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In Mexico, massacres are the order of the day
While the U.S. government lauds its Mexican counterpart, a new mass grave appears to contain bodies of ‘disappeared’ education students. By Johnny Hazard | The Rag Blog | October 8, 2014 MEXICO CITY — By now many in the U.S. … Continue reading
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Berkeley Free Speech Movement turns 50
Aging Berkeley radicals and young undergrads mark the anniversary of the FSM in a gathering that’s short on nostalgia, long on hope, zero on regret. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | October 7, 2014 BERKELEY — Lynne Hollander … Continue reading
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A solo run west, ChicagoFest and Maxwell Street, and a taste for electoral politics, 1979
Halsted by Maxwell had a great hot dog stand which I frequented during late night hunger attacks for polish sausages smothered with grilled onions and hot peppers and greasy fries on the side. By Michael James | The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Charming Scottish dramedy ‘Monarch of the Glen’ offers fun characters, luscious scenery
For seven seasons, members of the MacDonald family, their servants, neighbors, and visitors, scheme and counter-scheme at a massive Scottish Highlands estate. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | October 7, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews … Continue reading
METRO EVENT | The Rag Blog : Actress Cindy Pickett is special guest at Rag Blog Happy Hour!
Join the Rag Blog/Rag Radio family at Maria’s in Austin this Friday, and visit with the lovely and talented (and our dear old friend!) Cindy Pickett. Event: Rag Blog/Rag Radio Happy Hour Guest: Actress Cindy Pickett When: Friday, Oct. 3, … Continue reading
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Tagged Actresses, Bellaire High School, Cecil Pickett, Cindy Pickett, Maria's Taco Xpress, Metro, Rag Blog Happy Hour
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America: You’ve got three more years to drive normally!, Part 2
The estimate of three years of easily affordable driving depends primarily on how long the current fracking boom, which is holding down the global oil price, can be sustained. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | October 1, 2014 … Continue reading
METRO EVENT | The Rag Blog : Mike Davis on ‘Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster’
Noted author and urban theorist Mike Davis will present ‘A California perspective on Texas-as-the-future’ on Thursday, October 30, in Austin. Event: The Rag Blog presents scholar/author Mike Davis Subject: “A California perspective on Texas-as-the-future” When: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, 7-9 p.m. … Continue reading
Posted in Metro, RagBlog
Tagged City of Quartz, Marxist Scholar, Metro, New Journalism Project, The Rag Blog, Urban Theory
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METRO | Lamar W. Hankins : Facing evil in
East Texas
We look at how the Church of Wells cult recruits members into its fold, and the almost total emotional control the three ‘elders’ have over the group. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | September 29, 2014 WELLS, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherokee County, Church of Wells, East Texas, Fundamentalism, Lamar W. Hankins, Metro, Rag Bloggers, Religious Cults
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METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer : Lamar Hankins discusses a major scandal at the Church of Wells cult in East Texas
Lamar talks about the revelations in his chilling investigative report for The Rag Blog, entitled ‘Child murder in Texas.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | September 24, 2014 Lamar W. Hankins, a columnist for The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of Wells, Faith Healing, Interview, Lamar W. Hankins, Metro, Podcast, Rag Radio, Religious Cults, Thorne Dreyer
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Marching for a green economy ‘built to last’
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030, calling it ‘a moral imperative.’ By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | September 24, 2014 NEW YORK — With hundreds of thousands … Continue reading
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‘Village Building Convergence’ rocks
small-town Sebastopol
The two-day event was designed to ‘improve our experience of community… by transforming public spaces and making them into special places.’ By Shepherd Bliss | The Rag Blog | September 23, 2014 SEBASTOPOL, California — Participants in the ambitious 10-day … Continue reading
