Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Lamar W. Hankins : Budget-Gutting Protects the Rich

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Rio Grande Farm Workers: The Cortez family at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, 1979. Photo by Alan Pogue.We are all in this together:Republican budget-gutting protects the rich By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / February 22, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : States Flouting Gun Buyer Background Checks

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Still image from KETK NBC.Gun purchase background checks:Many states are dodging the law By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / February 21, 2011 Back in 2007, the massacre at Virginia Tech by a mentally ill student caused many in … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin :
BOOKS | John McMillian’s ‘Smoking Typewriters’

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The curious case of the 1960s underground press. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 21, 2011 John McMillian, author of Smoking Typewriters, will appear at BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin, at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 25, … Continue reading →

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David P. Hamilton : The 1969 Chuck Wagon Riot

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Police riot at the Chuck Wagon on the University of Texas campus in Austin in November 1969. Photo by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.1969 in Austin:The famous Chuck Wagon police riot By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Alain de Botton Dodges the Question

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Pop philosopher Alain de Botton, shown at Heathrow Airport flacking his 2009 book, A Week at the Airport. Photo from Frank Bures.com.Sophism for fun and profit:Alain de Botton dodges the question By Bill Meacham / The Rag Blog / February … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Harry Targ : The Struggle Continues in the Global South

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The struggle continues:People’s history and the Global South Vijay Prashad’s book reframes world history from a ‘bottom-up’ perspective. By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2011 From the streets to the classroom I am teaching a course … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Acromegaly

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from the ACLU.ACROMEGALY By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / February 15, 2011 Acronyms, I think, bring out the worst in people. For example, the USAPATRIOT act is not an act for American Patriots as it would appear, … Continue reading →

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Kate Braun : Full Moon on Frigga’s Day

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Full moon over Austin. Image from Haggard & Halloo / Matt Schiavenza.Moon Musings:Full Moon on Frigga’s Day(Friday, February 18, 2011) By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / February 15, 2011 Friday is Frigga’s day: Frigga who is wife to … Continue reading →

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Carl Davidson : Fighting for Green Jobs against Right-Wing Wave

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from treehugger.Blue-Green Alliance:Organizing the fight for green jobsin conservative political climate By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / February 14, 2011 ‘What brings us together is the commitment to make those jobs green jobs and to make them … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Post-Racial America? Yeah, Right.

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Confederate massacre of black Union troops after the surrender at Fort Pillow, April 12, 1864 — under the command by Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. Image from Wikimedia Commons.Post-racial America?Some would honor ConfederateGen. Nathan Bedford Forrest By Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading →

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Rick Ayers : ‘Terrible Beauty’ Is Born in Tahrir Square

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

A terrible beauty. Photo by Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP.Tahrir Square:A terrible beauty is bornBy Rick Ayers / The Rag Blog / February 13, 2011 All changed, changed utterly:A terrible beauty is born. William Butler Yeats penned those lines after the … Continue reading →

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Karen Lee Wald : Posada Carriles and the Puppies That Got Away

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Caricature of Luis Posada Carriles from Progreso Weekly.Posada Carriles and Cubana 455:The puppies that got away By Karen Lee Wald/ The Rag Blog / February 11, 2011 See “The Posada trial takes a historic turn,” by Peter Kornbluh, Below. Flying … Continue reading →

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