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The Sporting News – M. Wizard
Roundball Report: It’s the FinalsBy Mariann G. Wizard / May 7, 2008 / The Rag BlogEven if you’re not a basketball fan, if you’re not watching the Spurs-Hornets matchup in the NBA Western conference semi-finals, you are missing some show! … Continue reading
Osteoporosis : Drugs and Your Heart
Have a Heart: Be Wary of toxic pharmaceuticalsBy Janet Gilles / May 6, 2008 / The Rag Blog Noting the lastest revelation about an osteoporosis treatment being linked to a heart condition (see article below), it’s looking to me more … Continue reading
In Two Lines:
Why Senator Clinton stays in the race As Hillary Rodham, she took the SAT in 1963 and mistook her score for a prophecy about entitlements. But was her SAT number, 2012 or 2008? Dick J. ReavisThe Rag Blog / May … Continue reading
D. Reavis : A Bridge to Earlier Times in Texas
Bridge at Eagle Pass, Texas / Piedras Negras, Coah., MexicoPostcards and Border WallsBy Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / May 5, 2008 In 1986 I drove every mile of every road on the official highway map of Texas: … Continue reading
a world that can get well
Paul Stanley.there’s something so wrong about wanting to wake up every dayand the world not be at war somewhere and for people to not beangry with each other and hate each other and for people, children,not to be starving, not … Continue reading
A. Embree : 1968 Columbia Student Revolt Remembered in New York
Mark Rudd and Grace (Linda) LeClair, vets of the 1968 Columbia occupation, at 40th anniversary of the uprising in New York. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Columbia 1968: The View From TexasBy Alice Embree / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
A. Pogue : The Sad Tale of a Good Samaritan
Alan Pogue’s new look: “All I need is the two knobs, one on either side of my neck, for the perfect Halloween mask.” Painful self-portrait by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.“No good deed goes unpunished”: A cautionary tale of … Continue reading
Indiana : The Ball’s in Your Court
Homesick Texan on Chicanos and Mexican-hating Hoosiers (Oh, and the presidential match-up)By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2008 If it was not already clear to me, the place I lived most of my adult life, Texas, … Continue reading
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"No Borders!" : May Day in Austin
MDS/Austin and the Rhizome Collective (with papier mache figures) were among dozens of groups participating in Austin May Day activities. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Hundreds march in Austin for Immigrants’ RightsBy Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
M. Wizard and T. Dreyer on Alleged Child Abuse at Eldorado Compound
Religious freedom is not a cloak for abuse.By Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog / May 1, 2008 Just wondering; what are people thinking now about this stalwart group of religious freedom pioneers? Yesterday’s news that the little boys of … Continue reading
C. Loving : Buy American!
Your Tax Rebate: The federal government is sending us a $600 rebate… some more & some less. However, if we spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money will go to China. If we spend it on gasoline it will go … Continue reading
J. Retherford : Some "Smart Advice" for Obama
Here’s my “smart advice” to Obama as he campaigns in Indiana.By Jim Retherford / April 27, 2008 / The Rag Blog Forget bowling. That gutter ball proved that Barack is no Lebowsky. Stick to hoops, dude. If ya got game … Continue reading
