Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

RAG RADIO / Thorne Webb Dreyer : Chris Mooney Dissects the Republican Brain

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Author and Rag Radio guest Chris Mooney, shown researching the Republican brain. Photo illustration by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Rag Radio:Chris Mooney dissects the Republican brain By Thorne Webb Dreyer | The Rag Blog | May 11, 2012 Chris … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Mariann G. Wizard : ‘Inside/Out’: The Poetry of Marilyn Buck

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Inside/Out’:The poetry of Marilyn Buck   By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | May 10, 2012 The Rag Blog‘s Mariann Wizard will join fellow poets Czarina Aggabao Thelen, Lilia Rosas, Jorge Renaud, Michelle Mejia, and Jane Madrigal (San … Continue reading →

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MUSIC / Greg Moses : ‘Grifter’s Hymnal’ is Ray Wylie Hubbard on the Cosmic Sly

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Tricked out tunes on the cosmic sly:Ray Wylie Hubbard’s ‘Grifter’s Hymnal’ From the beats of the opening bar of the opening track you can tell that Ray Wylie is in a mood to groove right through this millennial year of … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Nuclear Industry Meltdown in Japan, France

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Participants hold a traditional “Koinobori” carp-shaped banner for Children’s Day during anti-nuke march in Tokyo Saturday, May 5, 2012. Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP.Nuclear industry melts in Japan, France;opposition heats up in United States This weekend’s message from Japan … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Bogus Republican Values on Texas Primary Ballot

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Art by DonkeyHotey / Flickr.Texas ballot initiativesillustrate bogus Republican values The propositions fit into the typical Republican mindset — they tend to see things in black and white, without the ambiguities and complexities that exist in the real world. By … Continue reading →

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Danny Schechter : The Big Money That Is Sinking Democracy

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Titanic: Iceberg ahead. Image from Luther, Out of Station.Iceberg ahead:The big money that is sinking democracy It is hard to wrap your head around the scale and immediacy of this danger. By Danny Schechter | The Rag Blog | May … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Rules are Rules: ‘The Passion of Bradley Manning’

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Rules are rules as any fool can see: ‘The Passion of Bradley Manning’ By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | May 9, 2012 [The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story of the Suspect Behind the Largest Security Breach in U.S. … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : The War on Afghanistan is Our Biggest Fantasy

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Reuters.The war on Afghanistan:Our longest war and biggest fantasy Obama’s announcement sounded eerily like the policy of ‘Vietnamization’ which President Nixon put in place in 1969. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | May 9, 2012 On … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Tom Hayden : Was LBJ More Lear Than Machiavelli?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Was LBJ more Lear than Machiavelli? Reflection on Robert Caro’s The Passage of Power By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | May 8, 2012 [The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro (2012: Knopf); … Continue reading →

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Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers : Looking Back at Kent State and Jackson State

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

President Richard Nixon, pointing to a Cambodian map, announces the entry of American soldiers into Cambodia, on April 30, 1970.Kent State and Jackson State:Looking back / leaning forward Richard Nixon and the political class had denounced students as thugs and … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Ken Wachsberger : ‘Second Chances’ is Pro-Choice Novel

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

The pro-choice novel:‘Love Means Second Chances’ By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | May 3, 2012 [Love Means Second Chances by Susan Elizabeth Davis (2011: Bread and Roses Collaborative); Paperback; 256 pp.; $16] Susan Elizabeth Davis has written a … Continue reading →

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Ivan Koop Kuper : The Maharishi’s Bad Houston Karma

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

The Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: The late Houston real estate mogul.The Heaven on Earth Inn:Bad Karma in Houston The Guru’s utopian vision somehow took a turn in the wrong direction. By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / May … Continue reading →

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