Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Ted McLaughlin : Debunking the Immigrant Myths

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Sign on fence of ranch on US/Mexico border near Campo, California. Photo by Fred Greaves / Reuters.Fear fuels $600 million border bill:Debunking the myths about immigrants By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2010 On Thursday, the … Continue reading →

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John Ross : ‘El Jefe Diego’ and ‘The Mysterious Disappearers’

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo of kidnapped Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, released via Twitter. This is the second version, with the copy of the muckraking newsweekly El Proceso, featuring his face on the cover, apparently photoshopped in.Bicentennial mischief in the making?The mysterious kidnapping of … Continue reading →

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Clare Bayard : Soldiers Charge Troops Unprepared for Deployment

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Troops in Afghanistan: How prepared are they? Photo by Brennan Linsley /AP.Army Weak:Reserve members facing deploymentCharge their company not fit for battle By Clare Bayard / The Rag Blog / August 12, 2010 See ‘A call to action at Fort … Continue reading →

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Roger Baker : Is Marx Still Relevant?

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from The Great Illuminator.Confessions of a neo-Marxist:Why Marx still matters By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 10, 2010 I suppose I might now call myself a neo-Marxist. This is not to argue that Marx does not … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Alyce Guynn : Minnie Redux

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Found Shit. Minnie Redux(after Cab Calloway’s ‘Minnie the Moocher’) I never kicked the gongyet I have longedfor an opiatic oblivionto the world pressing down I find it– that escape–in books, rented BBC seriesthe hat moviesand, at times, in … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Bobby Nelson : The Wall

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Veruschka (1971) / Playboy / Flatrock. THE WALL We are all masonshighly skilledwithout apprenticeshipa birthright of our culture We lay the bricksunintentionally – without designas we sit in silenceand long for god-driven bulldozers    to crush our life’s work Our … Continue reading →

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Steve Russell : In Memory of Jay Spotted Elk

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

In memory of Jay Spotted Elk It became possible to prove that Jay Spotted Elk’s last night on earth was not unusual in the history of Sheridan County, Nebraska. By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Ethics Charges and the Natural Order of Things

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Photo from Getty Images.The natural order of things:Ethics and Congresswomen Waters and Harman By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010 The stories about ethics violations by Congressman Charles Rangel (NY) have been making … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : Brent Snowcroft and the Roots of the Iraq War

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bush I’s national security advisor Brent Scowcroft. Photo from The Washington Times.‘Liberating Kuwait’ and targeting Saddam:Twenty years of war against Iraq By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010 This August marks the twentieth anniversary of the … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : Deporting Texas Student Was Big Mistake

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Saad Nabeel. Photo by Shehab Uddin / Der Spiegel.What the Times forgot to mention:Story of deported Texas studentAwaits President in Dallas By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010 While the New York Times Monday morning proclaims … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : (Crescent) Moon Musings

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Waxing crescent moon over Austin, Feb. 15, 2010. Photo from KXAN.com.Moon Musings:Waxing Crescent Moon,(August 12-August 15, 2010) By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / August 8, 2010 This phase of the moon is for promoting things that require growth. … Continue reading →

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John Ross : Epic Hunger Strike in the Land of the Hungry

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cayetano Cabrera of the Mexican Electricity Workers’ Union (SME). His hunger strike was the longest in Mexican history — but it ended in futility. Photo from Musicios y Politicos y Locos.Where Hunger is palpable:Mexican hunger strike sets recordBut electrical workers … Continue reading →

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