Tag Archives: Depression

Jeff Shero Nightbyrd :
My heart attack and some lessons I learned

My recent experience with triple bypass open heart surgery taught me a lot about how to stay healthy. By Jeff Shero Nightbyrd | The Rag Blog | February 25, 2015 Jeff Nightbyrd will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, … Continue reading

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METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer : Singer-songwriter Sara Hickman on her life, her art, and her battle with depression

In a memorable interview, Sara Hickman joins us on Rag Radio in conversation and live performance. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | October 9, 2014 The delightful and talented Austin-based singer-songwriter Sara Hickman is our guest on … Continue reading

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The Hidden Toll : 18 Veteran Suicides Every Day

Image from The Public Record.Real cost of war:Shocking suicide rate among vetsBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 We tend to hear about the United States soldiers that are killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, … Continue reading

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Greg Moses : Cramming for the Downside

Downside up.Riding down the moody Dow: Cramming for the downside If the humming engine of human history rides a geometry of social mood, then downtimes cannot be caused by anything that uptimes do… By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog … Continue reading

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PTSD Meds: Killing Soldiers When the Battle’s Over

Veterans’ families question cause of deaths: Post-traumatic stress syndrome treatment citedBy Julie Robinson / March 1, 2009 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Stan and Shirley White’s son Andrew, a Marine reservist, died at home 2 1/2 years after he returned from Iraq. … Continue reading

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Heerrre Commmes Ronnie !!

Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog

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Feeling a Little Depressed? So Does the Economy.

Block print by Frans Masereel.‘The discretionary spending sector appears to be in freefall — as the economy restructures itself at a lower level around consumer necessities like food and energy. This is global.’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading

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Roger Baker : This Ain’t Your Father’s ‘Economic Crisis’

Great Depression: Sign of the times.‘This is not something like the Great Depression that can be corrected by a decade of hard times and even war’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2008 I think that now … Continue reading

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Joseph Stiglitz on the Economy : Falling Down

‘London Bridge’ (1616) by Claes Van Visscher. This engraving shows Old London Bridge in 1616, with Southwark Cathedral in the foreground. The spiked heads of executed criminals can be seen above the Southwark gatehouse. Some of Old London Bridge did … Continue reading

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Sucking Up to the Bankers : A Bipartisan Lovefest

“The Bankers” by Art Young.They’re the ones who got us into this messBy Robert Scheer / July 30, 2008 This is a time to condemn the bankers, not to embrace them. They are the scoundrels who got us into the … Continue reading

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Amira Baraka : Avoid a Split on the Left

Amira Baraka. Photo by Lynda Koolish.Obama & The Tragic Errors of The Weimar RepublicBy Amiri Baraka Amiri Baraka, formerly LeRoi Jones, was born in 1934 in Newark, New Jersey. He is the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, … Continue reading

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