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Jordan Flaherty : New Orleans Jail Struggle Could Shape City’s Future
Image of Orleans Parish Prison from BBC documentary, Prisoners of Katrina.New Orleans:The nation’s incarceration capital Struggle over the size of New Orleans’ jail could define the city’s future. By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2010 NEW … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Incarceration, Jordan Flaherty, Katrina, New Orleans, Prisons, Social Action
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In his analysis of the 2010 midterms, Hankins tells us that “to draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported by reality and is typical spin-doctoring by Tea Party Republicans and their fellow travelers.” He details how … Continue reading
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FAIR : Election Coverage Misses the Mark by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. National media watchdog group FAIR reports that the media got the midterm elections all wrong. The journalists and pundits came up with a familiar analysis: the Democrats … Continue reading
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Lamar W. Hankins : 2010 Elections Without the Tea-Colored Glasses
Shading the truth? Tea Partier at Tax Day Rally in Pleasanton, California, April 15, 2010. Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.Looking at the electionwithout the Tea-colored glasses To draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : 2010 Elections Without the Tea-Colored Glasses
Shading the truth? Tea Partier at Tax Day Rally in Pleaston, California, April 15, 2010. Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.Looking at the electionwithout the Tea-colored glasses To draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported … Continue reading
Eric W. Dolan : Rick Perry Says Social Security is ‘Ponzi Scheme’
Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Photo from AP.Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Let states opt out of Social Security Eric W. Dolan / November 7, 2010 See “Yo, America. It’s Texas. We’ve got another one for ya!” by James Moore, Below. Appearing … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Conservatives, Rick Perry, Right Wing Extremists, Sarah Palin, Social Security, Texas Politics
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Jonah Raskin : Prop 19 Up in Smoke
Photo by Lucretious / stock.xchng.Up in smoke:Cannabis initiative post mortem By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO — I spent Election Day at Prop 19 Headquarters in Oakland, California, and witnessed the final, tumultuous … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, California, Cannabis, Drug Law Reform, Jonah Raskin, Marijuana, Prop 19
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BOOKS / Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Marge Piercy: Science Fiction as Prophetic Vision
Marge Piercy’s ‘He, She and It’:Science fiction as prophetic vision By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2010 [He, She and It by Marge Piercy (Knopf, 1991); Hardcover; 446 pp.] Marge Piercy’s novel He, She and … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Future, Judaism, Kabbalah, Marge Piercy, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Science Fiction
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Lamar W. Hankins : 2010 Elections Without the Tea-Colored Glasses
Shading the truth? Tea Partier at Tax Day Rally in Pleaston, California, April 15, 2010. Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.Looking at the electionwithout the Tea-colored glasses To draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported … Continue reading
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Marc Estrin : Spanking Your Inner Child
Inner Child. Image from Integral Options Cafe.Have you spankedyour inner child today? By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2010 I’m just beginning the week run of rehearsals and performances in the pit orchestra for Peter Pan. … Continue reading
BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Schneir’s ‘Final Verdict’ on Rosenbergs Offers No Such Thing
Walter Schneir’s ‘Final Verdict’:New book on Rosenbergs fails to deliverBy Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2010 [Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case by Walter Schneir; Preface and Afterword by Miriam Schneir (Melville House, … Continue reading
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Tagged Atomic Bomb, Books, Communist Party, Espionage, Jonah Raskin, Rosenberg Case, Soviet Union
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