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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Metro Event Thursday! The Rag Blog presents ‘City of Quartz‘ author Mike Davis on ‘Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster.’
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Government evasion continues in Guerrero massacre case
Parents of the ‘disappeared’ warn of more drastic actions if no results in 48 hours. By Johnny Hazard | The Rag Blog | October 27, 2014 MEXICO CITY — On Wednesday, October 23, after a day of marches including one … Continue reading
METRO EVENT | The Rag Blog : Celebrated Author & Urban Theorist Mike Davis in Austin this Thursday
Marxist Scholar Davis, author of ‘City of Quartz,’ will speak on ‘Texas vs. California: Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster’ at 5604 Manor in Austin. “If it’s apocalypse you want — and frankly who doesn’t, because how else to explain the … Continue reading
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Tagged City of Quartz, Marxist Scholar, Metro, Mike Davis, New Journalism Project, Political Activists, The Rag Blog, Urban Theory
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Battling Ebola: Cuba leads while U.S. lags
The U.S. has 550 military personnel in Africa on counterterrorism missions while over 5,000 Africans have succumbed to the non-military threat of Ebola. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2014 In what a New York Times … Continue reading
METRO | Lamar W. Hankins : The Supreme Court’s irrational Texas voter ID decision
Justice Ginsburg called the law ‘purposely discriminatory’ and said it would disenfranchise ‘more than 600,000 registered Texas voters.’ By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | October 22, 2014 AUSTIN — The pre-dawn decision of a majority of Supreme … Continue reading
METRO | Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte : Are Texas legislators just slow learners?
Texas is not alone in its willingness to restrict its upscale education to a ‘possessive investment in whiteness.’ By Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte | The Rag Blog | October 22, 2014 AUSTIN — The Texas legislature seems determined to govern … Continue reading
METRO | Steve Russell : Bee Czar News
Central Texas Bee Rescue is dedicated to seeing that bees scaring humans with their natural swarming behavior will help pay for their own preservation. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | October 22, 2014 AUSTIN — Last year, there … Continue reading
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Tagged Bee Czar, Bee Rescue, Central Texas, Colony Collapse Disorder, Honey Bees, Metro, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell, Walter Schumacher
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IDEAS | Mental parasites
Just as a parasitical lancet fluke can direct an ant to climb up a blade of grass, we are unknowingly manipulated by cultural memes. By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | October 21, 2014 What if your brain were … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Cultural Memes, Free Will, Ideas, Lancet Fluke, Nature, Parasites, Philosophy, Rag Bloggers, Second-Order Volition
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On democracy: ‘Can we talk?’
The United States’ political system, we are told repeatedly, is the gold standard for the world. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | October 21, 2014 Through her decades of entertaining on stage and screen, [Joan] Rivers developed numerous … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Campaign Finance, Democracy, Electoral politics, Harry Targ, Rag Bloggers, Voter Suppression
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Silent rabbis
Arthur Hertzberg believed that the quasi-religious reverence for Israel, right or wrong, tainted the beauty and grandeur of Judaism. By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | October 21, 2014 One of the smartest, most courageous and provocative rabbis I … Continue reading
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PODCAST | Author Michael Harris on the Digital Revolution and ‘The End of Absence’
Journalist and editor Harris, our guest on Rag Radio, discusses ‘Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | October 20, 2014 Our guest on Rag Radio, journalist Michael Harris, … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Digital Revolution, End of Absence, Internet, Interview, Michael Harris, Podcast, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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