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Harvey Wasserman : $7 Billion Nuke Attack
Graphic from Southern Energy NetworkRadioactive boondoggle:$7 billion new nuke attack By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / December 9, 2010 Journalist and environmental activist Harvey Wasserman will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, 2-3 … Continue reading
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David McReynolds was 12 when Japanese aircraft began an attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor and he recounts how he felt and how his family reacted to the attacks and to the ensuing war. “I know that … Continue reading
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David McReynolds : Remembering December 7, 1941
Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Photo from Naval Historical Center.Remembering December 7th:The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor I know that on Monday, when I went to Junior High School, I felt special pride as I saluted the flag. Any … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, David McReynolds, Patriotism, Pearl Harbor, World War II
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Mariann G. Wizard : You Eat Too Much!
Image from diettogo.Stayin’ Alive:The reason for the season is not food If what we love becomes the act of eating in itself, we’re shortchanging ourselves on the rest of life. By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / December … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Diabetes, Food, Health, Mariann G. Wizard, Nutrition, Obesity
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Greg Moses : The DREAM Act Should Set Hector Lopez Free
Hector Lopez. Photo Courtesy of Lori Horton / ColorLines.Calling from a migrant lockup in Arizona:Why the DREAM Act should set Hector Lopez free By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / December 8, 2010 “We’re not criminals,” says the young … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, DREAM Act, Greg Moses, Hector Lopez, Immigration Reform, Saad Nabeel
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Ted McLaughlin : U.S. Students Losing Education Race
Cartoon from Hermes-Press.International standardized test results:U.S. students aren’t making the grade By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / December 7, 2010 The graph below shows how students in many countries did on a standardized test, when the same test … Continue reading
Steve Benen : Some of Texas Republicans’ Best Friends Are Jewish
Is Texas House Speaker Straus not Christian enough? Straus, on the right, is shown with Texas Gov. Rick Perry (center) and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Photo by Harry Cabluck / AP.Christian conservatives trying to oustJewish speaker of Texas State House … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Semitism, Bigotry, Joe Straus, Republican Party, Right Wing, Texas Politics
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Sherman DeBrosse : The Historical Fiction of ‘Conservative Constitutionalism’
Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images.Historical fiction:Understanding ‘Conservative Constitutionalism’ The Tea Bag wing of the Republican Party has a constitutional philosophy that essentially spits in the face of decades of settled law. By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitutional Law, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists, Sherman DeBrosse, Tea Baggers, Tea Party
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Sid Eschenbach The Myth that “Raising Taxes Kills Jobs”orGNP = CS + BI + GS + TE With little time left in this Congressional session, legislative scheduling should be focused on these critical priorities. While there are other items that … Continue reading
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John Naughton : The WikiLeaks Backlash and the Culture of the Internet
Political cartoon from The Young Diplomat.Killing the messenger:The attack on WikiLeaks It represents the first really sustained confrontation between the established order and the culture of the internet… By John Naughton / December 6, 2010 “Never waste a good crisis” … Continue reading
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Tagged Digital Media, Freedom of Information, Internet, Journalism, Technology, WikiLeaks
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Photo from Fibonacci Blue / Flickr. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / December 6, 2010 The picture above is a sign of our times. The right-wingers and teabaggers, which have taken over the Republican Party and driven out … Continue reading
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