Browse for more Weekend Edition Sunday commentaries by Daniel Schorr.
Veteran reporter-commentator Daniel Schorr, the last of Edward R. Murrow's legendary CBS team still fully active in journalism, currently interprets national and international events as Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio®.
Here are some of his recent commentaries from Weekend Edition - Sunday.
March 24, 2002
Nixon's Money Trail
Daniel Schorr "follows the money" as Richard Nixon's daughters engage in a public quarrel over how to spend money designated for use by the Nixon Presidential Library.
March 17, 2002
Leaks
Schorr takes a look at some recent unauthorized leaks that brought out secret information about the shadow government, the Office of Strategic Influence, and the Nuclear Posture Review.
March 10, 2002
Koppel Vs. Letterman
This past week, word got out that Disney-owned ABC is toying with the idea of replacing Ted Koppel's Nightline with David Letterman's The Late Show, currently on CBS. NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr tells us whose side he's on.
February 17, 2002
Scandals
With Congress holding hearings looking into the Enron bankruptcy, Schorr considers the outcome of past investigations following national scandals.
February 10, 2002
Secretary Powell
NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr finds that Secretary of State Colin Powell is doing quite well in an extraordinarily difficult position.
February 3, 2002
Executive Privilege
With Congress and the White House moving toward a showdown over release of a list of energy executives who met with Vice President Dick Cheney, Daniel Schorr looks back at similar confrontations between presidents and lawmakers.
January 27, 2002
The War On Terror
NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr considers where President Bush will now turn his attention in pursuit of the the war on terrorism.
January 20, 2002
Shredding
A brief history of political document shredding.
January 13, 2002
Strange Bedfellows
NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr comments on the difficulties for the Bush administration of "nation building" in Afghanistan.
January 6, 2002
The Euro
Daniel Schorr ponders the genesis of the European Union's common currency, the Euro.
