Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Distribution of Wealth : Way Out of Whack

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from OECD / CBS News.Trickle UP theory:The recession and its roots By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / July 15, 2010 Have you ever wondered just what caused the deep recession that the United States is in? Many … Continue reading →

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Paul Krassner : Remembering Tuli Kupferberg

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

In the day: Paul Krassner, Tuli Kupferberg, and unidentified woman. Photo by Paskal / The Rag Blog.And about those rumors…Remembering Tuli By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / July 14, 2010 [Tuli Kupferberg, beat poet, singer, and a founder … Continue reading →

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Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs : Rock’s Inner City Shaman

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Tuli Kupferberg. Image from The Poetry Project.Beat poet, humanist, political mystic, rock star:The Fugs’ Tuli Kupferberg dies at 86 Despite all my waspy-whitebread cultural upbringing I fell in love with this individual immediately, even though he was probably the ugliest … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : ‘Mockingbird’ is Muddleheaded and Superficial

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

First edition image from Manhattan Rare Books.To Kill a Mockingbird turns 50:Harper Lee’s muddleheadedNovel for white liberals By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2010 This summer, literate Americans are feting the 50th anniversary of the publication … Continue reading →

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SPORT / Chief Wahoo : The Curse of Cleveland

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Newspaper RockMost racist logo in sports:Has Chief Wahoo again cursed Cleveland? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2010 CLEVELAND — Another tomahawk has sailed into the hearts of Cleveland sports fans. Is it the … Continue reading →

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla : Participants Speak Out

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Gaza Freedom Flotilla participants Ann Wright and Joe Meadors spoke in Austin about their experiences. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Col. Ann Wright and Joe Meadors:What really happened on the Freedom Flotilla By Alice Embree / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 2

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A graffiti artist paints the face of a Palestinian child on a wall in Beirut, Lebanon. Image from EPA.Part 2: Breaking the blockadeIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Coping With Anguish

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from toonpool.Struggling to be ‘fully alive’:Reports on coping with anguish By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / July 12, 2010 I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t been said many times over the centuries. That may have … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Our Brawling General

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

General James Mattis, shown here at Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan, in 2001. Photo by Dave Martin / AFP.‘The lesson was learnt…’Our brawling general By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / July 12, 2010 So we have a new general … Continue reading →

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Leonardo Boff : In Praise of the ‘Siesta’

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Did monks introduce the siesta to the West? Photo by DJW / Minnesota Renaissance Festival.In praise of the siesta “If you want to kill a friar, take away his siesta and make him eat late.” — old Spanish saying By … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan /14

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Hamid Karzai with U.S. Special Forces during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001. Photo from U.S. Military / Wikimedia Commons.Part 14: 1998-2001A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog /July 10, 2010 [If you’re a Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan : The Hole Keeps Getting Deeper

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Environmental art by Andy Goldsworthy. Image from TreeHugger.Digging deeper in Afghanistan:New general, same disaster By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / July 10, 2010 The first rule about holes is if you find yourself in one and you don’t … Continue reading →

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