Category Archives: RagBlog

To be continued … rdj Like Gavin, long ago, I shouldn’t have time for this. But, sucker that I am….. Things happen. Then there are the stories we make up about what happens. Some of those stories more accurately describe … Continue reading →

This material was originally posted on 31 July, but continuing discussion (most recent response from Steve Russell) prompted me to update the posting date to 6 August. rdj I thought you might be interested in this email, which I just … Continue reading →

There will be a little more. rdj In re: the Science & Objectivity debate — has it never occurred to you that the whole of Marx could be reduced to the statement (not his) that, “The self-interest of the working … Continue reading →

There will be more to this series. rdj Maybe you have no time for all this, as you say in the last line of your post, because you complicate things and it takes a long time to sort them out, … Continue reading →

These bumper stickers were compiled by Jerry Paull, a former Methodist minister in Lakeside, Ohio, who writes: “The following actual bumper stickers are now on cars. I didn’t write any of them. I’m only the messenger. If they make you … Continue reading →

This is the inauguration of a new weekly column. Everyone is invited to play. Since we all have to eat, my philosophy has always been that we may as well eat like royalty. It doesn’t have to be expensive or … Continue reading →

This summer the Denver Justice and Peace Committee finally became convinced to risk sponsoring one of our benefit Maya textile sales. Back to Colorado one more time. And while there, it’s only natural that one would take advantage of the … Continue reading →

I started a conversation with Charlie by sending him one of Fred’s (of Fred on Everything) columns titled “Jane Fonda’s Wall – Thoughts On The Chatter Of Candy-Asses.” I thought he might appreciate the dark humour. I guessed wrong. Here … Continue reading →

This was a great read. The RAG was clearly an early predecessor of the “Journalism as Assertion” tendency later developed by Cable News, free papers like the Chronicle and the Web Blogs. My experience with the Queer Cultural Center’s non-commercial … Continue reading →

This is another remarkable exchange that took place between some of the membership last late Autumn. Richard Jehn Mike Eisenstadt writes: — Hardworking and neighborly folks, knowing more or less what the neighbors know, stretch as far as possible what … Continue reading →

The “debate” concerning Social Security came and went rather quickly in 2005 – mainly because a large majority of working people know a reasonably well-run program when they see one. As in all such programs, adjustments have to be made … Continue reading →