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Brown and Palin : Photogenic Pols a Panacea for ‘Independent’ Anger?
Scott Brown and Sarah Louise Palin: All smiles and skin. Composite graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Photos from Cosmopolitan and Vogue Magazine.Good looks and empty minds:The new political trend? By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Independents, Larry Ray, Political Opinion, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Scott Brown
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U.S. Global Intervention : ‘This Madness Must Cease’
Cartoon by Polyp.‘This madness must cease’How our foreign policy impacts the world By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 20, 2010 At a critical juncture in the escalation of the Vietnam War, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Capitalism, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Military, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Jobs Now or President Palin?
President Sarah Palin. Photo by Jeff Schultz / Kris Kros / The Washington Independent.Pick One: A sharp turn towards progressive populism The election of Sarah Palin What our country needs now is a huge job-creation program made possible by great … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, Jobs, Obama Administration, Populism, Progressives, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Right Wing, Sarah Palin, Social Action
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Jordan Flaherty : New Orleans’ Heart is in Haiti
New Orleans creole cottages: a gift from Haiti. Painting by B.Sasik.New Orleans and our Haitian roots We share a common history, and we will work for a shared future of justice and liberation. By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquake, Haiti, History, Jordan Flaherty, Natural Disasters, New Orleans
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Stayin’ Alive : Managing Osteoarthritis with Complementary and Alternative Medicine
“Skeleton Woman.” Prisma color pencil, watercolor, applique by Lucy MadelineStayin’ Alive:Hanging out in the joints with osteoarthritis By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / January 19, 2010 [Stayin’ Alive is a new periodic column on Complementary and Alternative … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Health Care, Alternative Medicine, CAM Medicine, Mariann G. Wizard
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Haiti : Why Voodoo Won’t Do
Above, the National Palace in Puerto Principe. Photo from EPA / Zumapress.com. Below, destroyed housing in Port-au-Prince. Photo by Logan Abassi / Getty Images.Why Voodoo won’t do:Haiti and the superstructure of failure By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquake, Haiti, History, Natural Disasters, Sid Eschenbach
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Rage Against the Machine : Diebold and the Massachusetts Election
Illustration by Doug Potter / The Austin Chronicle.Hacking the vote:Will Diebold steal the Senate? As Bay Staters vote to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, most will be marking scantron ballots to be run through easily hackable electronic counters made by … Continue reading
Texas Songwriter Vince Bell : One Man’s Music
Vince Bell. Photo by David Byboth.One Man’s Music:Three-Day Ride to the Kitchen By Vince Bell / The Rag Blog / January 18, 2010 Legendary Texas singer/songwriter Vince Bell will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Tuesday, January 12, 2-3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Music History, Progressive Country, Rag Radio, Singers, Songwriters, Texas, Vince Bell
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Texas’ Dr. Death : Executing the Mentally Retarded
Daniel Plata, a mentally retarded criminal saved from execution in Texas, is shown in picture on a bookshelf at his home. Photo by Michael Stravato / The Texas Observer.Cruel and unusual in Texas:Executing the mentally retarded ‘When you have junk … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Mental Retardation, Texas, Texas Death Row, Texas Observer
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