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Lamar W. Hankins : Texas Sen. Donna Campbell’s Dishonesty on Abortion
Texas Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, speaks to an anti-abortion group outside the state capitol in Austin, Monday, July 1, 2013. Photo by Eric Gay / AP. Extremism trumps libertarian views: Donna Campbell’s dishonesty on abortion Campbell allows her extremist … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Trayvon Martin and the Super-Predator Myth
Photo by Joshua Trujillo / AP Images / SeattlePI.com The super-predator myth: Trayvon died for our sins The evidence of a violently divided America can be understood in the failure of the criminal justice system, where rationality and objectivity are … Continue reading
Alan Waldman: ‘Jonathan Creek’ is Clever Brit Whodunnit Series Featuring an Illusionist
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Alan Davies’s character solves locked-room mysteries and many other crimes with seemingly inexplicable aspects. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | July 22, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews … Continue reading
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HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 3, 1805-1849
Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ottoman ruler of Egypt. Painting by Auguste Couder, 1841 / Wikimedia Commons. A people’s history: The movement to democratize Egypt Part 3: 1805-1849 period — The autocratic rule of Muhammad Ali Pasha. By Bob Feldman | The … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Feldman, Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ottoman Empire, People's History of Egypt, World History
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Jay D. Jurie : ‘Approved Killing’ in Florida
Emmett Till, left, and Trayvon Martin. Image from Tumblr. Intimations of Emmett Till: A ‘shocking story of approved killing’ in Florida Today the pre-1960s explicit racial ‘code’ has been supplanted by the implicit code upon which ‘profiling’ is based. By Jay … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Is Obama Really in Control?
This plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was forced to land in Vienna despite Obama’s earlier comment that he “wouldn’t scramble jets against a 29 year old hacker.” Photo by Andres Gutierrez / AP. Refs being ‘worked’? Does Obama control … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Voter Suppression is Republican Hallmark
Political cartoon by John Darkow / Columbia Daily Tribune. Image from FireIntheBelly. Voter suppression is a hallmark of today’s Republicans If it took nearly 100 years to assure racial fairness in voting under law, then it might take longer than 48 … Continue reading
VERSE / Larry Piltz : Spurred by Love
Lonesome cowboy, Kiev, Ukraine, 2009. Photo by Phil Douglis / PBase. Spurred by Love [For Buck Ramsey, Cowboy Poet Laureate] On his last mountthe cowboy criesa lonesome rollerand practitionerof the ridingroping artsalso knownas its poetlaureate supremeone late nightsaying goodbyeplease staywon’t … Continue reading
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Texas Law Prof Gerald Torres on Voting Rights, Affirmative Action & More
University of Texas law professor Gerald Torres in the studios of KOOP-FM in Austin, Texas, Friday, July 12, 2013. Photos by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast:UT-Austin law prof Gerald Torresjoins us on Rag Radio We discuss … Continue reading
TRAVEL / David P. Hamilton : What We Won’t See Driving Across France
Driving in rural France. Image from InterNations. What Americans won’t seewhile driving across France Near Paris, there are extensive wheat fields for kilometers without fences, interspersed with old mixed deciduous forests, pastures of fat cows, and the occasional 12th century … Continue reading
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Tagged David P. Hamilton, France, French Culture, Rural France, Travel
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : ‘Fire and Flames’ is History of German Autonomist Movement
‘Fire and Flames’:Spontis, squats, and West Germany The squats served as living spaces and community meeting places. By 1973, they would become the site of some of the fiercest street battles ever seen in postwar Frankfurt. By Ron Jacobs | … Continue reading
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Tagged Autonomist Movement, Books, Fire and Flame, German New Left, Ron Jacobs, Squatters, West Germany, World History
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Steve Russell : Unfriendly Fire at Fort Hood
Police car outside judicial hearing at Fort Hood, Texas, July 9, 2013. Photo by Tony Gutierrez / AP. Workplace violence: Unfriendly fire at Fort Hood, Texas I am gobsmacked by a particular elevation of form over substance being practiced before … Continue reading
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Tagged Fort Hood, Mass Media, Military Justice, Nidal Hasan, Steve Russell, Terrorism, U.S. Military
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