In Defense of Public Broadcasting

What happens when the federal government claws back its budget

Public TV introduced me to friendly voices when I was a child, and for a time, those were the only friendly voices I heard. I learned about friendship from them. Later, it introduced me (and many other Americans) to the joys of Monty Python. And still later, it gave me the unearthly acting talent of Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in the phenomenal Wolf…