Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Ted McLaughlin : Haley Barbour’s ‘Eye for a Kidney’ Deal

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour: organ trafficker?An eye for a kidney?Haley Barbour’s terrible precedent By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 19, 2011 See “Haley Barbour breaks the U.S. Organ Transplant Act,” Below. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has received … Continue reading →

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Thorne Dreyer : Journalist, Author, and ‘Investigative Poet’ John Ross (1938-2011)

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The late great John Ross.Farewell to our great friend John Ross See “Los Muertos,” a poem by John Ross, Below. By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / January 18, 2011 Yesterday I received an email with the following message: … Continue reading →

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Joshua Brown : Life During Wartime: Data Overload

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon and verse by Joshua Brown / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2011.The Rag Blog

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Ed Felien : Words Have Consequences

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Words have consequences:Political rhetoric and the attemptedassassination of Gabrielle Giffords By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2011 Gabrielle Giffords had just won her reelection in a race so tight it took three days to count the … Continue reading →

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Danny Schechter : Fascism, and the Past as Prologue

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from The Silent Majority.The past as prologue:What would American fascism look like? By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2011 Fascism is one of those words that sounds like it belongs in the past, conjuring up, … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : The Ethics of Infiltration

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from Brainstuck.com.THE ETHICS OF INFILTRATION By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2011 We began two weeks ago with Hallelujah in the mall, and last week contrasted that with theatrical infiltrations less in service to consumer … Continue reading →

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Jordan Flaherty : Corporate Profiteering One Year After Haiti Earthquake

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The Haitian national flag stands at half mast at the National Palace during the one-year anniversary of the 2010 quake in downtown Port-au-Prince, January 12, 2011. Photo by Allison Shelley / Reuters.One year after Haiti earthquake:Corporations profit while people suffer … Continue reading →

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