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Jim Turpin : Is the Imperial Presidency the ‘New Normal’?
The Imperial Obama? Image from The Express Tribune. The ‘new normal’? The Imperial Presidency “Same as it ever was…” — Talking Heads (“Once in a Lifetime”) By Jim Turpin | The Rag Blog | February 27, 2013 First of a … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Anne Lewis’ Documentary About Anne Braden Is ‘Gem of a Film’
Filmmaker Anne Lewis on Rag Radio in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, February 22, 2012. Photo by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio Podcast:Documentary filmmaker Anne Lewis,co-director of Anne Braden: Southern Patriot By Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Braden, Anne Lewis, Civil Rights Movement, Documentary Film, Filmmakers, Interview, Podcast, Privatization, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer, UT-Austin
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Alan Waldman : The Last Three Seasons of ‘Blackadder’ Are Astonishingly Funny
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: England’s two best TV writers, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, crafted a small-screen classic. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | February 26, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Blackadder, British Television, Criticism, Vintage Television
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Susan Van Haitsma : Texans Rally to Save Our Schools
An estimated 10,000 education advocates gathered at the Texas State Capitol, Saturday, February 23, 2013. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog. Texans rally to save our schools Behind the Capitol edifice, I hope lawmakers are listening. These … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol, Educational Reform, Public Education, Social Action, Susan Van Haitsma, Teachers, Texas Politics
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘Cruel Harvest’ in Afghanistan
Drugs, war and occupation: ‘Cruel Harvest’ in Afghanistan Cruel Harvest does not claim that the U.S. is in Afghanistan because of the drug trade, either to end it or to profit from it. The text does explain that Washington has … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghan Drug Trade, Afghanistan, Books, Narco-Terrorism, Opium, Ron Jacobs, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Lamar W. Hankins : Questions Ted Cruz Won’t Answer
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the inquisitor. Photo by Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images. Questions that Rafael Edward‘Ted’ Cruz won’t answer Cruz’s performance has been described by various commentators and reporters as disgraceful, appalling, embarrassing, slanderous, impertinent, uncivil, moralistic, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Hagel, Congress, Cuba, Lamar W. Hankins, Luis Posada Carriles, McCarthyism, Right Wing Politics, Ted Cruz
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Bob Feldman : Texas Civil Rights Movement Wins Big Victories, 1954-1973
White and African American students from Austin area colleges sit in at a segregated lunch counter on Congress Avenue in Austin, April 1960 as part of a concerted effort to integrate lunch counters. Image from Austin History Center. The hidden … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Feldman, Campuses, Civil Rights Movement, Direct Action, Segregation, Sixties, Texas History, UT-Austin
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Alan Wieder : Race to the Bottom
Image from Diary of a Public School Teacher. Race to the bottom: Educating Obama Inspiration and curiosity and breadth and depth in learning are often usurped by crowded and underfunded schools, high stakes testing, zero tolerance and incarceration, and the … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Musician and Journalist Hector Saldaña of The Krayolas
Hector Saldaña, left, and David Saldaña of The Krayolas in the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, February 15, 2013. Photos by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast:Hector Saldaña with David Saldañaof San Antonio’s rockin’ Krayolas … Continue reading
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Tagged Hector Saldana, Interview, Podcast, Rag Radio, Rock and Roll, San Antonio Musicians, Tejano Music, The Krayolas, Thorne Dreyer
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Jean Trounstine : After 18 Years on Death Row
Damien Echols. Photo by Larry D. Moore / Wikimedia Commons. Damien Echols: After 18 years on Death Row Being on death row and in solitary confinement has got to be one of the most inhumane experiences we put prisoners through … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Iran and the Coup of Coups
Abrahamian’s ‘The Coup’: Shah of Shahs on the Peacock Throne As Abrahamian tells the reader, in the eyes of London and DC, there was no room for genuine negotiations in their dealings with the Mossadegh government. The struggle was about … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, CIA, Ervand Abrahamian, Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, Ron Jacobs, The Coup, U.S. Foreign Policy, World History
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