Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Kate Braun : The Feast of Candlemas

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Celebrating the feast of Candlemas. Image from The Cottage Wytch.Strengthening of Lord Sun:The feast of Candlemas By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / January 31, 2010 “You light up my life…” Wednesday, February 2, 2011 is the feast of … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : We Reap What We Sow in Middle East

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Gamal Abdel Nasser. Photo from ziomania.Nasser, Egypt, and the Middle East:We reap what we sow By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / January 31, 2011 Perhaps now might be a good time to realize that what is going … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Tom Hayden : In Egypt and the Middle East, It All Falls Down

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

A protester burns a picture of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak. Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters.Egypt and the Middle East:It all falls downBy Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / January 29, 2011 Sixty years of American foreign policy … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Margarita Alarcón : All Roads Lead to Posada

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Luis Posada Carriles. Photo by Delio Requeral / Cubaencuentro.Life as a diplomat’s daughter:All roads lead to Posada By Margarita Alarcón / The Rag Blog / January 27, 2010 The thing that made my life growing up in the U.S. quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

SPORT / Dave Zirin : Those Nonprofit Packers

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

NFL owner? Image from Green Bay Packer Nation.The team without an owner:Those nonprofit Packers It’s a beautiful story but it’s one that the N.F.L. and Commissioner Roger Goodell take great pains to hide. By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Felix Shafer : Mourning for Marilyn Buck, Part II

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Mourning for activist, poet, and political prisoner Marilyn Buck, shown at three stages of her life.The blue afterwards:Mourning for Marilyn, Part II By Felix Shafer / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2011 Part two of three [On December 13, … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Judy Gumbo Albert : Gun Show After Tucson

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Checking it out at Crossroads of the West Gun Show. Image from Spirit of the Sportsman.Tactically armed citizens:Gun show after Tucson By Judy Gumbo Albert / The Rag Blog / January 25, 2011 Like most Americans, I’ve been wrestling — … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Lamar W. Hankins : America’s Gun Problem

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Guns in America. Image from Pics Ranch.America’s gun problem Gun regulation is an area where special interests control the Congress, preventing effective public policies that would benefit the welfare and safety of all Americans. By Lamar W. Hankins / The … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Ted McLaughlin : Americans Don’t Want to Gamble With Social Security

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from Donklephant.Americans aren’t buying thelies about social security New polls show that idea of cutting Social Security is not popular with the American public. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 24,2011 During the Great Depression one … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Gregg Barrios : The Risqué Business of Texas’ Most Famous Stripper

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

In the late ’50s, Candy Barr was the toast of the Dallas burlesque circuit.Risqué Business:The complicated life of Candy Barr,Texas’ most famous stripper By Gregg Barrios / The Texas Observer / January 21, 2011 How times have changed. These days, … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Jim Simons : Sargent Shriver and the Forgotten War Against Poverty

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Sargent Shriver. Photo from Time/Life. Sargent Shriver, warrior against poverty (1915-2011) R. Sargent Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the War on Poverty, ambassador to France and, less successfully, running … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Lamar W. Hankins : The Bowdlerizing of Huckleberry Finn

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Huck and Jim. Image from Teachers.ash.org.The bowdlerizing of Huckleberry Finn By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / January 19, 2011 A recent commentary by Leonard Pitts in the Miami Herald explained a significant problem with publication of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments