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Ask a Tuvaluvian If Global Warming Is a Myth
The Pacific island of Tuvalu is facing a near certain death as global warming raises the sea level.Sinking Tuvualu wants our help as ocean levels riseBy Brad Crouch / October 4, 2008 THE first nation likely to be overwhelmed by … Continue reading
Post-Bailout : Why the Stock Market Still Plunged
Unemployment, tempera on paper by Ben Shahn, 1938. © Private Collection/Christie’s Images / The Bridgeman Art Library.It’s the economy, stupid….By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / October 4, 2008 Why, I was asked off line, did the market dive … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Economic Collapse, Economy, Stock Market, Unemployment, Wall Street Bailout
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Abstinence Only : Sex Education as Politics
Annual funding for abstinence-only is close to $175 millionBy Scott Murray / October 1, 2008 When Alfred Kinsey published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948, he included a stern word of caution to his readers: “as long as … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstinence, Bush Administration, Christian Right, Public Morality, Sex Education, Sexuality
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We Will Pay Because God Loves the Rich
And as we all know, worms do not rise up in revolt. That takes a backbone.Speaking in the Tongues of Brokers: The Bailout in Plain EnglishBy Joe Bageant / October 2, 2008 Any number of cultural historians have noted the … Continue reading
To Begin Healing the Nation, Accept Responsibility
Shame! Shame! Come Back ShameBy Joel Hirschhorn / October 3, 2008 Shame on them (the politicians) and shame on us (the public). We live in the United States of Shame. Why? Because everywhere we see nothing but disgrace, dishonor and … Continue reading
The Guantanamo Military Commissions: A Parody of Justice
Who’s Pulling the Strings? The Dark Heart of the Guantánamo TrialsBy Andy Worthington / October 3, 2008 On September 24, Col. Lawrence Morris, the chief prosecutor of Guantánamo’s Military Commission trial system, announced that Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, the prosecutor … Continue reading
Ike Destroyed 45,000 Homes and the First Amendment
Hurricane Ike damage. Photo: Matt Slocum/Associated PressIke: The Silent StormBy Teresa Van Deusen / October 3, 2008 The evacuees from Hurricane Gustav had just returned home September 5th when Hurricane Ike began to head for the Gulf of Mexico. National … Continue reading
Afghanistan : The Slaughter of Innocents Is an American Policy
The War to Promote Terror: What it is, indeed, is racismBy Robert C. Koehler / October 2, 2008 The “necessary war” in Afghanistan, which both presidential candidates support — the one, you know, that’s really about terrorists and Osama and … Continue reading
The End of America As We Know It?
A Father Sounds An AlarmBy Ray Zwarich / The Rag Blog / October 3, 2008 Like many readers of the Rag Blog, I have been a leftist since the Tet Offensive set off a political awakening in a nice middle … Continue reading
Using Depression-Era Tactics for Survival
Weathering the Coming Crisis, Part IIBy Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / October 3, 2008 A week or so ago, I wrote up some of the things we’re doing to minimize problems in our lives, with this bail-out and … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders: Alternatives to the Massive Bailout
Bailout Passes Senate; 9 Reasons That’s Bad News for YouBy Sen. Bernie Sanders / October 1, 2008. Forcing each American to fork over $2,200 at a time when median family income has declined by as much is no way to … Continue reading
What’s missing from this election? Molly Ivins!
Former Texas Observer editor and columinist extraordinaire Molly Ivins at her Austin home in 2001. Photo by Carolyn Mary Bauman / WpN. “The House passed (by one vote) a bill to eliminate barriers between banks, brokerage firms and insurance companies. … Continue reading →