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Jonah Raskin : Robbing Jack Kerouac With a Fountain Pen
Jack Kerouac. Photo by Tom Palumbo.Robbery:The ongoing legal battle for Control of Jack Kerouac’s literary estate By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / August 5, 2009 Woody Guthrie was right. Some will rob you with a six-gun, some with … Continue reading
Larry Ray : Beneath Naples: The ‘Parallel City’
Beneath Naples, Italy via Radio New Zealand! By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / August 4, 2009 The reach of the internet continues to amaze me. I have long had fascination with the “Parallel City” beneath Naples, Italy, since … Continue reading
Health Care Reform and Mind Control
The enactment of true universal health care hangs by a string. We are faced with educating the 40% of the population who are grist for the propaganda mill. By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / August 4, … Continue reading
Bob Dylan : Texas Troubadour
More than iconicBob Dylan: Texas Troubadour By Guy Schwartz / The Rag Blog / August 4, 2009 Bob Dylan was more than iconic Sunday night in The Woodlands outside Houston. He rocked and grooved! It was a concert that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Criticism, Houston, Music, Rock 'n Roll, Texas, Willie Nelson
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Victor Agosto : Soldier of Conscience Faces Court Martial
Victor Agosto speaks at Austin benefit for Under the Hood Cafe. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Soldier of conscience to be court-martialedSPC Victor Agosto refuses deployment and faces incarceration August 4, 2009 SPC Victor Agosto, a soldier stationed … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Anti-War GIs, Fort Hood, Peace Movement, Texas, U.S. Military
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DC Madam : Sexual Extortion During Republican Rule
DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who later died in what was called a suicide, is shown with her lawyer at federal court in Washingon in 2007.The Sexual Extortion Scandal: Sex and Politics Under Republican Rule By Sherman DeBrosse / The … Continue reading
Honduras : Zelaya to Return With ‘Peaceful Popular Army’
Zelaya crosses the border, which is marked by a chain. Photo from La Jornada, Mexico.Strikes and military crackdown continuePresident Manuel Zelaya defies compromise By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / July 31, 2009 Deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya … Continue reading
Leonard Peltier Hearing Brings Hope for Freedom
Photos by Bill Hackwell / indybay.org.Leonard Peltier could leave prison by August 18 By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / July 30, 2009 For a formidable and growing global community of supporters, the prospect of Native American activist Leonard … Continue reading
Health Care : True Reform Must Include Public Option
Public Insurance Option is Necessary For True Reform It’s becoming obvious that these Repubs and Blue Dogs have been bought off by the millions of dollars the lobbyists are throwing at them. To them, getting re-elected is far more important … Continue reading
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Single-Payer Health Care: Some Reasons to Do It
Health CareBy Hosea W. McAdoo M.D. / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2009 “The Americans will always do the right thing . . . After they’ve exhausted all the alternatives.” — Winston Churchill PART IAfter carefully following all the … Continue reading
