Author Archives: Thorne Dreyer

And in this Corner : The Globalists Vs. the Pragmatists

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Globalist discourse’ on war and peace:2010 will be year of ideological struggle By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 7, 2010 The year ends with the resurgence of what we might call “globalist discourse.” Globalist discourse is a … Continue reading →

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Ireland : ‘Blasphemy’ Now Against the Law

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Irish atheists fight back:Dissing religion now a secular rap By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 6, 2010 On January 1st a new law took effect in Ireland — the so-called “Blasphemy Law.” This law makes it a … Continue reading →

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‘TV Everywhere’ : Pulling the Plug on Web-Based Video?

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Say goodbye to free online television:Comcast launches ‘TV Everywhere’By Josh Silver / January 6, 2010 On Monday, public interest groups called on federal authorities to investigate a plan by the largest cable, satellite and phone companies that threatens the future … Continue reading →

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Colombia : Pablo Emilio Moncayo: A Pawn in Uribe’s Game

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Pablo Emilio Moncayo in 1996, 19 years old.Colombia’s Uribe: Playing politics with Pablo Somewhere in the Amazon jungle tonight, Pablo sleeps chained to a tree stump, his release prevented by the government he served all these long years in order … Continue reading →

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U.S. Government : Six Decades of Spying on its Citizens

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s a national tradition:Spying on Americans Part One: LBJ and Nixon By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / January 5, 2010 [This is the first installment of Sherman DeBrosse’s series about the U.S. government’s extensive and inglorious history of … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse 2010 : Meltdown Under the American Bubble

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Planet Earth was coming apart at the seams.Remembering 2010 (if we must):Mass amnesia, the Rapture,and the Palin-Bachmann nuptials By John Ross / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2010 MEXICO CITY — Book-ended by mass amnesia under the American bubble, … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform : ‘This Won’t Hurt a Bit’

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Puckett from Stand Up For America.Congress’ health care fix: Cure worse than the disease? By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2010 “History records that the money changers have used every form of … Continue reading →

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Stayin’ Alive : Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Tree of Life,” working design for Stoclet Frieze, Gustav Klimt, 1905/09.Stayin’ Alive:Towards a conscious self-health-care continuum No system of medicine is static, and none has a monopoly on beneficial knowledge or tactics. By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Chinua Achebe’s ‘British-Protected Child’

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Chinua Achebe’s sharp and inspiring essays:The Education of a British-Protected Child By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2010 [The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays, by Chinua Achebe. (Knopf, October 6, 2009, 172 pp., $24.95)] Here’s … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden : Afghanistan and a Reluctant NATO

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from Florida Times-Union / Netizen News Brief.The Peace Exchange:NATO and the Afghan War By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2010 The White House and Pentagon are lobbying hard for an increased NATO troop commitment for … Continue reading →

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South Africa’s Dennis Brutus : A Poet for Human Rights

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Dennis Brutus. Photos by Victor Dlamini / Flickr.He will be remembered for his art and for his life:Liberation poet Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / January 2, 2010 See ‘The Poetic Justice of Dennis … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime : Courts Release Terrorists!

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog

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