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RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Hall of Fame singer Maryann Price; Ellen Sweets, author of ‘Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins’
Maryann Price sang with Dan Hicks, The Kinks, and Asleep at the Wheel; Ellen Sweets is a prize-winning journalist recently returned from Cuba. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 23, 2015 Recent guests on Rag Radio … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Storied Texas Civil Rights Attorney David Richards
Texas civil rights lawyer David Richards in the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog. Inset below: Richards, right, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Richards, Civil Rights, David Richards, Molly Ivins, Rag Radio, Texas History, Texas Politics, The Rag, Thorne Dreyer
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The Texas Observer : Molly Ivins, Barack Obama, and Dishing the Null Set
Unveiling the new look: Page one of the January 8, 2010 Texas Observer. The legendary crusading Texas biweekly The Texas Observer is still in there fighting after all these (56) years — and they have a cool new look. Observer … Continue reading
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Tagged Houston Chronicle, Molly Ivins, Populism, Racism, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers, Texas History, Texas Observer, Texas Politics
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What’s missing from this election? Molly Ivins!
Former Texas Observer editor and columinist extraordinaire Molly Ivins at her Austin home in 2001. Photo by Carolyn Mary Bauman / WpN. “The House passed (by one vote) a bill to eliminate barriers between banks, brokerage firms and insurance companies. … Continue reading →