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Monthly Archives: April 2011
SCIENCE / AFP : Brain Structure Differs in Liberals, Conservatives
Illustration by Yakobchuk Vasyl / The Independent.It’s all in your head! New study shows liberals have more gray matter in a part of the brain related to understanding complexity, while the conservative brain is bigger in the section linked to … Continue reading
Larry Ray : Donald Trump and the Two-Headed Cow
The Great American Sideshow! Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.The Great American Sideshow:Donald Trump: See the two-headed cow! By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / April 11, 2011 America has always had a fringe element of nuttiness … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Larry Ray, Mainstream Media, Popular Culture, Spectacle, Television
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Marc Estrin : Light Unto the Nations
Israeli “Agronomic (sic) flashlight grip (T-GRIP).” (Get ’em while they’re hot. Image from IsraelMilitary.comLight unto the nations By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 11, 2011 What is it? It doesn’t seem to be a bird. Definitely not … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Marc Estrin, Military, Palestinian Occupation, Weaponry, West Bank
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The Neurotic Northamerican Presidential Security By Leonardo Boff / The Rag Blog / April 10, 2011 Many of us have known what the ideology of national security meant under the Latin American military dictatorships. The security of the State was … Continue reading
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BOOKS / Karen Lee Wald : Cuba From the Other Side
Voices From the Other Side:Keith Bolender’s oral historyof terrorism against Cuba By Karen Lee Wald / The Rag Blog / April 10, 2011 [Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History Of Terrorism Against Cuba by Keith Bolender (Pluto Press, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Cuba, Karen Lee Wald, Oral History, Terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy
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John McMillian : For Manning Marable
Manning Marable. Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images. Renowned African-American scholar, Dr. Manning Marable, 60, died April 1 of complications from pneumonia, three days before the publication of his long-awaited biography of Malcolm X, a book he had been … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Authors, Black History, Colombia University, Deaths, John McMillian, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, Scholars
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BOOKS / Lewis Wallace : Jordan Flaherty Chronicles Post-Katrina Resistance
Jordan Flaherty’s Floodlines:Community and resistance in New Orleans By Lewis Wallace / The Rag Blog / April 7, 2011 See ‘Jena Six activist convicted, faces decades in prison’ by Jordan Flaherty, Below. [Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Community Organizing, Jena Six, Jordan Flaherty, Katrina, Lewis Wallace, New Orleans, Racism
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Lamar W. Hankins : Libya and the ‘Humanitarian Intervention’
In 2009, Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to meet face-to-face with Libyan president Moammar Gadhafi. Photo from AP.Libya and the dilemma ofhumanitarian military interventions By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 7, 2011 The debate … Continue reading
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Tagged Libyan Intervention, Muammar Gaddafi, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Louis Bergeron : A Practical Vision for Global Sustainable Energy
L.A. Cicero Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering At Stanford University. Photo from L.A. Cicero.It will take concerted effort:A practical vision for alternative energy By Louis Bergeron / Stanford Report / April 7, 2011 A new study … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Clean Energy, Environment, Future, Stanford University, Sustainability
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Jonah Raskin : Michael T. Klare on War and Terrorism
Michael T. Klare. Still image from Klare’s Blood and Oil.A Rag Blog interview:Author Michael T. Klare on terrorism,paper tigers, Vietnam, and the Pentagon: By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2011 He grew up singing the lyrics … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, Jonah Raskin, Michael T. Klare, Pentagon, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Ted McLaughlin : Can an All-White GOP Win in 2012?
Electoral College breakdown for 2008.Can the GOP win in 2012with only white votes? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2011 This country was generally controlled by the Republican Party in the years between 1980 and 2008. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Economics, Electoral politics, Racism, Republican Party, Tea Baggers, Ted McLaughlin
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Ed Felien : Obama and the Lies About Libya
Political cartoon by Mike Keefe / Denver Post / inToon.comWhat’s really up in Benghazi?Obama’s lies about Libya By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / April 5, 2011 Barack Obama tried to explain the U. S. war against Libya on … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Felien, Foreign Policy, Libyan Intervention, Muammar Gaddafi
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