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Tom Hayden’s Return to Vietnam
[This is a fine article by Tom Hayden, SDS co-founder, primary author of The Port Huron Statement and now California state senator, on his return trip to Vietnam. I recommend it highly. Thorne Dreyer, The Rag Blog.] The Old Revolutionaries … Continue reading
Richard Dawkins and "The God Delusion"
Photo by Bret Gerbe / Austin American-Statesman.Atheist author draws impassioned crowd in Austin.By Eileen E. Flynn / Austin American-Statesman / March 20, 2008 Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist with star power, drew some 1,200 people to hear his take on … Continue reading
Iraq Protesters Gather at Texas State Capitol
Vigil at Texas State Capitol. Photo by Jamie Josephs / The Rag Blog.There was a liberal turnout at last night’s (March 19, 2008) Peace Vigil which started at 7 p.m. at the front gates of the Texas State Capitol in … Continue reading
Vigils Mark Fifth Anniversary of Iraq War
Protesters gather in San Antonio, Austin to urge end to Iraq war.By Michele Roberts / AP / March 20, 2008 SAN ANTONIO — Protesters calling for an end to the war in Iraq gathered Wednesday night near the Alamo, the … Continue reading
Austin Student in D.C. Actions Against War
Students Arrested Protesting Iraq War in Washington, D.C. Austin teen joins Iraq war protests in Washington.By Bob Dart / Washington Bureau / Austin American-Statesman / March 19, 2008 WASHINGTON — Nora Hansel, an 18-year-old college student from Austin, is taking … Continue reading
Hillary Clinton and Her Secretive Religious "Fellowship"
Illustration by Andy Friedman / Mother Jones Hillary’s Nasty Pastorateby Barbara Ehrenreich / The Nation / March 19, 2008 There’s a reason Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent during the flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah … Continue reading
The Organizer
Alice Embree of MDS/Austin and CodePink — and former Ragstaffer — at the Million Musicians March, March 15, 2008. For more CodePink pictures, go Here.
Barack Obama’s Speech on Race, Religion and Jeremiah Wright
Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union (Full Speech) March 8, 2008 Source.
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Arthur C. Clarke 1917-2008 : The Ultimate Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke, Premier Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 90By Gerald Jonas / New York Times / March 18, 2008 Arthur C. Clarke, a writer whose seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age, … Continue reading
Healing the Wounds of Race
Rev. Jeremiah Wright at Trinity United Church of Christ. Prophetic truth-telling from the black pulpit.By Jim Wallis / Huffington Post / March 18, 2008 It has simmered throughout this campaign, and now race has exploded into the center of the … Continue reading
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Cheney in Baghdad
Cheney cites ‘phenomenal’ Iraqi security progress As bombing kills 40By Hannah Allam and Qassim Zein / McClatchy / March 17, 2008 BAGHDAD — Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday made a surprise visit to Baghdad, where he pledged that U.S. … Continue reading
Dowd on Dubya
Soft Shoe in Hard Times By Maureen Dowd / March 16, 2008 Everyone here is flummoxed about why the president is in such a fine mood. The dollar’s crumpling, the recession’s thundering, the Dow’s bungee-jumping and the world’s disapproving, yet … Continue reading
