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The Bay State Winds feature, from left to right, TSgt. Christy Bailes, SSgt. Matthew Ayala, MSgt. Jennifer Dashnaw and MSgt. Kevin Connors

Honoring Veterans With A Military Clarinet Quartet

The Air Force's Bay State Winds Clarinet Quartet joins Terry Gross for a discussion of military ensembles. The group also performs several songs in tribute to the men and women who've served in the armed forces.

<p>Army flight medics work on a Marine who was wounded by an improvised explosive device, or IED, in southern Afghanistan.</p>

Treating Soldiers With Severe Combat Wounds

More soldiers are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with wounds that would have been fatal a decade ago. The injuries have led to advances in combat medicine but have challenged the health care systems meant to help veterans back home. War reporter David Wood talks with Fresh Air about the hurdles facing these troops and their families.

Poll: Cain, Romney, Gingrich Tied; Most In GOP Unfazed By Harassment Charges

"Volatile" is one of the words that probably best describes the race for the Republican presidential nomination and a new CBS News poll captures that flux. The national poll indicates a three-way tie, showing Herman Cain at 18 percent and Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich at 15 percent each.

A bride (Kirsten Dunst, with Alexander Skarsgard and Charlotte Gainsbourg) battles depression — and the possible end of the world — in <em>Melancholia.</em>

As The World Ends, A Certain 'Melancholia' Sets In

Lars von Trier's Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg as sisters who undergo a psychological transformation as disaster approaches. Critic David Edelstein says the film is a sublime fusion of form and content with a truly Wagnerian climax. (Recommended)

Candlelight Tour Returns to Frankfort

Christmas lights were strung through the trees. Winter displays were set in most storefront windows. Horses pulling carriages clomped through…

Vote Indicates Public Support for Smoking Ban

Bowling Green City Commissioner Brian “Slim” Nash said he believes voters sent a message in Tuesday’s election: Citizens are satisfied with the city’s…

Veterans at ease in front of Powell Student Center at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.

At Ease: EKU Leads National Celebration

Eastern Kentucky University was among more than 180 colleges and universities to observe the Remembrance Day National Roll Call. Starting early this…

Jerry Lee Lewis, a pianist Isacoff classifies as a 'combustible,' performs at the Rainbow in London in 1972.

The Subspecies Of Pianists, Or, What Jerry Lee Lewis And Beethoven Share

In a new book, pianist, composer and author Stuart Isacoff proposes an aural taxonomy of pianists.

Karl Marlantes receives the Navy Cross in the winter of 1969-70.

Coming Home To Less Than A Hero's Welcome

It's Veterans Day, and the families of soldiers who have come back from Iraq and Afghanistan can celebrate together. But coming home isn't always easy. Navy veteran and author Karl Marlantes offers this essay on his return from Vietnam — and he explains why coming home today isn't any easier.

In 1932, a group of WWI veterans in Portland, Ore., rallied the Bonus Army to Washington to lobby for early payment of their promised bonuses. They set up camp along the Anacostia River that May. But by July, officials lost patience and went into the camp to evict the marchers. It turned violent. A soldier torched a tent, and the Army began torching everything still standing.

The Bonus Army: How A Protest Led To The GI Bill

When World War I veterans returned from overseas, they were promised a cash bonus for their service — but they wouldn't get their money until 1945. Then the Great Depression struck. Desperate for relief, in 1932 a group of veterans from Portland, Ore., went to Washington to demand early payment. The protests led to violence — and eventually the GI Bill.

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