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TELEVISION | Excellent Brit cop series ‘Above Suspicion’ is gripping, intelligent viewing
Craggy vet Ciarán Hinds and perky young Kelly Reilley lead a squad of detectives in queen of crime Lynda La Plante’s latest white-knuckle thriller. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | June 12, 2016 [In his Rag Blog column, … Continue reading
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Tagged Above Suspicion, Alan Waldman, British Television, Criticism, Police Procedural, Rag Bloggers
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‘Foyle’s War’ is a smart English mystery series set during and just after WWII
Michael Kitchen is an unflappable British top cop who solves wartime crimes and post-war spy shenanigans. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | November 19, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Anthony Horowitz, British Television, Criticism, Foyle's War, Michael Kitchen, Rag Bloggers
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Obama’s foreign policy bait and switch
Obama focused on defending his policies from the warhawks instead of the ‘pivot’ to Asia and maintenance of unilateral global hegemony. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | June 22, 2014 President Obama chose to ignore the most … Continue reading
FILM / Alan Waldman : A Look Back at My Favorite Films
James Gandolfini in the British film, In the Loop.From 2003 to 2010:Looking back at my favorite films By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / January 18, 2012 [Last week we posted Alan Waldman’s 10 Favorite Films of 2011, with … Continue reading
Alan Waldman : My 10 Favorite Films of 2011
Octavia Spencer in The Help.The Help is powerful, complex:My 10 favorite films of 2011 By Alan Waldman / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2012 As was the case last year, some of the films I was most anticipating (The … Continue reading
Steve Weissman : Sarkozy’s Role in the Libyan Rebellion
President Nicholas Sarkozy shown with embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.Did French President Sarkozy set up Obama’s Benghazi nightmare? By Steve Weissman / The Rag Blog / March 19, 2011 PARIS — Even as Barack Obama struggles to reduce America’s public … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Libyan Intervention, Muammar Gaddafi, Sarkozy, Steve Weissman
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Colombia : Uribe’s Murderous Secret Police
Top: Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) headquarters in Colombia. Photo from El Tiempo. Below, forces of the paramilitary Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) on patrol. Photo from latinamericanstudies.org.Colombia’s DAS:Vicious security octopus acts with impunity By Marion Delgado / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia, Government Corruption, Human Rights, Latin America, Marion Delgado, Narcoguerra, Official Repression, Police State
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Curbing John O’Neill : The Pipeline and the Saudi-Al Qaeda Connection
The late John P. O’Neill, former assistant director of the FBI, saw threat of bin Laden early on. O’Neill’s attempts to investigate connections with Saudis were thwarted.John O’Neill, the Trans Afghanistan Pipeline:The Saudis, the Bushes and bin LadenBy Sherman DeBrosse … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan Pipeline, Al Qaeda, Bin Laden, Espionage, FBI, George W. Bush, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Greg Moses : The Dylan Show Plays Corpus Christi
The Geometries of the Bob Dylan Show in South Texas Instantly the night is dark. Orchestra music plays from hanging speakers. Time to cheer and squint into the black box that has become the stage. There is a man in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Corpus Christi, Country Music, Rock 'n Roll, Texas, Willie Nelson
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