Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Lamar W. Hankins : Texas Atty. Gen. Greg Abbott’s ‘Demagoduery’

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Kountze cheerleaders. Screen grab from ABC News. Image from Austinist.com. Gimme a ‘G’: Texas Atty. Gen. Abbott’s ‘demagoduery’ It is beyond conjecture or opinion: the Kountze cheerleader banners expressing religious views are government speech. By Lamar W. Hankins | The … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : The REAL Scandal at the IRS

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

“Can’t make ’em see the light? Make ’em feel the heat” — Hugh Fike, coordinator of the Heritage Society for America’s “Sentinel” program. The IRS ‘scandal’ is notwhat opportunists claim it is If the Internal Revenue Service is to be … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : Texas Governors Bush and Perry, and Their Network of the Ultra-Rich, 1996-2011

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas Gov. Rick Perry with then President (and former Texas Governor) George W. Bush at a 2002 campaign event in Dallas. On the left is Texas Sen. John Cornyn. Photo by Larry Downing / Reuters. The hidden history of Texas … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : The Collapse of Journalism

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic treatment by James Retherford / The Rag Blog. The collapse of journalism and the journalism of collapse:From royal, to prophetic, to apocalyptic When we strip away supernatural claims and delusions of grandeur, we can understand the prophetic as the calling … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Blake Slonecker’s ‘New Dawn’ Tells the LNS Story

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

A New Dawn for the New Left: Blake Slonecker’s valuable history of LNS “By distributing a common news packet to underground outlets, LNS enabled local rags to cover national and international news to an unprecedented degree, curbing their isolation and … Continue reading →

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Michael James : Doing the Whirlpool at the Paradise

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Whirlpool at the Paradise, Chicago, 2003. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James’ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: When the water was flowing atChicago’s Paradise bathhouse I’ve been in lots of … Continue reading →

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Alan Waldman : ‘Wire in the Blood’ is a Gripping British Crime Series

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

  Waldman’s film and TV treasures you may have missed: Robson Green is powerful as an eccentric, troubled clinical psychologist who helps police solve gruesome Yorkshire crimes. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2013 [In his … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Wu Ming Does the Middle Ages

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Masterful job by writers’ collective:Wu Ming does the Middle Ages The reader is propelled into a tale of spies for and against the Church; of bloody feuds between armies of the Church and peasant rebels; and of communities organized along … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Guantánamo Turns Us All Into Monsters

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by AP. Image from Salon. The nation’s shame: Guantánamo turns us all into monsters The President says the right things, but he doesn’t seem to have the political will to release those wrongly imprisoned in Guantánamo. By Lamar W. … Continue reading →

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REPORT / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘La Vida Coca’ in Bolivia and Peru

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Pre-Incan metal vessels in the Larco Museum, Lima, for storing coca leaves. Human-faced pots from some early Andean cultures (not shown) have distended cheek pouches, where coca leaves are held during use. The central figure above is using coca in … Continue reading →

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PHOTO ESSAY / Otis Ike : The NRA War Party in Houston

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Undercover at the NRA: Otis Ike with new friend at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston, May 3-5, 2013. All photos by Otis Ike  / The Rag Blog. A Klan rally without hoods:The NRA War Party in Houston … Continue reading →

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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : ‘Radio Unnameable’ Legend Bob Fass and Filmmaker Paul Lovelace

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Late-night radio revolutionary Bob Fass, left, and filmmaker Paul Lovelace. Rag Radio podcast: Free-form radio legend Bob Fass and‘Radio Unnameable‘ filmmaker Paul Lovelace “I wanna be a neuron — I don’t wanna be the brain. We’re all the brain.” — Bob … Continue reading →

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