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Lamar W. Hankins : The Gospel According to Tebow
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow shown “Tebowing.” Whose side is God on?The Gospel according to Tebow By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | December 18, 2011 I don’t normally write about an individual’s religious beliefs unless that person … Continue reading
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Harvey Wasserman : The Timeless Joy of George Whitman’s Shakespeare & Company
George Whitman at Shakespeare & Company. Image from Oh, by the way…The timeless joy of GeorgeWhitman’s Shakespeare & Company Eyeing me suspiciously, George asked if I was a writer. I said I’d been a college editor, and had aspirations. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookstores, George Whitman, Harvey Wasserman, Paris, Shakespeare and Company
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Harry Targ : The State of Indiana Vs. Universal Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt viewed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as her greatest achievement. Image from Creative Commons.The State of Indiana vs. theUniversal Declaration of Human RightsBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 16, 2011 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Targ, Human Rights, Indiana, Labor Unions, Right to Work
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Mike Klonsky cautions us to remember that Teddy Roosevelt, eulogized in President Obama’s Osawatomie speech on “New Nationalism” last week, “was at his best a tame economic reformer and at his worst, a racist, imperialist war monger” who believed in … Continue reading
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MUSIC / Jan Reid : The ‘Old Mad Joy’ of the Gourds
Image of The Gourds from thegourds.com.Old Mad Joy:No Last Waltz for the Gourds ‘Most bands grow out of rock and roll when they get to be our age,’ Russell told me with a laugh. ‘We’ve done everything kind of backward.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Jan Reid, Music, Music History, Rock 'n Roll, The Gourds
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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Sean Stewart’s Spirited History of the Underground Press
Sean Stewart’s On the Ground is a livelyanecdotal history of the underground press Amply illustrated with art, cartoons, drawings, and covers from the colorful, eye-catching papers of the Sixties, it comes closer to the spirit of the in-your-face underground papers. … Continue reading
BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : scott crow’s ‘Black Flags and Windmills’
Black Flags and Windmills:Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective scott crow’s book tells of the abandonment of a great American city by the powerful, the refusal of its poorest and most vulnerable citizens to lay down and die, and … Continue reading
Rag Radio : We Interview Nonviolent Activist Val Liveoak and Author Robert H. Frank
Nonviolent Activist Val Liveoak of Peacekeeping en Las Americason Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer. Listen to it here: Also listen to New York Times Columnist Robert H. Frank,Author of The Darwin Economy, on Rag Radio, here: (Texas Music Hall of … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Economics, Nonviolence, Rag Radio, Robert H. Frank, Roger Baker, Social Activism, Thorne Dreyer, Val Liveoak
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Mike Klonsky : Let’s Not Get All ‘Warm and Fuzzy’ About Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt’s “New Diplomacy.” Political cartoon courtesy of Mike Klonsky’s SmallTalk Blog.Before we start feeling all warmand fuzzy about Teddy Roosevelt… By Mike Klonsky | The Rag Blog | December 13, 2011 Let’s remember that Teddy Roosevelt, eulogized in President … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Imperialism, Mike Klonsky, Racism, Theodore Roosevelt
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SPORT / Dave Zirin and Zach Zill : The Death of Socrates
Brazilian soccer legend Socrates before a World Cup match in Guadalajara, Mexico, June 16, 1986. Photo by Wolfgang Ratta / Reuters.The death of Socrates:Celebrating the Brazilian soccer legend Socrates was one of those rare athletes whose outsized personality and effervescent … Continue reading
The State of Indiana vs. theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights By Harry Targ / December 12, 2011 The massive atrocities of World War II led nations to commit themselves permanently to the protection of basic rights for all human beings. … Continue reading
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FILM / Lamar W. Hankins : 2008 Economic Crash Was an ‘Inside Job’
The economic crash of 2008:An ‘Inside Job‘ By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | November 8, 2011 A fair summary of the award-winning documentary Inside Job is this: The economic crisis that culminated in bailouts in 2008 was … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Economic Collapse, Film, Finance, Great Recession, Inside Job, Lamar W. Hankins
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