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Jim Simons reflects on his life and times with former law partner, Cam Cunningham, who died earlier this month, and their work defending Movement activists, anti-war GIs, and others in the heady late ’60s and ’70s. In 1971, Jim remembers, … Continue reading
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Jim Hightower : Best Little Chicken Sanctuary in Texas
“Me and my Gal.” Painting of Farm Street chickens in Bastrop by Jo Knoblach Castillo. Inset photo below: Free-ranging Bastrop chickens. Photo by Terry Hagerty / Bastrop Advertiser.The Best Little Chicken Sanctuary in Texas A flock of feral chickens has … Continue reading
Travis Waldron : Texas Republican Platform: Whoa Doggies!
Texas Republicans. Image from Republican Liberty Caucus.The five craziest policies inTexas Republicans’ 2012 platform The Texas GOP supports ‘repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment,’ which instituted a national income tax, and instead favors a wildly regressive national sales tax that would … Continue reading
Travis Waldron : Adidas and the ‘Shackle Shoe’
What was Adidas thinkingwith its Shackle Shoes? It’s hard to imagine a shoe company coming up with a worse idea than this. By Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress / June 20, 2012 Adidas is notorious for pushing the envelope in sports … Continue reading
Shelley Seale : CultureMap Picks Austin’s Top Political Bloggers
CultureMap Austin‘s top political bloggers: Above, The Rag Blog‘s Thorne Dreyer, photo by James Retherford. Inset, below, from the top: Rachel Farris, photo by Wildhouse Photography; Harold Cook, courtesy of Harold Cook; and Katherine Haenschen, courtesy of BOR. All photos … Continue reading
By Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2012 “Happy Holiday, Happy Holiday, while the merry bells are ringing, may your every wish come true…” Thursday, December 22, 2011 is Yule/Winter Solstice/Midwinter. Lady Moon is in her 4th … Continue reading
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In an attempt to reinvent the Vietnam War, President Obama and the Pentagon have launched a “multi-year national public relations campaign to justify, glorify, and honor Washington’s catastrophic, aggressive, and losing war against Vietnam.” Jack Smith lays bare this cynical … Continue reading
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Ronnie Dugger : LBJ, The Texas Observer & Me
Former Texas Observer editor Ronnie Dugger with President Lyndon Johnson. Photo by Yoichi Yokamoto / Courtesy LBJ Library / Texas Observer.LBJ, The Texas Observer & Me None of us knew it yet, but we Americans were about to be trapped … Continue reading
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Former Texas Observer editor Ronnie Dugger with President Lyndon Johnson. Photo by Yoichi Yokamoto / Courtesty LBJ Library / Texas Observer.‘None of us knew it yet, but we Americans were about to be trapped in the history that Lyndon Johnson … Continue reading
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Beyond Citizens United: Politics Is an Industry, Not Just A Campaign By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / June 5, 2012 NEW YORK — In theory, American elections traditionally get going after Labor Day, but, as we can see … Continue reading
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Peter Dreier : How the Big Bucks Won in Wisconsin
Walker spent 88% of the moneyto get 53% of the vote The real winner in Wisconsin on Tuesday was not Gov. Scott Walker, but Big Money. And the real loser was not Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, but democracy. By Peter … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Finance, Electoral politics, Scott Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Recall Election
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Pschedelic Blues Pioneer Spencer Perskin of Shiva’s Headband
Spencer Perskin of Shiva’s Headband in the KOOP studios in Austin, Friday, May 25, 2012. Inset photos below: Susan Perskin and Shawn Siegel. Photos by William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog.Rag Radio:Psychedelic blues pioneerSpencer Perskin of Shiva’s Headband By … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin History, Austin Musicians, Interview, Psychedelic Rock, Rag Radio, Shiva's Headband, Spencer Perskin, Thorne Dreyer
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