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Greg Moses : The Sound of Un-Hatched Chickens Crashing
Generation Payback:The cash value of capitalism By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2010 Confronted on Tax Day by satellite visions of free market capitalism led by the American Tea Party, global investors began to exit the … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, Finance, Global Economy, Greg Moses, Investments, Tea Baggers
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A THOUGHT FOR MOTHER’S DAYBy Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2010 On Mother’s Day 2010, what are the best countries in which to be a mother on the basis of the exacting “Mother’s Index” compiled … Continue reading
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Mother’s Day 2010 : ‘State of the World’s Mothers’
Afghan mother and child. Photo from Center for American Progress.U.S. ranking not so good…Reporting on the status of mothers The dreadful circumstances of so many of the world’s mothers and children on this Mother’s Day are preventable. There is enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Infant Mortality, Jack A. Smith, Mother's Day, Poverty, Women
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Jonah Raskin : A Specter is Haunting Europe
Is the old Europe history? A cafe in Brussels.Crisis in Greece a sign of the times?A specter is haunting Europe By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / May 8, 2010 BRUSSELS — The Europe of old is on its … Continue reading
Budd Saunders : Luck, and Dumb Luck
Sailers in 1946 are shown wearing goggles to shield their eyes from an atomic blast. Dr. Phil Trapp told about how such goggles were expected to protect his World War II Marine flotilla from the effects of a third atomic … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : The Mathematics of Mother’s Day
A novel approach:Happy Mother’s DayBy Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 8, 2010 Novelist and Rag Blog contributor Marc Estrin will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Tuesday, May 11, 2-3 p.m. (CST) on KOOP 91.7 FM … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 4
British Intelligence agent T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) came to Afghanistan in 1928, and virtually directed anti-government activities. Image from Jordan Jubilee.Part 4: 1924-1933A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2010 [If … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Feldman, Great Britain, Imperialism, South Asia, T.E. Lawrence, World History
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Teabaggers in 2010? : Debunking the Political Wisdom
Image from The Daily Globe.Will the right wing seize power?Looking ahead to November By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / May 7, 2010 [The Rag Blog doesn’t post a lot about election predictions, but I think it is important … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Elections, Electoral politics, Tea Baggers, Ted McLaughlin
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Happy Birthday Karl
Birthday card by James Retherford / The Rag Blog / May 5, 2010.The Rag Blog
Ray Reece : Where’s the Outrage?
A dead Portuguese man-of-war floats on rust-colored oil off the Louisiana coast on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Photo by Eric Gay / AP.Where’s the outrage?Just more ‘Happy Motoring’ Given the other threats currently menacing planet Earth and its so-called civilization, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill, Ray Reece, Sustainability
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Dick J. Reavis : Something Missing at Texas Writers’ Festival?
“The Texican.” Painting © Mike Aston /mikeastonart.com .Artaud and Arizona:Tempest at Texas Observer’s writers’ fest By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / May 5, 2010 This weekend a startling email come to my inbox and to those of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dick J. Reavis, Diversity, Latinos, Liberals, Texas, Texas Monthly, Texas Observer, Writers
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VERSE / Larry Piltz : The Gulf
Art from illusion360.The Gulf “The water was fouled at once,but they drank it none the less,a mess of mud and blood”– Thucydides Oil on the waterblood on the sandscruel and unusualbig business planseleven souls dyingthen millions moreof fellow live beingsdamn … Continue reading
