Author Archives: Thorne Dreyer

BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : ‘Mockingbird’ is Muddleheaded and Superficial

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

First edition image from Manhattan Rare Books.To Kill a Mockingbird turns 50:Harper Lee’s muddleheadedNovel for white liberals By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2010 This summer, literate Americans are feting the 50th anniversary of the publication … Continue reading →

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SPORT / Chief Wahoo : The Curse of Cleveland

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Newspaper RockMost racist logo in sports:Has Chief Wahoo again cursed Cleveland? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2010 CLEVELAND — Another tomahawk has sailed into the hearts of Cleveland sports fans. Is it the … Continue reading →

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla : Participants Speak Out

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Gaza Freedom Flotilla participants Ann Wright and Joe Meadors spoke in Austin about their experiences. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Col. Ann Wright and Joe Meadors:What really happened on the Freedom Flotilla By Alice Embree / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 2

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A graffiti artist paints the face of a Palestinian child on a wall in Beirut, Lebanon. Image from EPA.Part 2: Breaking the blockadeIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Coping With Anguish

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from toonpool.Struggling to be ‘fully alive’:Reports on coping with anguish By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / July 12, 2010 I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t been said many times over the centuries. That may have … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Our Brawling General

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

General James Mattis, shown here at Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan, in 2001. Photo by Dave Martin / AFP.‘The lesson was learnt…’Our brawling general By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / July 12, 2010 So we have a new general … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

If you find yourself in a hole, Ed Felien tells us, then stop digging. Unfortunately the Obama administration just keeps digging us deeper into the Afghanistan hole as it pursues a doomed strategy. And it’s a strategy that could also … Continue reading →

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Leonardo Boff : In Praise of the ‘Siesta’

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Did monks introduce the siesta to the West? Photo by DJW / Minnesota Renaissance Festival.In praise of the siesta “If you want to kill a friar, take away his siesta and make him eat late.” — old Spanish saying By … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan /14

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Hamid Karzai with U.S. Special Forces during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001. Photo from U.S. Military / Wikimedia Commons.Part 14: 1998-2001A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog /July 10, 2010 [If you’re a Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan : The Hole Keeps Getting Deeper

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Environmental art by Andy Goldsworthy. Image from TreeHugger.Digging deeper in Afghanistan:New general, same disaster By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / July 10, 2010 The first rule about holes is if you find yourself in one and you don’t … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ on Capitalism : How Profits Trump Safety

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Skeptic Cat.Collateral Damage, Dept:Of capitalism, profits, and destruction By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / July 10, 2010 I have been thinking a whole lot about the virtual destruction of the Gulf of Mexico, the rich animal … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Dick J. Reavis on ‘The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains’

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A worrisome message from Nicholas Carr:What The Shallows means for the left By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / July 10, 2010 [The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr (Norton, 2010; Hardcover, … Continue reading →

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