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Yearly Archives: 2017

The Rag Blog :
METRO EVENT | It’s a Rag Blog Happy Hour and Stocking-Stuffer at Ruby’s BBQ!

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Event: Rag Blog Happy Hour & Stocking-Stuffer! When: Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, 2-4 p.m. Where: Ruby’s BBQ Address: 512 W. 29th St. (at Guadalupe), Austin, TX 78705 Telephone: 512-477-1651 Cost: Free and open to the public Food: Ruby’s beer and … Continue reading →

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Steve Russell :
Is gun violence our manifest destiny?

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

The last war on U.S. soil ended in 1848, unless you count the NRA v. common sense. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | December 11, 2017 Steve Russell wrote the following article for The Rag Blog as a … Continue reading →

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Alan Waldman :
TELEVISION | ‘Flashpoint’ is an engaging Toronto SWAT-type thriller

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

CBS aired 75 edge-of-your-seat episodes of this emotional, well-written Canadian series. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | December 9, 2017 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that readers … Continue reading →

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Steve Russell :
Donald Trump and the great
transgender menace

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

This president picks on the least powerful because all that matters for him is winning. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | November 15, 2017 Why attack the powerless, beyond the exhilaration of winning? I don’t even get the … Continue reading →

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Jay D. Jurie :
Workers’ demonstrations at Magic Kingdom just opening salvo

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Jay Jurie reports from the front lines of the labor movement. By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog | November 15, 2017 ORLANDO, Florida — While representing over a third of workers in the middle of the 20th Century, … Continue reading →

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Thorne Dreyer :
RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Interviews with Katya Sabaroff Taylor, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez & Gregg Barrios, Veterans for Peace, Terry DuBose & Alan Pogue, Tom Cleaver & Alice Embree, Guy Forsyth, Jonathan Lerner, Jim Hightower, Kerry Awn & the Uranium Savages, Bruce Melton, Glenn Smith, Steve Early & Nick Licata

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

This all-star array of guests includes a populist icon, Vietnam vets reflecting on the war, a climate change scholar, a founder of the Weather Underground, and legendary Austin musicians performing live. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
METRO | Rev. Bob Breihan (1925-2017) was a courageous fighter for social justice

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

He opened the Methodist Student Center to an alternative view of the world during a period of tremendous upheaval. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 13, 2017 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s hour-long Nov. 29, 2013 Rag Radio … Continue reading →

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Glenn W. Smith :
SPORT | World Series moment: A national anthem in mime

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

The Yuli Gurriel-Yu Darvish story made this World Series even more glorious. By Glenn W. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 7, 2017 There was an inspiring American moment in the first inning of the seventh game of the … Continue reading →

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Steve Rossignol :
METRO | ‘Dam’ scary: The ghosts of LCRA

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

According to reliable if shady sources, Austin’s Depression-era dams are haunted as hell. By Steve Rossignol | The Rag Blog | October 31, 2017 AUSTIN — There is a grand history to Austin’s lakes which traces back to the late … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin :
BOOKS | Katya Sabaroff Taylor: ‘Prison Wisdom: Writing with Inmates’

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

This jam-packed volume features several hundred poems, stories, sketches, and drawings by prisoners. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | October 23, 2017 In April 1968, shortly before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nina Sabaroff, a … Continue reading →

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Henry Mecredy :
BOOKS | ‘The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America’

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Rick Wartzman reviews the socioeconomic history of the U.S. since World War II with empathy for the employee class. By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | October 18, 2017 [The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good … Continue reading →

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Steve Russell :
Truth in an age of post-factual politics

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Thorne Dreyer

Since the arrival of The Donald, U.S. politics is a fact-free zone. The truth simply no longer matters. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | October 16, 2017 Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY) was not happy being questioned by a … Continue reading →

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