Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

 Well Read Red, Tom Becker, reads an op-ed piece by Don Monkerud, "American Exceptionalism Revisited." Tom and Don's concern is that: "Flag-waving politicians like Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Mike Pence, and Newt Gingrich use the concept of "exceptionalism" to... Read more

 Bill Resnick hosts today's show, which features music selected by our radical musicologist, Brad Duncan. Between songs, we hear another Left and the Law installment about the FBI's role in arresting Mohamed Mohamud for attempting to use a fake bomb they supplied him with. ... Read more

 What can be said about the politics of a movie -- Four Lions -- about clutzy British, radical, Islamist, would-be terrorists who screw up at every turn?  Our Moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken have very different reactions to this unusual British film. Read more

 Deborah Willis's stories are quirky, edgy, and sometimes sinister stories.   Our Book Mole Larry Bowlden tells us why this new author's first book Vanishing is so wonderful. You can find more of Larry's reviews here.  Read more

 Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show which deals with privatization of our schools through charter schools, massive protests in Europe against government austerity measures, a tragi-comedy about terrorists, and a new book of short stories.     For information about our them... Read more

Largely ignored in the US press, massive protests against austerity measures -- increased tuition for students and cutbacks in social services-- have spread to virtually every European nation.  In this piece, Clayton Morgareidge reviews some of the activists accounts of the... Read more

Stan Karp has written some of the finest education policy articles that have appeared in Rethinking Schools magazine, and he is regarded as a national expert on No Child Left Behind and Obama's Race to the Top initiative.  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick abo... Read more

The Old Mole for the 29th, hosted by Joe Clement, features Bill Resnick and Dan Karp discussing why vouchers and charter schools are the wrong answer to the education question. Movie Moles Denise Morris and Wendy Webb reviewing Boxing Gym. Well Read Red Frann ... Read more

 Discussing the case of the "Christmas Tree Bomber," local scholar and activist Michael Munk and the Old Mole's Bill Resnick show howit is being used to glorify the FBI and the National Police State.  Munk is a political scientist and radical historian who produced Portland... Read more

 In this commentary, the Old Mole's Bill Resnick reflects on US policy and actions in response to the tension and violence between North and South Korea and the message it seems to be sending to and about Iran.   Read more