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The conservative fear of ‘losing America’
Obama is the first president to acknowledge, without quite saying so, that we live in a multipolar world and can no longer dictate our desired outcomes. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | May 17, 2014 The national security … Continue reading
METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer holds forth with Central Texas environmental activists Robbins, Cortez & Baker.
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METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer : Central Texas environmental activists on Rag Radio
Paul Robbins, Dave Cortez, and Roger Baker talk the Texas drought, climate change denial, Texas water politics, Keystone, fracking, and more… Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | May 16, 2014 Our Rag Radio podcast features prominent Central … Continue reading
METRO | Roger Baker : The proposed Austin light rail plan as I see it…
…which clearly isn’t the way Mayor Leffingwell sees it, since he cut me off during the CAMPO meeting. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | May 15, 2014 AUSTIN — I make it my regular habit, as a hobby … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Politics, CAMPO, Central Texas, Lee Leffingwell, Light Rail, Metro, Project Connect, Rag Bloggers, Roger Baker, Transportation
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FRONT PAGE | Thorne Dreyer’s tribute: Maggie Dreyer played a major role in Houston’s emerging art scene, putting it ‘on the side of human rights and general soul.’
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Broken bones, Castle in the Sky, on the res, and meeting Katy Hogan, 1975-’76
Once, in an altered state, Duane and I climbed a fire tower in the night and looked over many square miles of pine trees under the stars. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2014 [In this … Continue reading
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Tagged Heartland Cafe, Katy Hogan, Memoir, Michael James, New Left, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, Rising Up Angry, SDS, Travel, Uptown Chicago
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METRO | Roger Baker vs. Mayor Leffingwell at CAMPO! They sparred over Roger’s take on the proposed light rail plan.
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FILM | Scarlett Johansson gets ‘Under the Skin’ (Ouch!)
What a muddled mess this movie is. It gives you the same feeling you might get while watching a drunk trying to cross an icy street. By Bob Simmons | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2014 I’m not sure … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Simmons, Film, Jonathan Glazer, Nudity, Rag Bloggers, Scarlett Johansson, Science Fiction, Under the Skin
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METRO | Melanie Scruggs : Houston’s regressive trash burning proposal
The global Zero Waste movement is actively opposing Houston’s proposed ‘One Bin for All.’ By Melanie Scruggs | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2014 HOUSTON — The environmental community in Texas has organically cultivated an unofficial division of labor … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental Activists, Houston, Melanie Scruggs, Metro, One Bin for All, Rag Bloggers, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Waste Disposal, Zero Waste
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METRO | Melanie Scruggs reports that Houston environmentalists are trashing a regressive ‘One Bin for All’ plan.
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BOOKS | Gordon Young’s ‘Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City’
‘Teardown’ has the kind of heart that once made Flint, Michigan, a center of trade union and labor activism. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | May 13, 2014 [Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City by Gordon Young (June … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Flint, Gordon Young, Jonah Raskin, Michigan, Rag Bloggers, Rust Belt, Teardown
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