Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
Category Archives: Rag Bloggers
Don’t Panic : Seven Facts About ‘Swine Flu’
Swine Flu scare: a man wears a mask upon arrival at Gatwick airport in London on a flight from Mexico City. Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images. Your best defense — your only real defense in any flu season … Continue reading
Universal Health Care : Defining Our National Character
Congress and meaningful health care reform. Playing us for a sucker? Some 25 years ago the insurance industry planned, in concert, to co-opt medical care in the United States, while the medical profession through fear, misinformation, or self interest permitted … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Universal Health Care
3 Comments
Norman Finkelstein on Israel and the Occupation of Palestine
Norman Finkelstein speaking at the University of Texas at Austin. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog. His theory on Israel’s attack on Gaza was that Hamas had become too moderate, too reasonable, too willing to make a deal. … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Austin, Gaza War, Israel, Palestinian Occupation, UT-Austin, War Crimes, Zionism
3 Comments
Weather Report : Houston, We Have a Problem
Law and water. Houston, we have a problem. The intense storms, the ravaging floods. . . these are but one aspect of climate change, and according to prominent scientists. . . this is precisely what is anticipated for the Houston … Continue reading
Judy Gumbo Albert : Peoples’ Park and Our Sixties Legacy
Art from Peoples’ Park 35th anniversary celebration in Berkeley, April 25, 2009. Photo by Z / Bay Area Indymedia.Berkeley’s Peoples’ Park Remembered and Zayd Dohrn’s play, Magic Forest Farm I repeat this phrase, loudly and with more emphasis: ‘Our politics … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged California, Counterculture, Judy Gumbo Albert, Sixties, The Movement, Weathermen, Yippies
Leave a comment
From the Iraqi-Turkish Border : Airstrikes or Apples?
Survivor surveys results of Turkish air strike against Kurdish PKK in northern Iraq, this from April, 2008.Airstrikes or Apples? Merkegia, and neighboring villages in this region have been beset by cross-border airstrikes and shelling by Turkey that have destroyed orchards, … Continue reading
Even Genghis Kahn Knew Torture Doesn’t Work
Genghis Kahn. Art from Chinese Culture / Brooklyn College.Torture and the complicity of the physician By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2009 Thomas Jefferson wrote in a letter to Thomas Cooper in 1823: “Man … Continue reading
Bridging the Gap : US Sponsors Forum on Che
“Guerrillero Heróico.” This iconic photograph of Che Guevara by Alberto Korda is said to be the most reproduced of all time. Image from artdaily.org. The forum was a creative way to reach out to the Argentines (and other Latin Americans) … Continue reading
Pete Seeger and our Progressive Culture
Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen sing “This Land is Your Land” at the Barack Obama inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Jan.18, 2009. Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images. The culture provides a way … Continue reading
The Republican Strategy Going Forward
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
Obama’s First 100 Days : Now a Piggy Pandemic?
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. The implications of a global flu pandemic superimposed upon the USA at this point in our history are staggering. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2009 As President … Continue reading
Roger Baker : Should the Left Diss the Tea-Baggers?
Sign at Tea Party protest in Wichita, Feb. 27, 2009. Photo from Voice for Liberty in Wichita. The tea baggers versus Obama formulation should be seen as opportunistic political theater that avoids a serious examination of the important issues. By … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers
Tagged Obama Administration, Populism, Progressives, Tax Protests, The Left
7 Comments
