Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Barack Obama : Stop the Runaway Train

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

President Obama: Stop the runaway train of globalization.Long range strategic innovation: Globalization, the financial crisis, environmental planning, and getting out of Afghanistan By Ray Reece / The Rag Blog / November 5, 2009 Call this a lesson in how to … Continue reading →

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Columbia Military Pact : The Yanks are Coming

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe defends military pact with U.S. Photo from AFP.U.S. and Columbia:Military pact signed in ‘private’ meeting Over There, Over ThereSend the word, send the word,Over ThereThat the Yanks are coming,The Yanks are coming,The drums rum tumming everywhere… … Continue reading →

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Claude Lévi-Strauss : ‘La Pensée Sauvage’

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss: dead at 100.Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss:Making sense of la pensée sauvage By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / November 4, 2009 In French sauvage means wild, not necessarily savage. In our language savage means aggressive, a … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Legitimacy Crisis and the Vietnam Syndrome

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Public suspicion of government on the rise:The return of the Vietnam Syndrome By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009 I teach a course on United States foreign policy. I was just finishing up a discussion of … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : War, the Ecology, and the Quest for Justice

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Professor Robert Jensen.War, ecological crises, and the quest for justice:An interview with Robert Jensen If you feel overwhelmed, it’s because we face an overwhelming situation. By Calvin Sloan / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009 [The following is an … Continue reading →

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Hall of Fame Concerts : Rocking the Garden!

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Hall of Fame rock ‘n rollers: Bono and Mick Jagger. Photo from Mirror, U.K.Hall of Fame benefit: Taking rock and roll to a new level By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009[With Gary Baumgarten and Abbie … Continue reading →

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Health Care Naysayers : Please Get the Message

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Saying it all in sixty seconds:Health care reform is a human issue By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / Novemeber 3, 2009 I just saw a TV health care message that sensitively illustrates what is happening to too many … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin : Fear and Loathing without Hunter S. Thompson

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Gonzo man: Hunter S. Thompson. Illustration by Ralph Steadman / The Badger.Where is Hunter S. ThompsonNow that we need him? At times he could he cynical and depressed, but he also had clarity of vision and a commitment to tell … Continue reading →

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Brad Will : Mexico’s Legacy of Murdered Journalists

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Brad Will — Indymedia journalist murdered in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2006 — depicted in “Remembering Anarchists of the Americas” mural, Bound Together Bookstore, San Francisco. Image from Wikipedia.Brad Will is still dead…(So are 55 other journalists murdered in Mexico) Despite … Continue reading →

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HEALTH / Know Thyself (And Watch Thy Back)

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Nancy Kennedy, 20, downs soda and fries. Photo from LA Times, 1965.A good dose of Healthy Skepticism:Learn what works for you Each of us is inside our body and we know what it feels like better than the M.D. ever … Continue reading →

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Photographer Roy DeCarava : ‘The Sound I Saw’

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photographer Roy DeCarava. Photo by triggahappy76 / Flickr.Roy DeCarava : 1919-2009 Photographer Roy DeCarava, who died Oct. 27 at age 89, dedicated his 60-year career to capturing images of African Americans. His subjects ranged from daily life in his hometown … Continue reading →

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Divine Comedy : Joe Lieberman and the Hypocrites

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Hypocrites address Dante, from Canto XXIII of Divine Comedy, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. Engraving by Gustave Doré from Pantheon Books edition / Wikimedia Commons.The Eighth Circle of Hell:Lieberman, Congress and health care reform Of course, Sen. Lieberman does not … Continue reading →

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