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Monthly Archives: September 2009

What Really Did Bother People About Obama’s Education Speech?

Posted on September 13, 2009 by RagBlog

Indoctrination and Education: Who’s Really Brainwashing Our Children?By Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / September 13, 2009 Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war. – Maria Montessori, physician … Continue reading →

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Losing or Giving Up the Fight Against Racism?

Posted on September 13, 2009 by RagBlog

US president Barack Obama: has he gone back on pledges made to black America? Photo: Michael Reynolds/EPA.Obama’s big silence: the race question: Has the president turned his back on black America?By Naomi Klein / September 12, 2009 Americans began the … Continue reading →

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Juan Cole’s Tale of Two (Not So Regular) Joes

Posted on September 12, 2009 by RagBlog

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Thousands March Against Their Own Self-Interest

Posted on September 12, 2009 by RagBlog

When you see this happening, you just know that big insurance has already won the battle. Health care reform in Amerikkka is a pipe dream. Joe Bageant tried to help me understand why so many vote against their own self-interest, … Continue reading →

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We’re Number Thirty-Seven

Posted on September 12, 2009 by RagBlog

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Foodie Friday: Food Is Power

Posted on September 11, 2009 by RagBlog

Graphic from the Environmental Working Group.The Carbon TradeBy Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2009 Seventy percent of the farm subsidy goes to just a small number of states in the upper Mississippi River basin, where farmers … Continue reading →

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‘Is Our Children Learning?’

Posted on September 11, 2009 by RagBlog

Manhattan Charter School students watch the National Address to Students on Educational Success by U.S. President Barack Obama September 8, 2009 in New York City. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images.Lesson Plans, 2009By Timothy Egan / September 9, 2009 You’re in third … Continue reading →

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Michael Pollan: What’s Really Wrong with Health Care in America – Corporate Agribusiness

Posted on September 11, 2009 by RagBlog

Big Food vs. Big InsuranceBy Michael Pollan / September 9, 2009 TO listen to President Obama’s speech on Wednesday night, or to just about anyone else in the health care debate, you would think that the biggest problem with health … Continue reading →

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A Turning Point? Obama Takes Charge

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

House chamber: Democrats on the left, Republicans on the right. Natural order of things?A reassuring tone:The President lays out his health care plan I was pleased to see the President face down his critics, exercise leadership, and seemingly inspire the … Continue reading →

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Austin Street Scene : ‘CAPITALISM SUX!’

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Sign of the times. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Now that hard times are back, I regard this fellow as a reminder that there are smart guys at the bottom who know the score. By Roger Baker … Continue reading →

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Raving Joe Wilson : The Pride of South Carolina!

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Move over, Mark Sanford:Joe Wilson gets South Carolina ‘Jackass Award’ Wilson made a beeline out of the House chamber immediately after the end of the President’s speech. He must have had a political … Continue reading →

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Beyond Hutto : Reforming Immigrant Detention

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Demonstrator at T. Don Hutto detention facility on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2009. Photo by Melissa Del Bosque / The Texas Observer.Beyond Hutto:Activists reflect on the continuing struggle against immigrant detention centers. By DC Tedrow / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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