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Yearly Archives: 2011
Jonah Raskin : Pancake and Rye in ‘Marijuanaland’
Pancake and Rye in ‘Marijuanaland‘ By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011 Longtime Rag Blog contributor Jonah Raskin, author of Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an American War, will sign books at a Rag Blog Happy Hour, Friday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Books, California, Cannabis, Drug Laws, Jonah Raskin, Marijuanaland
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Mondragon: Reinventing Humanity by Bill Meacham on October 4th, 2011 The human capacity for second-order mentation – the ability we have to consider in thought and imagination not just the world around us but ourselves as well – has led … Continue reading
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Lamar W. Hankins : Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki is Assault on the Constitution
Genghis Khan (R-Mongolia). How much progress have we made? Image from the genghis kahn.An assault on the Constitution:The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki It is hard to see that we have made much progress beyond the world of Genghis Khan nine … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Qaeda, Anwar al-Awlaki, Constitutional Law, Lamar W. Hankins, Obama Foreign Policy
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Dallas Darling : Austerity and the Bastrop Wildfires
Getting the larger picture. Wildfire in Bastrop, Texas, Sept. 5, 2011. Photo by Phil Ostroff / Truthout.Another view:Austerity and the Bastrop wildfires By Dallas Darling / Truthout / October 4, 2011 BASTROP, Texas — I knew the economic and political … Continue reading
Ted McLaughlin : Media Won’t Report the Real Wall Street Story
Members of the Occupy Wall Street media organization produced bails of newspapers chronicling the past three weeks of protests. Photo by John Minchillo / AP / Christian Science Monitor.Occupy Wall Street:The media won’t report the real story By Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading
Wes Jackson of The Land Institute “has been pursuing the science and tweaking the strategy” of a sustainable agriculture movement for more than three decades. “Instead of a brittle industrial agriculture dependent on fossil fuels,” Jackson’s research team “is working … Continue reading
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New York Times bestselling novelist David Lindsey, who lives in Austin, Texas, discusses his writing — and the booming contract espionage business that is the subject of his latest novel cycle — with Rag Radio’s Thorne Dreyer. (Go to post … Continue reading
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Retired history prof Don Swift continues his Rag Blog series on the theocratic Christian movement known as Dominionism with a discussion of its “most vigorous branch,” the New Apostolic Reformation, and its connections to Texas Gov. Rick Perry. “Two years … Continue reading
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Mariann Wizard reviews Jonah Raskin’s new book, Marijuanaland: Dispatches From an American War. Jonah, who was active with the Yippies in the Sixties, is a professor at Sonoma State University and has written biographies of Abbie Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg and … Continue reading
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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : Jonah Raskin’s ‘Marijuanaland’
The Rag Blog and Rag Radio present Jonah Raskin in Austin Jonah Raskin will be our special guest at a Rag Blog Happy Hour, Friday, Oct. 7, 5-7 p.m., at Maria’s Taco Xpress, 2529 S. Lamar Blvd. All are welcome. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Hemp, Jonah Raskin, Mariann G. Wizard, Marijuanaland, Medical Marijuana, Prop 19
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