Category Archives: RagBlog

Christian Science Monitor / Thought TheaterDartmouth Independent The great municipal religious promotion of the 21st century By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / City councils have no jurisdiction over religion, yet throughout Texas and the rest of the … Continue reading →

The view from over the hill By David McReynolds / The Rag Blog / [On April 26, 2011, there was a book party for Martin Duberman’ s double biography of Barbara Deming and David McReynolds titled A Saving Remnant. (Listen … Continue reading →

The Way We Were By Chellis Glendinning / The Rag Blog / I plopped down onto the sidewalk in the first row of cross-legged protestors, eye-level with the shin-guards of the first row of National Guardsmen. My hair dropped down … Continue reading →

Obama sans Osama:Now let’s see some ‘hope’ By Margarita / The Rag Blog / I was on my way to the beach on Monday afternoon when I heard the news this week. I have no internet at home and had … Continue reading →

Stoney Burns, a Sixties icon who was a pioneer in the underground press in Texas, died of a heart attack in Dallas on April 28, 2011, at the age of 68. Burns, who was called “King of the Hippies” by … Continue reading →

The One Percent By William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / April 29, 2011 Jamie Johnson has a conscience if he can keep it. He is heir to one of the largest fortunes in America: Johnson and Johnson. In … Continue reading →

One Hundred and Fifty Years After General Strike, Bay Area Workers Still Fighting for JusticeThursday 21 April 2011by: David Bacon, Truthout SAN FRANCISCO — In the 150-year history of workers in the San Francisco Bay Area, the watershed event was … Continue reading →

Growing the War in Libya By Steve Weissman, RSN Special Coverage: Egypt’s Struggle for Democracy If America and its NATO allies flew into battle over Libya to prevent a bloodbath in Benghazi, as President Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron of … Continue reading →