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Death and the D.C. Madam
Deborah Jean Palfrey aka the D.C. Madam. Photo by Nikki Kahn, The Washington PostCall girls speak out about the suicide of Deborah Jeane Palfrey and the complicated truths it reveals about their lives.By Susannah Breslin / May 5, 2008 May … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Criminal Justice, Personal Freedom, Sexuality
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Freedom and the Internet
Why The ‘Right’ Gets Net Neutrality WrongBy Art Brodsky / May 5, 2008 Just in time for the House Telecommunications Subcommittee’s hearing tomorrow (May 6) on Net Neutrality legislation, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) and the American Spectator … Continue reading
D. Reavis : A Bridge to Earlier Times in Texas
Bridge at Eagle Pass, Texas / Piedras Negras, Coah., MexicoPostcards and Border WallsBy Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / May 5, 2008 In 1986 I drove every mile of every road on the official highway map of Texas: … Continue reading
Bill Moyers : A Texan’s Take on the Journalist’s Job
Bill Moyers with Lyndon Johnson Journalists as Truth TellersBy Bill Moyers / May 4, 2008 [Texan Bill Moyers delivered these remarks on April 3 in Washington, DC at the fifth annual Ridenhour Prize awards ceremony, sponsored by The Nation Institute … Continue reading
Bomb Bomb Iran, Surgical Strike Dept.
United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian insurgency campBy Michael Smith / May 4, 2008 The US military is drawing up plans for a “surgical strike” against an insurgent training camp inside Iran if Republican Guards continue … Continue reading
Quote of the Day : Cojones
Concerning Hillary and Obama: “If she gave him one of her cojones, they’d both have two.” James Carville, in Newsweek
a world that can get well
Paul Stanley.there’s something so wrong about wanting to wake up every dayand the world not be at war somewhere and for people to not beangry with each other and hate each other and for people, children,not to be starving, not … Continue reading
Rev. Hagee : John McCain’s Cross to Bear
John Hagee compares † Roman Church † to Hitler The All-White Elephant in the RoomBy Frank Rich / May 4, 2008 BORED by those endless replays of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? If so, go directly to YouTube, search for “John … Continue reading
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Tagged McCain, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Religion, Right Wing, Video
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A. Embree : 1968 Columbia Student Revolt Remembered in New York
Mark Rudd and Grace (Linda) LeClair, vets of the 1968 Columbia occupation, at 40th anniversary of the uprising in New York. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Columbia 1968: The View From TexasBy Alice Embree / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
And if we count the exhibition games in Michigan and Florida…
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A. Pogue : The Sad Tale of a Good Samaritan
Alan Pogue’s new look: “All I need is the two knobs, one on either side of my neck, for the perfect Halloween mask.” Painful self-portrait by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.“No good deed goes unpunished”: A cautionary tale of … Continue reading
Indiana : The Ball’s in Your Court
Homesick Texan on Chicanos and Mexican-hating Hoosiers (Oh, and the presidential match-up)By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2008 If it was not already clear to me, the place I lived most of my adult life, Texas, … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Racism, Sports, Texas
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