Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Houston Pride : 2010 Parade is Horse of Different Color

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Houston gay and lesbian community — and friends — stage a massive and joyous Pride Parade in the Montrose neighborhood, for the 31st straight year. Photos by Bill Maxey / The Rag Blog.(And the cops manage to hold their horses)Massive … Continue reading →

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Formula None : Is Austin Cruisin’ For a Bruisin’?

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

UPDATED JULY 2, 2010 Formula One racing: coming your way. Photo from Business Week.Controversy brewing:Is Formula One the right fit? By Stefan Wray / The Rag Blog / June 30, 2010 AUSTIN — If I told you I hated fast … Continue reading →

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Austin Benefit : Friends Support, Celebrate Marilyn Buck

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Robert King, former Black Panther and member of the Angola 3, speaks in support of Marilyn Buck at June 25 benefit in Austin. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Lively Austin gathering benefitsPolitical prisoner Marilyn Buck By Mariann G. … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime : Our Enduring Commitment

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThe Rag Blog

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Marc Estrin : The Genius of Jean Baudrillard

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

THE GENIUS OF JEAN BAUDRILLARD By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 29, 2010 [This is the first of three parts.] My last week’s posting on The Rag Blog, Tea for Two, led to several inquiries concerning the … Continue reading →

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Vision of a Better World : Let the Poets Speak

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Meridel Le Sueur. Photo from Working Women.Class, race, empire, and resistance:The vision of the poetBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / June 28, 2010 Oil Spills as the Gulf of Mexico is Destroyed Judge with BP Stock Rules Against … Continue reading →

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Roger Baker : Bad News and The Wall of Denial

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Breaking down the wall. Photo from Andrew Alexander / Flickr.Shock therapy:Breaking down the wall of denial By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / June 27, 2010 I think that dramatic experiences like the oil spill, or some other bad … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan /12

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Soviet troops leaving Afghanistan, 1988. Photo by Mikhail Evstafiev / Wikimedia Commons.Part 12: 1987-1992A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 [If you’re a Rag Blog reader who wonders how the Pentagon … Continue reading →

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John Ross : An Uprising of Bones in Mexico

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Tlatecuhtli, Aztec goddess of the earth, a fierce frog-like creature. The monumental 12-ton slab was discovered during an excavation beneath a popular Mexico City cantina. Photo from Noticias Azatlan Virtual.An uprising of bones:Macabre marks past and present in Mexico By … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Emotional Reactions to Collapse

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Anguish. Image from Fixing My Life.The anguish of the age: Emotional reactions to collapse By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2010 We live amidst multiple crises — economic and political, cultural and ecological — that pose … Continue reading →

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Paul Krassner : Why Firing the General Was an Act of God

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Larson / The Far Side / The Mutt’s Nuts.Why firing the GeneralWas an act of God By Paul Krassner / The Rag Blog / June 25, 2010 The volcano in Iceland was considered an Act of God. Smoke … Continue reading →

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Texas Republicans : A Platform for Atilla the Hun

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas Gov. Rick Perry welcomes the flock at the first general session of the Republican Party of Texas convention on June 11, 2010, in Dallas. Photo from AP.A document for the (middle) ages:Platform of the Texas Republican Party By Ted … Continue reading →

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