Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
Author Archives: Thorne Dreyer
‘Magic’ Poet, ‘Weed Ambassador’ Simon Vinkenoog Dead at 80
Poet Simon Vinkenoog, a Sixties icon. With the death of Simon Vinkenoog Amsterdam loses one more of its iconic ambassadors of the ‘Swinging Sixties’… when the Dutch capital gained its reputation as a drugs-friendly Magic Centre… By Rob Kievit / … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Amsterdam, Deaths, Drugs, Marijuana, Poets, Psychedelics, Sixties
2 Comments
‘Medicare Advantage?’ Advantage Big Business
Health care reform and the 85 percent solution By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2009 “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Obama Administration, Public Health
3 Comments
NAACP Turns 100; Convention Met by Anti-War Protest
Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP with long-time civil rights activist Hazel Dukes. Photo by Thomas Good / NLN / The Rag BlogDemonstrators at NAACP confab protest presence of army recruiters As the NAACP kicked off its convention … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged African-American, Civil Rights Movement, Military Recruiting, NAACP, Peace Movement, Social Protest
1 Comment
Coup in Honduras : Talks Reach Stalemate as Demonstrations Continue
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. Photo by AFP/Getty. Costa Rican President Óscar Arias mediates controversial talks between Zelaya and Micheletti stand-ins while demonstrations against coup in Honduras continue. By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2009 … Continue reading
Film / ‘The Hurt Locker’ : Kathryn Bigelow’s Explosive Iraq War Movie
The Hurt Locker will deepen your understanding of what our soldiers have been enduring in Iraq for twelve to fifteen months at a stretch. By Tod Ensign / The Rag Blog / July 11, 2009 See ‘The Hurt Locker, Ticking … Continue reading
Democrats in Texas : Lone Star State Turning Blue?
The Democrats: Houston mayor Bill White, left, is expected to make a run for the Senate and Gene Locke is a leading candidate to succeed him as mayor of Houston. Another top mayoral candidate is openly gay City Controller Annise … Continue reading
ASCAP : Ring-a-Ding-Ding! Ka-Ching.
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.ASCAP wants to be paid when your phone rings …these are the same folks who crisscrossed America threatening and intimidating small business owners for having a radio playing in their small shop, diner … Continue reading
Organic Alternative and the Whole Foods Fraud
The organic monopoly and the myth of ‘natural’ foods: How industry giants are undermining the organic movement On non-meat products, the term natural is typically pure propaganda. Companies (like Whole Foods Market or UNFI) are simply telling us what we … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Agriculture, Environment, Organic Food, pollution, Sustainability, Whole Foods
6 Comments
‘Dollar Bill’ Jefferson and the Case of the Cold Cash
Government exhibit 20-45C. This photo was presented July 8, 2009, as court evidence in the trial of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La. It was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s office and shows an FBI agent holding contents seized on Aug. 3, … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Cheney, Congress, Criminal Justice, Nigeria, Political Corruption, SEC
4 Comments
California Pay to Play : Marijuana Futures!
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘is known to have extensive first-hand knowledge about the many uses’ of marijuana, is shown taking a break following a workout in the film ‘Pumping Iron.’California should pay its people in pot The state could grow … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged California, Cannabis, Economy, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana
2 Comments
