Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
2011
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005
Yearly Archives: 2010
Marc Estrin is a writer and peace activist who lives in Burlington, Vermont. His novels,Insect Dreams, The Half Life of Gregor Samsa, The Education of Arnold Hitler, Golem Song, and The Lamentations of Julius Marantz have won critical acclaim. His … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Whores in Washington; Blowout in the Gulf
“Whore of Babylon.” Pen and watercolour over pencil. By William Blake (1809) / British Museum.Blow jobs in DC; Blowout in the Gulf By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / May 10, 2010 You think that subject line above … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged British Petroleum, Government Corruption, Oil Drilling, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Social Action
2 Comments
Who Should We Believe? : Faisal Shahzad, and the Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Tonkin incident, off the coast of North Vietnam, August 2, 1964. Illustration by E.J. Fitzgerald (1980) / U.S. Navy Historical Center / Wikimedia Commons.Who should we believe?How foreign policy lies lead to war By Harry Targ / The … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Bush Lies, Faisal Shazad, Gulf of Tonkin, Harry Targ, Military History, Taliban, Vietnam
1 Comment
High peak haikus Gary Snyder was a teenage mountaineer, studied Oriental languages, became a Beat poet in San Francisco with Ginsberg and featured in a Kerouac novel. After moving to Japan he took the vows of a Zen monk and … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Greg Moses : The Sound of Un-Hatched Chickens Crashing
Generation Payback:The cash value of capitalism By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2010 Confronted on Tax Day by satellite visions of free market capitalism led by the American Tea Party, global investors began to exit the … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Economics, Finance, Global Economy, Greg Moses, Investments, Tea Baggers
Leave a comment
Mother’s Day 2010 : ‘State of the World’s Mothers’
Afghan mother and child. Photo from Center for American Progress.U.S. ranking not so good…Reporting on the status of mothers The dreadful circumstances of so many of the world’s mothers and children on this Mother’s Day are preventable. There is enough … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Afghanistan, Infant Mortality, Jack A. Smith, Mother's Day, Poverty, Women
1 Comment
A THOUGHT FOR MOTHER’S DAYBy Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2010 On Mother’s Day 2010, what are the best countries in which to be a mother on the basis of the exacting “Mother’s Index” compiled … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Leave a comment
Jonah Raskin : A Specter is Haunting Europe
Is the old Europe history? A cafe in Brussels.Crisis in Greece a sign of the times?A specter is haunting Europe By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / May 8, 2010 BRUSSELS — The Europe of old is on its … Continue reading
Budd Saunders : Luck, and Dumb Luck
Sailers in 1946 are shown wearing goggles to shield their eyes from an atomic blast. Dr. Phil Trapp told about how such goggles were expected to protect his World War II Marine flotilla from the effects of a third atomic … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : The Mathematics of Mother’s Day
A novel approach:Happy Mother’s DayBy Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 8, 2010 Novelist and Rag Blog contributor Marc Estrin will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Tuesday, May 11, 2-3 p.m. (CST) on KOOP 91.7 FM … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 4
British Intelligence agent T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) came to Afghanistan in 1928, and virtually directed anti-government activities. Image from Jordan Jubilee.Part 4: 1924-1933A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2010 [If … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, Great Britain, Imperialism, South Asia, T.E. Lawrence, World History
Leave a comment
Teabaggers in 2010? : Debunking the Political Wisdom
Image from The Daily Globe.Will the right wing seize power?Looking ahead to November By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / May 7, 2010 [The Rag Blog doesn’t post a lot about election predictions, but I think it is important … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged 2010 Elections, Electoral politics, Tea Baggers, Ted McLaughlin
9 Comments
