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Jaron Lanier and “digital Maoism” JARON LANIER – Photo by Robert Holmgren for Smithsonian Magazine January 2013 By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2013 Internet visionary and guru, Jaron Lanier, was central to the early development … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Black Feminist Author Beth E. Richie on Gender Violence and ‘Arrested Justice’
Rag Radio podcast:Black feminist academic and activist Beth E. Richie, author of ‘Arrested Justice‘ By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January 16, 2013 Black feminist academic and author Beth E. Richie was Thorne Dreyer’s guest Friday, January 11, … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Black Feminist Author Beth E. Richie on Gender Violence and ‘Arrested Justice’
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Alan Waldman : ‘Chef!’ is One of the Funniest Sitcoms Ever
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Lenny Henry is astonishingly good as the overbearing chef on a classic BBC comedy. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 16, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews … Continue reading
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Robert Jensen : Jim Koplin: Living Your Life Honestly
James Henry Koplin, 1933-2012. Image from JimKoplin.com.Jim Koplin:Living your life honestly By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | January 16, 2013 “Good teaching is living your life honestly in front of students.” I don’t recall exactly when Jim Koplin … Continue reading
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Speaking of Consciousness
Image from TZA’s photostream / Flickr.Speaking of consciousness The cardinal sin of philosophy, committed all too often, is to use terms that are ambiguous. By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | January 15, 2013 The philosophy club is currently … Continue reading
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Handgun control By Tony Bouza / The Rag Blog / January 15, 2013 MINNEAPOLIS — As a result of Roe v. Wade, welfare reform, and contraceptive availability, the population of young criminals you and I shaped through the hopelessness of … Continue reading
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Lamar W. Hankins : Obama Continues Immoral Bush Policies
Four more years. Image from NewsOne.Obama embraces fiveimmoral Bush policies “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period… was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” — … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : Texas During the Great Depression, 1930-1940
Jobless men picket at San Antonio City Hall, c. 1932. Image from the San Antonio Light Collection, UT Institute of Texan Cultures.The hidden history of Texas Part 11: 1930-1940/1 — Economic survival difficult during Great Depression By Bob Feldman | … Continue reading
Steve Russell : Hiding Behind a Girl
We are all Malala. Photo from Reuters.I am Malala: Hiding behind a girl By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2013 It is we sinful women who come out raising the banner of truthup against barricades of … Continue reading
Alan Waldman : My Favorite Films (and TV Shows) of 2012
Les Misérables was Alan’s top pick.My 13 favorite films(and 43 TV shows) of 2012 ‘Les Miz‘ was #1 and ‘I Am‘ was #2. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2013 Les Misérables (U.K.) is a magnificent … Continue reading
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Jonah Raskin : In the Wake of Sandy
The Rag Blog’s Jonah Raskin in post-Sandy Far Rockaway, New York.In the wake of Sandy:An interview with Far Rockaway community organizer Ofelia Mangen ‘I think Sandy is a human disaster. We’re the disaster, not nature. We created it. If you … Continue reading
