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Yearly Archives: 2017
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METRO EVENT | It’s a Rag Blog Happy Hour and Stocking-Stuffer at Ruby’s BBQ!
Event: Rag Blog Happy Hour & Stocking-Stuffer! When: Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, 2-4 p.m. Where: Ruby’s BBQ Address: 512 W. 29th St. (at Guadalupe), Austin, TX 78705 Telephone: 512-477-1651 Cost: Free and open to the public Food: Ruby’s beer and … Continue reading
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Is gun violence our manifest destiny?
The last war on U.S. soil ended in 1848, unless you count the NRA v. common sense. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | December 11, 2017 Steve Russell wrote the following article for The Rag Blog as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Whitman, Guns, Manifest Destiny, Mexican History, Native Americans, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Second Amendment, Steve Russell, Texas History
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TELEVISION | ‘Flashpoint’ is an engaging Toronto SWAT-type thriller
CBS aired 75 edge-of-your-seat episodes of this emotional, well-written Canadian series. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | December 9, 2017 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that readers … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Canadian Television, Criticism, Flashpoint, Rag Bloggers
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Donald Trump and the great
transgender menace
This president picks on the least powerful because all that matters for him is winning. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | November 15, 2017 Why attack the powerless, beyond the exhilaration of winning? I don’t even get the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bathroom Bills, Danica Roem, Donald Trump, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell, Transgender Ban, U.S. Military
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Workers’ demonstrations at Magic Kingdom just opening salvo
Jay Jurie reports from the front lines of the labor movement. By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog | November 15, 2017 ORLANDO, Florida — While representing over a third of workers in the middle of the 20th Century, … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Disney World, Jay D. Jurie, Labor History, Labor Movement, Rag Bloggers
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METRO | Rev. Bob Breihan (1925-2017) was a courageous fighter for social justice
He opened the Methodist Student Center to an alternative view of the world during a period of tremendous upheaval. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 13, 2017 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s hour-long Nov. 29, 2013 Rag Radio … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Activists, Austin History, Methodist Student Center, Metro, Obituaries, Rev. Bob Breihan, Sixties, Social Justice
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SPORT | World Series moment: A national anthem in mime
The Yuli Gurriel-Yu Darvish story made this World Series even more glorious. By Glenn W. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 7, 2017 There was an inspiring American moment in the first inning of the seventh game of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 World Series, Glenn Smith, Houston Astros, Rag Bloggers, Yu Darvish, Yuli Gurriel
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BOOKS | ‘The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America’
Rick Wartzman reviews the socioeconomic history of the U.S. since World War II with empathy for the employee class. By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | October 18, 2017 [The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Henry Mecredy, Labor History, Rag Bloggers, Socioeconomics
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Truth in an age of post-factual politics
Since the arrival of The Donald, U.S. politics is a fact-free zone. The truth simply no longer matters. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | October 16, 2017 Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY) was not happy being questioned by a … Continue reading
