”
I said, “You’re right, I probably should be committed.”
On the other hand, I worked from the studio on Friday, and this was the view from my window, which wasn’t too shabby:

The creator of the fivethirtyeight.com website, political prognosticator Nate Silver, has been laid off by ABC News.
According to our models, there’s a 50-50 chance he didn’t see that coming.
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