War/Peace

Well Read Red: American Exceptionalism Revisited

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 12:00am

Produced 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

Left and the Law: The FBI and Mohamed Mohamud

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan and Mike talk about Mohamed Mohamud, accused of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. They consider the tactics used by the FBI to create the criminal scenario, whether Mohamed was really a sleeping terrorist and how entrapment fators into any of it. Read more

The Death of the New Deal - or - Obama's Tax Cut "Compromise"

Airs at: Tue, 12/14/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris. Join Abe and Joe as we mourn the death of the New Deal. President Obama's tax cut "compromise" spells out, in painful detail, the final death of the idea of liberalism as a governing philosophy. Obama was elected at the head of a popul... Read more

Pratap Chatterjee on WikiLeaks v. the Imperial Presidency's Poodle, Harold Koh

Airs at: Thu, 12/09/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Join host, Linda Olson-Osterlund, for this interview with author, investigative journalist and Guardian columnist, Pratap Chatterjee. George Bush had John Yoo, Obama has Harold Koh the State Department's top lawyer. Chatterjee compares the two attorneys and there ascensi... Read more

Grace Paley Birthday Memorial Tribute 12/9/10

Airs at: Thu, 12/09/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Writer, poet and activist Grace Paley's birthday is December 11 (born in 1922, she died in 2007). In honor of Grace Paley Between the Covers presents an interview with local author Judith Arcana, who is Grace Paley's biographer, as well as parts of memorial show produced by... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 12/02/10 - The Arrest of Mohamed Osman Mohamud

Airs at: Thu, 12/02/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

What's the fallout from the Mohamed Osman Mohamud incident? The Nov. 26 arrest of 19 year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud for allegedly attempting to detonate a bomb during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Pioneer Courthouse Square raises troubling legal, political, social... Read more

Press**Watch: Turkey bomber stunt

The latest news from the Portland City Council is that they're reconsidering the Joint Terrorism Task Force with the FBI. The JTTF, as you may recall, was ditched years ago by then-Mayor Tom Potter, when it became clear that it was little more than an effort to Feder... Read more

November 29 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this show in which we see more efforts to sell us on policies born of fear: the sting operation resulting in the arrest in Portland of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, the so-called "Christmas Tree Bomber"; stripping us of our dignity in airports with scanners and... Read more

Resnick on Korea and Palestine

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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