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the Cossacks are coming Hurrah Hurrah
Ilya Repins’s Zaporozhian Cosssacks.the Cossacks are coming Hurrah Hurrahthe Cossacks are coming for you Grandmathe Cossacks are coming they’re coming Huzzahthe Cossacks are coming for you the Cossacks are coming in SUVsthe Cossacks are coming get on your kneesthe Cossacks … Continue reading
Books : Dick Reavis Sees John Howard Griffin in Available Light
Pardon for the Cult of Black Like MeBy Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / May 27, 2008 In November, 1959, with the help of doctors and dyes, a white Texan briefly became a black man in Dixie as … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, American Society, Authors, Books, History, Literature, Photography, Racism, SDS, The Left
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Doug Zachary on the Passing of Folk Legend Utah Phillips
Reflections on Utah PhillipsBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog / May 27, 2008 [Singer, songwriter, labor organizer, Korean war vet and man of peace Utah Phillips died of congestive heart failure on May 23 at his home in Nevada … Continue reading
Classical and Futurist : This Monkey is Opera to See
The opera “Monkey: Journey to the West” at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. in Charleston, S.C. Photo by William Struhs / NYT. Opera of the future??? Jim Retherford / The Rag Blog Opera Meets Animation to Tell a Chinese TaleBy Daniel … Continue reading
The Earth : Love it or Lose it, Part III
The following from the Eurupean Tribune is long, but very informative. There is some doubt as to the leap from capacity (energy developed under ‘standard conditions’) to portion of power available over time, but it’s probably a good ball-park estimate. … Continue reading
Memorial Day Rose
Photo by Stephanie Chernikowski / The Rag Blog started the day by feeding my plants. the rose in the photo is from the fire house around the corner, where i garden. the cat is my hecate rose. stephanie chernikowski / … Continue reading
Mexican’s Cry: Legalize It!
Mexico’s Narco Opera Reaches for High NoteBy John Ross / May 25, 2008 Mexico’s on-going Narco Opera is straining to reach new dramatic heights. Springtime 2008 has been for killing. Since Good Friday (March 21st) when 22 citizens were slaughtered … Continue reading
Fox News’ Liz Trotta Jokes About Killing Obama
Fox commentator slams Clinton, jokes about killing ObamaBy Nick Langewis / May 25, 2008 This morning, while discussing the media uproar surrounding Senator Clinton’s latest invocation of Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination, Liz Trotta, former New York bureau chief of … Continue reading
R.I.P. Utah Phillips
One of the great hobos, labor organizers, union men and singer/writer/mentors Utah Phillips passed away on Friday night. He was 73 years old and I suspect any reader of Songs:Illinois will be well aware of the work of Utah. Newer … Continue reading
Maureen Dowd : All About Eve
Hillary’s inelegant misspeakBy Maureen Dowd / May 25, 2008 Maybe it was the proximity of Mount Rushmore and Deadwood, but something caused Hillary’s inner Eve Harrington to leap out in South Dakota. Venturing into Daschle-Obama territory, she inadvertently and inelegantly … Continue reading
Barack Obama wants Bill to heal Hillary Clinton wounds
Obama’s team think their man and Bill Clinton can reunite the partyAn assassination remark is the latest twist to sour relations between the two rivalsBy Sarah Baxter / May 25, 2008 WASHINGTON — Barack Obama, the probable Democratic presidential nominee, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Hillary, Obama, Presidential Campaign
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U.S. Economy On Very Shaky Ground
Tim Backshall, chief credit derivatives strategist at Credit Derivatives Research LLC, sits for a photo in his office in Walnut Creek, California, on May 6, 2008. Photo by Andy Freeberg/Bloomberg Markets via Bloomberg News. A long but very good analysis … Continue reading
