Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Harvey Wasserman : Putting Lipstick on a Radioactive Pig

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Texas Vox / Public Citizen.High dollar nuclear makeover:$645 million in lipstick for a radioactive pig By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / February 24, 2010 The mystery has been solved. Where is this “new reactor renaissance” coming … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : How the Ruling Class Rules

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from La Revue Gauche.The new class society:How does the ruling class rule? By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / February 23, 2010 The substructure In an effort to teach and reflect more systematically about class rule in the … Continue reading →

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Susie Q and Oh Susanna : Riffing on Music About Women

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Rick Nelson and James Burton. Image from theexpress-band.com.From Susanna to Suzie Q:Don’t you cry for me… By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / February 23, 2010 You can gauge the status of women from the music we like … Continue reading →

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Perfect Storm Coming? : GOP Winning With Message Control

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from The Situationist.Democrats facing perfect political storm?GOP raises misinformation to an art formBy Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / February 22, 2010 As E.J. Dionne writes, Barack Obama, Democrats, and liberals are losing now. Big time! The Democrats … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan : Telling the Wolves from the Sheep

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

It all started in Rhode Island…They shoot Americans, don’t they? To expect that they won’t be shot at is an example of that sort of American innocence that has worn awfully thin after centuries of American invasions of other countries. … Continue reading →

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Tilting at Windmills : Don Quixote, the Israel Ballet, and the Dance of Apartheid

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Don Quixote goes mad. Engraving by Gustave Doré. Image from Wikimedia Commons.Showing Israel’s ‘prettier face’:Don Quixote comes to Burlington Whether conscious or not, there is a deep irony in the choice of Don Quixote as a touring piece for the … Continue reading →

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Health Care Blues : Citizens Suffer While Insurance Profits Soar

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from Public Option Health Care Now.Health care blues:Insurance profits soar, Congress fiddles,Teabaggers rail against ‘socialist’ Obama By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / February 21, 2010 As I write, we await the President’s open discussion about … Continue reading →

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Leonardo Boff: Haiti : A Test for Humanity

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Village,” acrylic on canvas by Haitian artist Hilome Jose.Haiti: A test for humanity We have reached a moment in history in which we all find ourselves intertwined in a unique geosociety. Without the solidarity of all towards all, and towards … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow: 1,000 : Afghanistan Milestone of Death

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

On April 5, 2009,the American public saw the flag-draped casket of a fallen service member for the first time since 1991 — that of Staff Sergeant Phillip Meyers. Sadly, we’ve seen way too many more.Milestone of death: 1,000 GIsAnd God … Continue reading →

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Colombia and FARC : Six Long Decades of Fighting for Peace

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Andres Pastrana, President of Colombia from 1998-2002, in peace negotiations with FARC leader Manuel Marulanda Velez. Photo from Latin American Studies.A Promise of Peace:Colombia, the guerrillas, and the paracos By Marion Delgado / The Rag Blog / February 20, 2010 … Continue reading →

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A Dangerous Profession : Worldwide Abuse of Journalists

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Honduran police surround AP photographer Dario Lopez-Mills as he covers protests that followed the June presidential coup. Photo by Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters / CPJ.CPJ report:Journalists around the worldFace harassment, prison, death 801 journalists have been killed since 1992, and … Continue reading →

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Sky is Falling : The Press and Evan Bayh’s Retirement

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Panic attack. Image from Moonbattery.Press frames the corporate spin:Evan Bayh calls it quits By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / February 18, 2010 On February 15, 2010, the sky began to fall, at least according to media pundits. Incumbent … Continue reading →

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