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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Bill Freeland : A Balanced Budget for All Citizens!
Graphic by Bill Freeland / The Rag Blog.Proposed:A balanced budget amendment for all citizens The guys who now work at bank loan departments and refinance companies would finally have to go out and find honest work. By Bill Freeland | … Continue reading
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Tagged Balanced Budget, Bill Freeland, Personal Finance, Political Satire
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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Hell of a Way to Begin a Year
Image from DNY59 / iStockphoto / MNN.Apocalypse now!Death knell for civil liberties It’s a hell of a way to begin a year many believe will mark the end of the world. By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill of Rights, Bob Fitrakis, Civil Liberties, Harvey Wasserman, Indefinite Detention, NDAA
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Lamar W. Hankins : Praising Jesus at the Hays County Courthouse
Hays County Courthouse. Image from tripadvisor.‘In Jesus’ name’:Hays County Commissioners Courtpromotes sectarian prayer By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | January 23, 2012 SAN MARCOS, Texas — No principle is more fundamental to the founding of this country … Continue reading
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Tagged Hays County, Lamar W. Hankins, Public Prayer, Separation of Church and State
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While my old friend Allen was super pleased to have a mostly-negative series of sound-bites posted here (is that really all the honorable judge said, or did Jonah take snippets?) what occurred to me was 1)the paraphrasing of an old … Continue reading
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Jonah Raskin : Maverick Judge Reichbach Offers Verdict on Cuba
Judge Gustin Reichbach on the bench. Image from AP.Rag Blog interview: Maverick U.S. Judge Gustin Reichbachoffers verdict on Cuba today By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | January 19, 2012 For nearly 14 years, the Honorable Gustin Reichbach has … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia University, Criminal Justice, Cuba, Gustin Reichbach, Jonah Raskin
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Is Science a Religion?
Images from Wikimedia Commons (top), NASA, via Science Meets Religion.Is Science a Religion? ‘Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and … Continue reading
Rag Radio : David Edwards on Transformative Trends in World Affairs
University of Texas Government Professor David Edwards in the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, January 13, 2012. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog.UT-Austin Government Prof David Edwardsdiscusses transformative trends in international relationsand the crisis of the capitalist empire … Continue reading
FILM / Alan Waldman : A Look Back at My Favorite Films
James Gandolfini in the British film, In the Loop.From 2003 to 2010:Looking back at my favorite films By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / January 18, 2012 [Last week we posted Alan Waldman’s 10 Favorite Films of 2011, with … Continue reading
Jorge Rivas and Jamilah King : SOPA and the Internet Blackout
What is SOPA? Here are five things you need to know Wikipedia was among several websites to shut down Wednesday in protest of anti-piracy bills now in Congress that critics say could amount to censorship. Instead of the usual encyclopedia … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Funeral Costs Need not Require Charity
Making an informed decision:Paying for a funeral need not require charity Many families succumb to grief, social pressures, and salesmanship by a funeral director and spend much more on the funeral than they can afford. By Lamar W. Hankins / … Continue reading
Scott Galindez : Black Churches to ‘Occupy the Dream’
Young people participating in the Occupy the Dream rally in front of the Federal Reserve in Washington DC, January 16, 2012. Photo by Scott Galindez / RSN.Occupy the Dream:Black churches join the Occupy movement Rallies throughout the country are designed … Continue reading
