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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Carter Says Goodbye to Southern Baptist Church
Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of WomenJuly 20, 2009 After more than 60 years together, Jimmy Carter has announced himself at odds with the Southern Baptist Church — and he’s decided it’s time they go their separate ways. Via … Continue reading
Robert Jensen on Christina Nehring : Conflicting Visions of Romantic Love
Christina Nehring. Photo by Russell Jacob / Philly.com.Conflicting visions of romantic love:A review of Christina Nehring’s A Vindication of Love By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / July 21, 2009 [A Vindication of Love: Reclaiming Romance for the Twenty-First … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Feminism, Literary Criticism, Relationships
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Walter Cronkite and the Meltdown at Three Mile Island
CBS anchor Walter Cronkite reports on the catastrophic meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, March 28, 1979.Walter Cronkite, Three Mile Island and ‘Lamar’s Folly’ in the Climate Bill The nation — the world — cannot afford more Three … Continue reading
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Lifeguard on Duty : Swimming with the Investor Class
Photo from donsafer.com.Whose Recovery?: Swimming with the Investor Class ‘Never was a rich man who didn’t get his money off a poor man’s back,’ is what Paul would say. Which is another way of claiming that all Real Value comes … Continue reading
Cost of Health Care Reform : Wails of Indignation from the Right
Graphic from sibson.com. ‘According to the logic of those now shedding crocodile tears, we ought, in order to remain truly American and truly free, retain the precious liberties of our people to be illiterate, to suffer accidents without indemnification, as … Continue reading
Honduras : The Stalemate Continues; Repression Steps Up
Roberto Micheletti (left) and Manuel Zelaya in friendlier times. (Though Micheletti doesn’t look all that friendly.) Photo by La Prensa, Honduras. At the end of the meetings on July 19, [Costa Rican President Óscar] Arias asked for another 72 hours … Continue reading
A Landmark Worth Saving: The School That Ended Segregated Schools
TURNED AWAY Linda Brown was rejected when her father tried to enroll her at Sumner. Photo: Bob Pearman/Kansas City Star.In Purchase of School, Hopes of Saving a Neglected MonumentBy Susan Saulny / July 19, 2009 TOPEKA, Kan. — The classrooms … Continue reading
The Army Will Increase Its Size by 22,000
I think we would call this throwing good money after bad. A million other ways to spend it, but this is what the establishment chooses. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Iraq. Photo: Michael Kamber.Gates announces temporary increase in U.S. … Continue reading
Houston : Walter Cronkite’s Map
Now it’s Dan’s By Dan Earhart / The Rag Blog / July 20, 2009 Here is my work space. The map has no roads. I look at it every day. It used to hang in the KTRH newsroom in Houston … Continue reading
Refusing to Deploy : The Court Martial of Victor Agosto
Victor Agosto and Jackie at Under the Hood Cafe in Killeen, Texas. Jackie made the sign for Victor who is facing a court martial for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.GI resisters need … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Fort Hood, Peace Movement, Texas, U.S. Military
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‘For All Mankind’ : Remembering the Apollo Astronauts’ Epic Derring-Do
Al Reinert’s stunning ‘For All Mankind’ screens tonight as we observe the 40th Anniversary of man’s greatest adventure By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / July 20, 2009 See ‘Tumbling Models: Some of “The Right Stuff,”‘ by Thomas Cleaver, … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Reinert, American History, Documentary, Film, Filmmakers, For All Mankind, Independent Film, NASA, Thorne Dreyer
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