Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
2011
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005
Monthly Archives: May 2010
David P. Hamilton : Our Corporate Rulers and their Bankrupt Drug War
Image from Democratic Underground.Why our leaders wage war on drugsAnd why this war is doomed By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / May 26, 2010 Ted McLaughlin recently wrote an article for The Rag Blog (“Prohibition II: A … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Criminal Justice, David P. Hamilton, Hemp, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Ruling Class, War on Drugs
10 Comments
Dick J. Reavis : Texas Monthly’s ‘Where I’m From’
Erykah Badu (right) at nine years, with her sister Nayrok, six, in Dallas in 1980. Badu contributed to Texas Monthly‘s special edition. Photo from Texas Monthly.Signs of a new inclusiveness?Texas Monthly‘s special edition By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Dick J. Reavis, Diversity, Erykah Badu, Journalism, Latinos, Media, Rick Perry, Texas, Texas Monthly
Leave a comment
Charlie Loving : Ciudad Acuña on Life Support?
Ciudad Acuña in 2001. Image from michaelbluejay.Ma Crosby’s and Ciudad Acuña:A slow death on the border? Today we were the second customers all day at Crosby’s. A Freddy Fender song in the background trailed into Shawn Sahm doing his version … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Charlie Loving, Dining, Economy, Mexican Border, Mexico, Travel
4 Comments
Sherman DeBrosse provides us with a revealing history of Afghanistan and the role of the drug trade, and informs us that “The U.S. used the international heroin network to serve its geopolitical aims in Afghanistan and elsewhere.” We learn of … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
John Ross reports form the Purepecha Indian village of Santa Cruz Tanaco in the Mexican state of Michoacan — about changes in the nature of agriculture in Mexico. He tells us about migration fueled by the 1994 North American Free … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Houston Alternative Media : Telling It Like It Was
Underground in H-Town. Art by Shelby Hohl / Museum of Printing History.Underground [history] in H-Town:Veteran journalists compare notesOn counterculture and alt media By Raj Mankad / May 24, 2010 [Raj Mankad is the editor of Cite magazine, the “architecture and … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Alternative Media, Counterculture, Culture, History, Houston, Journalism, Journalists, Margaret Webb Dreyer, Museums, Raj Mankad, Sixties, Space City, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press
4 Comments
By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / May 25, 2010 The current issue of Texas Monthly, a “special edition” whose theme is “Where I’m From” is worth some reading, some scrutiny, and some thought. Though the funerary photo … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 7
Demonstration at Kabul University, late 1970. Photo by Louis Dupree / BBC.Part 7: 1968-1976A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / May 14, 2010 [If you’re a Rag Blog reader who wonders how the Pentagon … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, South Asia, Student Activism, U.S. Foreign Policy, World History
1 Comment
Renowned photojournalist Alan Pogue will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame on June 7. Pogue was staff photographer for Austin’s underground newspaper The Rag from 1971-1977, and has been a frequent contributor to The Rag Blog. His … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Marc Estrin : Wagner — Oi!
The giants seize Freya. Illustration for Wagner’s Das Rheingold by Arthur Rackham (1910).WAGNER — OI! By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 24, 2010 I didn’t begin “getting into” Wagner till I was 30ish. Who had the time … Continue reading
Follow the Poppies : Opium, Afghanistan, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Soldier among the poppies at opium field in Afghanistan. Image from Aftermath News.Working with the warlords:Afghanistan and the heroin trade The U.S. used the international heroin network to serve its geopolitical aims in Afghanistan and elsewhere. By Sherman DeBrosse / … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan Pipeline, CIA, Drugs, Foreign Policy, Opium, Sherman DeBrosse
Leave a comment
John Ross : The ‘Feminization’ of Mexican Agriculture
Purepecha woman in reboza, on plate from Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan. Image from Teyacapan / Flickr.Working the parcela:‘Feminization’ is hope for Mexican agriculture By John Ross / The Rag Blog / May 24, 2010 SANTA CRUZ TANACO, Mexico — When I first … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Agriculture, Indigenous People, John Ross, Mexico, Women
Leave a comment
