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Bruce Melton : The Climate Change Drought Is Over / 3
Wind turbines on the mainland as seen from the backside of Padre Island National Seashore, at mile 25 on the four wheel drive only beach. Photo © Bruce Melton, 2012.The Climate Change awareness drought is overPart Three: It’s only pollution … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, Public Opinion
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James McEnteer : On the Lean Streets of Quito
Lean streets of Quito. Image from Lonely Planet.Sell on wheels:Pitching and rolling on the lean streets of Quito A man dressed as a circus clown boards a bus selling packs of magic candy, two for a dollar. By James McEnteer | … Continue reading
FILM / Ron Jacobs : Scott Noble’s ‘The Power Principle’
Scott Noble’s ‘The Power Principle’(American Empire: The Feature Film) A remarkably detailed, clearheaded, and engrossing study of how the United States power elites created the mess we find ourselves in. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | June 13, … Continue reading
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Remembering Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury in 1982. Photo by Lennox McLendon / AP / Washington Post.Ray Bradbury remembered:The librarian told my dadhe was asking for trouble “Ray Bradbury, a boundlessly imaginative novelist who wrote some of the most popular science-fiction books of all … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Deaths, Fantasy, Literature, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Thomas Cleaver
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Lamar W. Hankins : The Gospel Truth
West Virginia Pentecostal preacher Mark Randall “Mack” Wolford died from a snake bite he received handling snakes in church. Image from Eternal Life Blog.The Gospel truth:Fatal misunderstanding of the Bible ‘And these signs will follow those who believe: in My … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical History, Christianity, Lamar W. Hankins, Pentecostals, Religion
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Jack A. Smith : Reversing the Vietnam War Verdict
Demonstrators at the October 21, 1967 march on the Pentagon carry a banner that says, “Support our GIs, Bring Them Home Now.”Reversing the Vietnam War verdict Most of the allegations about insults directed at soldiers or vets from war opponents … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, Foreign Policy, Jack A. Smith, Revisionist History, U.S. Military, Vietnam, VVAW, World History
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Paul Krassner Is Still Smokin’ at 80
Paul Krassner at his 80th birthday party.The counterculture was a spiritual revolution:A Rag Blog interview with Paul Krassner As the editor of The Realist, Krassner taught me not to take myself too seriously and not to gaze with absolute reverence … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Drug Law Reform, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Marijuana, Marijuanaland, Medical Marijuana, Paul Krassner, Political Satire, The Realist, Yippies
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BOOKS / Bill Meacham : Sam Harris’ ‘The Moral Landscape’
The Moral Landscape:Science and human values Harris is on to something very important here: that careful observation of what actually works has a great deal to tell us about what is good and valuable. By Bill Meacham | The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Books, Ethics, Ideas, Morality, Philosophy, Science
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Bill Freeland : The Marx Brothers Are Reforming Public Education
Graphic by Bill Freeland / The Rag Blog.The Marx Brothers are reforming public education Hilarious, but as Groucho himself might have observed, the joke’s on us! By Bill Freeland / The Rag Blog / June 6, 2012 CONCORD, New Hampshire … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Freeland, Marx Brothers, New Hampshire, Public Education, Right Wing Politics
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