Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Chinua Achebe’s ‘British-Protected Child’

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Chinua Achebe’s sharp and inspiring essays:The Education of a British-Protected Child By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2010 [The Education of a British-Protected Child: Essays, by Chinua Achebe. (Knopf, October 6, 2009, 172 pp., $24.95)] Here’s … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden : Afghanistan and a Reluctant NATO

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from Florida Times-Union / Netizen News Brief.The Peace Exchange:NATO and the Afghan War By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2010 The White House and Pentagon are lobbying hard for an increased NATO troop commitment for … Continue reading →

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South Africa’s Dennis Brutus : A Poet for Human Rights

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Dennis Brutus. Photos by Victor Dlamini / Flickr.He will be remembered for his art and for his life:Liberation poet Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / January 2, 2010 See ‘The Poetic Justice of Dennis … Continue reading →

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Antibiotic Abuse : Controlling the Super Bug

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Nick Kim.(Hint: Chill with the antibiotics)Controlling MRSA, the Super BugBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 2, 2010 There is a very scary bacteria called Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It is scary because the nasty Staph … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : A Blue-Mooning, Baby-Booming New Year

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The second full moon in a single month is commonly known as a ‘blue moon,’ and that’s what we saw on New Year’s Eve.Photo by Vatsyayana / Getty.Our blue-mooned, baby-boomed 64th birthday baptism… When we believed ourselves immortal, as all … Continue reading →

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Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn : Gaza Freedom Marchers Clubbed by Cairo Cops

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cairo riot police confront Gaza Freedom March. Top photo from AP. Bottom photo by Brandon Delyzer from rabble.ca.Gaza Freedom March:Lively demonstration at the Egyptian Museum By Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn / The Rag Blog / January 1, 2010 Also … Continue reading →

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New York : Marching for the Children of Gaza

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Thousands marched in New York on Dec. 27, 2009, in support of the people of Gaza. Photo by Bud Korotzer / NLN.Marching for the children of Gaza:Thousands demonstrate in New York CityBy Fran Korotzer / The Rag Blog / January … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh : Get Well, Class Clown

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Rush Limbaugh. From “Republican Clowns” / Daniel Kurtzman / Ask.com.Sick, sick, sick…Rush Limbaugh, Class ClownBy Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / December 31, 2009 There’s one in every classroom. Competing with the teacher for attention, cracking jokes, disrupting … Continue reading →

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Bernardine Dohrn : Gaza Freedom March: Reimagining Change

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

UPDATE: See ‘Gaza Freedom march converges on Midan Tahrir,’ Below. Above, photo from Palestine Chronicle / Aljazeera. Below, holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein, center, and Gaza Freedom March activists in Cairo Tuesday. Photo by Amr Nabil / AP / Christian Science … Continue reading →

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Fear in 2009: Year of the Bullet

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“Playing with Guns.” Photo from Mikesjournal.The fear stimulus:Year of the Bullet 2009 For every claim that the Obama landslide transformed American culture in 2009 we have ‘bullet points’ that document a grassroots prairie fire of gut fear… By Greg Moses … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : From God’s Lips to Yours

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“A Marriage Proposal.” Wood engraving by Barnard from an 1877 issue of The Illustrated London News / Old-Print.com. From God’s Lips to Yours Happy New Year! At the calendar’s turn past choice becomes clearas our marriage strolls into its fourteenth … Continue reading →

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FARC in Colombia : A History of Armed Resistance

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“Por la nueva Colombia, la patria grande y socialismo.”(“For the new Colombia, the greater fatherland, and socialism.”) — FARC motto. Photo from HubPages. Armed struggle for land reform and justice:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia By Marion Delgado / The Rag … Continue reading →

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