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Academic publishing is destined to fail without a publisher-author partnership
Publishers have to show that they give a damn about their writers because writers are paying attention. By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | August 7, 2014 In the May 26, 2014 issue of The Nation, Scott Sherman wrote … Continue reading
METRO | Roger Baker : Is Austin’s ‘Strategic Mobility Plan’ smart planning or a billion dollar boondoggle?
What most voters probably don’t know about Austin’s upcoming big bucks transportation bond package. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | August 6, 2014 [Roger Baker joined Austin community activist Bill Oakey and host Thorne Dreyer on Rag Radio, … Continue reading
METRO | Alice Embree : Texas stands with Gaza
Thousands march in Austin protesting the Israeli invasion and demanding an end to U.S. complicity. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 6, 2014 AUSTIN — Thousands convened at the state Capitol in Austin on August 2nd for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Gaza Protest, Gaza, Israeli Occupation, Metro, Rag Bloggers, Social Action
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METRO | Bruce Melton : Is Austin Energy now against alternative energy?
The future is bright and breezy, not black and dirty. Whatever is going on with Austin Energy misses some very important and fundamental news. By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | August 5, 2014 AUSTIN — Really? Austin Energy … Continue reading
METRO EVENT | Austin friends to celebrate
the life of John Muir
Event: John Muir’s Wake Place: Shoal Creek Saloon Address: 909 North Lamar Blvd., Austin When: Sunday, August 24, 2014 Hours: 4-6 p.m. AUSTIN — Friends of John H. Muir will gather at Shoal Creek Saloon on Sunday, August 24, to … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Activists, Celebration, Death, John Muir, Metro, Obituary
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BOOKS | ‘Technocreep’ and how we are seduced by surveillance
Thomas Keenan has written a helpful description of the kinds of surveillance undertaken by corporations, governments, criminal enterprises, and just plain creeps every second of every day. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | August 5, 2014 [Technocreep: The … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Hacking, Internet, Internet Marketing, Privacy, Rag Bloggers, Ron Jacobs, Social Media, Surveillance, Technocreep, Technology, Thomas P. Keenan
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METRO | Roger Baker asks, ‘Is Austin’s “Strategic Mobility Plan” smart planning or a billion dollar boondoggle?’ This one’s a must-read.
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METRO | Alice Embree : A moving memorial for the victims of the UT Tower shootings
Whitman survivor Claire Wilson James said, ‘It was so important to me that a student group organized this event, and that a younger generation is carrying these stories forward.’ By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 4, 2014 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Artly Snuff, Charles Whitman, Claire Wilson James, Gary Lavergne, Living Memorial, Metro, Rag Bloggers, UT Tower Shootings, UT-Austin
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Tonkin Gulf: The event that changed my
life forever
I was a fly on the wall. I was a member of the staff of the operational command under whose authority the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy would enter the history books. By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver | The … Continue reading
METRO | Alice Embree reports on a moving memorial for the victims of the UT Tower shootings.
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New Zealand’s ‘Outrageous Fortune’ is an extremely clever comedy-drama TV series
An adorable cast creates a West Auckland criminal family struggling to go straight after its leader is imprisoned. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | August 3, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Criticism, New Zealand Television, Outrageous Fortune, Rag Bloggers
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