Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Leah Wilson : Imperialist Uses of WikiLeaks

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

WikiLeaks cables were used by corporate media to defame the government of Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes. Photo from ESAhora.Wikileaks, El Salvador, and imperialist interests How corporate media turned a diplomatic crisis into a political advantage for the U.S. By Leah … Continue reading →

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Dick J. Reavis : Are Hoover and Obama Peas in a Pod?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama: Peas in a pod? Image from Decline of the Empire.The more things change…The Obama tax compromiseBy Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / December 13, 2010 The story below is from the January 3, … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Music Hath Charms…

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Music hath charms tosoothe the stinking breath By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / December 13, 2010 A recent revelation: rehearsing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, I was in the cello section mentally drooling over the carpet of harmonies we … Continue reading →

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Alex Knight : Class and the English Language

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

William the Conqueror, first Norman king of England, as depicted on the famous Bayeux Tapestry. His royal descendants would speak French until Henry V, 350 years later.Blast from the past:Class division in the English language By Alex Knight / The … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : $7 Billion Nuke Attack

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic from Southern Energy NetworkRadioactive boondoggle:$7 billion new nuke attack By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / December 9, 2010 Journalist and environmental activist Harvey Wasserman will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, 2-3 … Continue reading →

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David McReynolds : Remembering December 7, 1941

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Photo from Naval Historical Center.Remembering December 7th:The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor I know that on Monday, when I went to Junior High School, I felt special pride as I saluted the flag. Any … Continue reading →

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Mariann G. Wizard : You Eat Too Much!

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from diettogo.Stayin’ Alive:The reason for the season is not food If what we love becomes the act of eating in itself, we’re shortchanging ourselves on the rest of life. By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / December … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : The DREAM Act Should Set Hector Lopez Free

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Hector Lopez. Photo Courtesy of Lori Horton / ColorLines.Calling from a migrant lockup in Arizona:Why the DREAM Act should set Hector Lopez free By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / December 8, 2010 “We’re not criminals,” says the young … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : U.S. Students Losing Education Race

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from Hermes-Press.International standardized test results:U.S. students aren’t making the grade By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / December 7, 2010 The graph below shows how students in many countries did on a standardized test, when the same test … Continue reading →

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James McEnteer : Obama, Can This Really Be the End?

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Sixties flashbacks. Image from Cabbages and Kings.Acid reflux flashbacks:Obama, can this really be the end? By James McEnteer / The Rag Blog / December 7, 2010 [Though we share much of his frustration, the opinions expressed by James McEnteer are … Continue reading →

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Sherman DeBrosse : The Historical Fiction of ‘Conservative Constitutionalism’

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images.Historical fiction:Understanding ‘Conservative Constitutionalism’ The Tea Bag wing of the Republican Party has a constitutional philosophy that essentially spits in the face of decades of settled law. By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Harry Targ : David Harvey’s ‘The Enigma of Capital’

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

What now?Economic and political crisis in 2010 By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 6, 2010 So where shall we start our revolutionary anti-capitalist movement? Mental conceptions? The relation to nature? Daily life and reproductive practices? Social relations? … Continue reading →

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