Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Jay D. Jurie : Vietnam and the Historic Struggle Against ROTC

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Marchers in 1970 want ROTC removed from the campus of Ohio University. Image from Cape Girardeau History and Photos. ROTC resurgent Part I: ROTC and the anti-war movement They held regular drills on an open field approximately two blocks from … Continue reading →

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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : America and the Big Lie

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from Macho Response. Sold down the river: America and the big lie By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / August 17, 2011 “Tell big lies. Do not qualify or concede a point, no matter how wrong … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Electoral College? Sis Boom Bah.

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Electoral College map. Image from Wikimedia Commons.A level playing field? The Electoral College and the popular vote By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / August 17, 2011 For the last 60 years or more a majority of Americans have … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman : Texas Under Mexican Rule

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas colonizer Stephen F. Austin (with his father, Moses Austin, inset on right). Painting from the Fort Bend Museum / Wikimedia Commons. The hidden history of Texas Part 2: The 1821-1826 years under Mexican rule By Bob Feldman / The … Continue reading →

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Sarito Carol Neiman : The Highs and Lows of Rick Perry’s ‘Texas Miracle’

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

And a tip of the ten-gallon hat to the ‘Texas Miracle.’ Photo by Paul Moseley / Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. The highs and the lows: Rick Perry’s ‘Texas Miracle’ By Sarito Carol Neiman / The Rag Blog / August 16, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : What Happened to ‘Government for the People’?

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Do we still hold these truths to be self-evident? Image from Greenwich Workshop. Why Republicans (and many Democrats) don’t believe in government for the people By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / August 16, 2011 “I promise you … Continue reading →

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ART / Jordan Flaherty : ‘Every Portrait Tells a Story’

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Sheila Phipps with some of her work from the exhibit, “Every Portrait Tells a Story.” Photo from Loop21. A mother’s art: Every portrait tells a story Sheila Phipps does portraits of young men she believes were convicted of crimes they … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Nature Bats Last

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

“Celebrating Global Warming.” Art quilt by Laura Wasilowski / PAQA. Nature bats last: Notes on revolution and resistance, revelation and redemption By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2011 [An edited version of this essay was presented … Continue reading →

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Nancy Miller Saunders : Jane Fonda and the ‘Home of the Brave’

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Jane Fonda at the Oleo Strut GI Coffee House, Killeen, Texas, circa May 1970. Photo by Thorne Dreyer / Space City! Jane Fonda and the ‘home of the brave’ By Nancy Miller Saunders / The Rag Blog / August 11, … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Felix Shafer : hey, marilyn

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

hey, marilyn From august through Black august the drum beat us all black and blue and back again where we live inside shadows with you * Here on the sad fuming planet comes a laughing ghost beloved fugitive our first … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Winter of Our Discontent?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Summer of our discontent: Buildings set on fire in Tottenham, a poor neighborhood in north London. Photo from Politicol News. Son of ‘Shock Doctrine’: The approaching winter of our discontent By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / August 11, … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Sometimes We Have to Sing

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The banks are made of marble: Sometimes we have to sing By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / August 10, 2011 Fred was dating a young woman who gave him the two Weavers Carnegie Hall albums for Chanukah in … Continue reading →

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