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Tom Hayden : Pentagon Calls Civilian Drone Casualties ‘Bug Splat’
Splat from NuUniform.Drone policy attacked in top think tank report Bug splat!That’s what the Pentagon calls civilian casualties in drone attacks. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | January 17, 2013 The Council on Foreign Relations issued a report … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Black Feminist Author Beth E. Richie on Gender Violence and ‘Arrested Justice’
Rag Radio podcast:Black feminist academic and activist Beth E. Richie, author of ‘Arrested Justice‘ By Rag Radio | The Rag Blog | January 16, 2013 Black feminist academic and author Beth E. Richie was Thorne Dreyer’s guest Friday, January 11, … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Authors, Beth E. Richie, Criminal Justice, Gender Violence, Interview, Podcast, Rag Radio, Thorne Dreyer
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Alan Waldman : ‘Chef!’ is One of the Funniest Sitcoms Ever
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Lenny Henry is astonishingly good as the overbearing chef on a classic BBC comedy. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 16, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, British Television, Criticism, Vintage Television
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Robert Jensen : Jim Koplin: Living Your Life Honestly
James Henry Koplin, 1933-2012. Image from JimKoplin.com.Jim Koplin:Living your life honestly By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | January 16, 2013 “Good teaching is living your life honestly in front of students.” I don’t recall exactly when Jim Koplin … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Education, Higher Education, Jim Koplin, Robert Jensen, Teaching, University of Texas
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Speaking of Consciousness
Image from TZA’s photostream / Flickr.Speaking of consciousness The cardinal sin of philosophy, committed all too often, is to use terms that are ambiguous. By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | January 15, 2013 The philosophy club is currently … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Consciousness, Experience, Ideas, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
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Lamar W. Hankins : Obama Continues Immoral Bush Policies
Four more years. Image from NewsOne.Obama embraces fiveimmoral Bush policies “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period… was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” — … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : Texas During the Great Depression, 1930-1940
Jobless men picket at San Antonio City Hall, c. 1932. Image from the San Antonio Light Collection, UT Institute of Texan Cultures.The hidden history of Texas Part 11: 1930-1940/1 — Economic survival difficult during Great Depression By Bob Feldman | … Continue reading
Steve Russell : Hiding Behind a Girl
We are all Malala. Photo from Reuters.I am Malala: Hiding behind a girl By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2013 It is we sinful women who come out raising the banner of truthup against barricades of … Continue reading
Alan Waldman : My Favorite Films (and TV Shows) of 2012
Les Misérables was Alan’s top pick.My 13 favorite films(and 43 TV shows) of 2012 ‘Les Miz‘ was #1 and ‘I Am‘ was #2. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2013 Les Misérables (U.K.) is a magnificent … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Alan Waldman, Best Movies, Criticism, Film, Television Series
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Jonah Raskin : In the Wake of Sandy
The Rag Blog’s Jonah Raskin in post-Sandy Far Rockaway, New York.In the wake of Sandy:An interview with Far Rockaway community organizer Ofelia Mangen ‘I think Sandy is a human disaster. We’re the disaster, not nature. We created it. If you … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Sixties Music Legends Powell St. John and Charlie Prichard
From left, musicians Charlie Prichard and Powell St. John and Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer at the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, December 21, 2012. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Rag Radio podcast:Sixties music legendsPowell St. John … Continue reading
BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : Steve Russell’s ‘Wicked Dew’
A chapbook review: Steve Russell’s ‘Wicked Dew’ By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | January 9, 2013 [Wicked Dew, by Steve Russell. (2012: Dog Iron Press, Georgetown, TX.); Paperback; 88 pp; $7.75.] I’ve known Steve Russell since sometime … Continue reading
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Tagged Activists, Books, Mariann G. Wizard, Native Americans, Poetry, Sixties, Steve Russell, The Rag, Vietnam
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