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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Roger Baker : Converging Global Crises and Why We Deny Them / 2
An unraveling earth. Graphic from Sound of Cannons.Converging global crisesand why we deny them / 2 If the total human impact on nature is approaching a natural limit, we face difficult choices. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Debt Crisis, Global Crisis, Global Warming, Peak Food, Peak Oil, Population Growth, Roger Baker, World Economy
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Robert Jensen : Learning to Hate Longhorn Football
Bevo goes to college. Photo by Mose Buchele for KUT News. Inset photo of Texas cheerleader by Donn Jones / AP.Learning to hate Longhorn football Dealing with UT’s jock-obsessed culture is easy — I critique it, without hesitation. Dealing with … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, College Sports, Football, Robert Jensen, Sports, Student Athletes, UT-Austin
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Paul Krassner : Are Rape Jokes Funny?
Comic Daniel Tosh. Image from The Hollywood Gossip. Inset images below: Sarah Silverman and Louis CK.Are rape jokes funny? Rape is a crime. Rape jokes aren’t. They are the risk of free speech. By Paul Krassner | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Lamar W. Hankins : What’s Conservative about Paul Ryan?
Ryan shrugged. Cover art by Drew Friedman for the New York Observer from his Facebook page.What’s conservative about Paul Ryan? Paul Ryan is an extremist on issues of restricting personal liberty and using government to benefit the wealthy to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Conservative Politics, Lamar W. Hankins, Paul Ryan
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SPORT / Dave Zirin : What They Can’t Take from Lance Armstrong
Survivor: Lance Armstrong. Photo by Christopher Ena / AP.He quit the fight but not the war: What they can’t take from Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong, and his ubiquitous Livestrong bracelets, are 21st century totems of survival and the USADA isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, Cycling, Dave Zirin, Doping, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Sports
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BOOKS / Harry Targ : Van Jones on Rebuilding the Dream
As election nears:Van Jones on rebuilding the dream Activists know that building mass movements entails a variety of cognitive and action steps. Sometimes it is useful for a skilled activist like Van Jones to provide us with a framework for … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Electoral politics, Harry Targ, Political Organizing, Progressive Movement, Social Action, Van Jones
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Are Rape Jokes Funny? By Paul Krassner Abortion was still illegal in 1970. At the time, as both an underground abortion referral service and a stand-up satirist, I faced an undefined paradox. Irreverence was my only sacred cow, yet I … Continue reading
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Are Rape Jokes Funny? By Paul Krassner Abortion was still illegal in 1970. At the time, as both an underground abortion referral service and a stand-up satirist, I faced an undefined paradox. Irreverence was my only sacred cow, yet I … Continue reading
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Fellow Primates / 2
Bonobos, like chimps, show empathy, theory of mind, and targeted helping. Photo by Dan Caspersz / Bush Warriors.Fellow primates / 2 Being related genetically to both chimps, who settle sexual issues through conflict, and bonobos, who settle conflict issues through … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavior, Bill Meacham, Bonobos, Chimpanzees, Hominins, Ideas, Intelligence, Natural Science, Philosophy, Primates
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Jordan Flaherty : Post-Katrina New Orleans is a Divided City
In the new New Orleans, privatized, voucher-financed housing, left, has replaced traditional public housing like the deserted Lafitte housing projects on the right. Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP.A divided city:Seven years after Katrina in rebuilding New Orleans, the key … Continue reading
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Tagged Gentrification, Jordan Flaherty, Katrina, New Orleans, Privitazation, Racism, Urban Planning
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Marilyn Katz : Whose Election is This Anyway?
Is it about them? Or us? Caricatures by DonkeyHotey.Whose election is this anyway? It’s not about Obama or Romney. It’s about us. By Marilyn Katz | The Rag Blog | August 28, 2012 Without Occupy, without women, without the young, … Continue reading
