Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

SPORT / Dave Zirin : John Carlos and the Moment That Still Matters

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos raise their fists at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Peter Norman (left) wore an OPHR (Olympic Project for Human Rights) badge to show his support.Troy Davis, John Carlos, andthe moment that still … Continue reading →

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Don Swift : Rick Perry and the New Apostolic Reformation

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Rev. Tom Schlueter, a New Apostolic Reformation pastor, shown laying his hands on Rick Perry in front of a painting of the Battle at the Alamo. Image from Right Speak.A threat to American liberties:Rick Perry and the New Apostolic Reformation … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree : War is Trauma but GIs Have the Right to Heal

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

“Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops.” Members of IVAW demonstrate in Washington, D.C., October 2010. Photo by Rose Marie Berger / rosemarieberger.com.Operation Recovery and Hoodstock IIIBy Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / September 28, 2011 The Austin Lounge Lizards … Continue reading →

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FICTION / Marc Estrin : The Machine

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

THE MACHINE By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 27, 2011 The government murder of Troy Davis this week — under odd evidential circumstances — has once again thrust capital punishment up for public discussion. As my contribution … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : The Death Penalty and the Question of ‘Actual Innocence’

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Demonstrators carry pictures of Troy Davis, who was executed Sept. 21, 2011, in Jackson, GA. Image from Politics and Fashion.When government decides to kill:The death penalty and thequestion of actual innocence [The Supreme] Court has never held that the Constitution … Continue reading →

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Ivan Koop Kuper : Huey P. Meaux Was the Crazy Cajun

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Huey P. Meaux was the Crazy Cajun By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2011 One Friday evening in 1973, a burly looking biker entered the control room of community radio station KPFT FM, the Pacifica … Continue reading →

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Sarito Carol Neiman : The Anti-Angels of Health Care

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from The New Yorker.Shredding the envelope:Healthcare on the ground – Part III: The anti-angel forces By Sarito Carol Neiman / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2011 [Shredding the Envelope (“Ruminations on news, taboos, and space beyond time”) is … Continue reading →

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Don Swift : Dominionists and the ‘Kingdom of God’

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from The Last Crisis.A threat to American liberties:Dominionists and the ‘Kingdom of God’ They want to take over government and create a theocracy. No wonder they see nothing wrong in playing politics from the pulpit. By Don Swift / … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : White Supremacist Republic of Texas, 1836-1845

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Seal of the Republic of Texas, 1839. Image from Wikimedia Commons.The hidden history of Texas Part 4: The independent Republic of Texas, 1836-1845 By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2011 [This is Part 4 of Bob … Continue reading →

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Sarito Carol Neiman : The Anti-Angels of Health Care

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from The New Yorker.Shredding the envelope:Healthcare on the ground – Part III: The anti-angel forces. By Sarito Carol Neiman / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2011 [Shredding the Envelope (“Ruminations on news, taboos, and space beyond time”) is … Continue reading →

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Ivan Koop Kuper : Huey P. Meaux Was the Crazy Cajun

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Huey P. Meaux was the Crazy Cajun By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2011 One Friday evening in 1973, a burly looking biker entered the control room of community radio station KPFT FM, the Pacifica … Continue reading →

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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Approaching 90, I Despair for my Country

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Free Health Care News.As I approach my 90th year:I despair for the state of my country(and its corrupted health care system) I look at the Republican ‘debates’ and wonder, where did we — as a supposedly enlightened society … Continue reading →

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