Tag Archives: Books

BOOKS : Justice, Texas Style

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Read About It While You CanBy Craig Malisow / July 28, 2008 Authorities in Smith County (Tyler) might not be happy to learn that Smith County Justice, a book alleging systemic corruption and unusually harsh sentences in the county — … Continue reading →

Posted in RagBlog | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

BOOKS : Dreams and Everyday Life by Penelope Rosemont

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

No revolution ever disappears…by Len Wallace / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2008 Penelope Rosemont, Dreams & Everyday Life: Andre Breton, Surrealism, sds & the Seven Cities of Cibola, Charles H. Kerr Publishing. Co., Chicago, 2008,ISBN 978-0-88286-234-2. Despite an … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

BOOKS : Carl Oglesby’s ‘Ravens in the Storm’

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Last updated July 29, 2008 Former SDS president reflects on that organization’s stormy history at the leading edge of the sixties New LeftBy Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / July 24, 2008 When I joined UT Students for … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

BOOKS : ‘The Art of Political Murder’

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Activist Auxiliary Bishop Juan Girardi Conederal, murdered in April, 1988. Mourners gather with can candles to mourn the murder of Bishop Juan Girardi: “Enough!”The Novelist and the Murderers By Nathaniel Popper [This article first appeared in the July 7, 2008 … Continue reading →

Posted in RagBlog | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

LITERATURE : Road Fatigue

Posted on July 13, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

The Beat Generation in the rearview mirrorBy A.G. Mojtabai / July 11, 2008 Even from a distance, it was easy to guess that the clerk with the bowed head at BookPeople was reading behind the counter. Face to face, she … Continue reading →

Posted in RagBlog | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

BOOKS : The Dark Side by Jane Meyer

Posted on July 13, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

They described not just standing, but being kept up on their tiptoes with their arms extended out and up over their heads, attached by shackles on their wrists and ankles, for what they described as eight hours at a stretch. … Continue reading →

Posted in RagBlog | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

MEDIA : Reading The Onion Seriously

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Combining irreverent humor and acerbic critique, a handful of new media outlets — including The Onion — are transforming American politics and culture, writes Theodoe Hamm, in his new book The New Blue Media.By Theodore Hamm After 9/11, The Onion … Continue reading →

Posted in RagBlog | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Janice Tibetts :
Canadian Court Sides With U.S. Deserter

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Read a gripping excerpt from Joshua Key’s book, “The Deserter’s Tale,” at the end of this article. It is a revelation. Ruling: Soldier witnessed enough rights abuses to gain Canadian asylum By Janice Tibetts | July 5, 2008 OTTAWA — … Continue reading →

Posted in RagBlog | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Books : Gore Vidal’s Inconvenient Truths

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Gore Vidal at his house in Malibu, Calif., in September 2006. Photo by Joshua Lutz/Redux.“The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal” reminds us that this combative political provocateur is also one of our finest literary critics. By Louis Bayard / June … Continue reading →

Posted in RagBlog | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Books : Writings for a Democratic Society : The Tom Hayden Reader

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Richard Flacks discusses Tom Haydenand the new collection of his writings By Richard Flacks / June 12, 2008 If you were on the campus at Ann Arbor at the dawn of the 1960s, you’d have been aware of Tom Hayden’s … Continue reading →

Posted in RagBlog | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Books : David Sirota Dissects the New Populism

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

David Sirota’s The UprisingBy Alex Thurston / June 2, 2008 David Sirota’s new book The Uprising offers an intriguing map of today’s populist movements, leaders, and parties. Sirota profiles movements like the Minutemen, the antiwar “Protest Industry” and the progressive … Continue reading →

Posted in RagBlog | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Books : Dick Reavis Sees John Howard Griffin in Available Light

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Pardon for the Cult of Black Like MeBy Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / May 27, 2008 In November, 1959, with the help of doctors and dyes, a white Texan briefly became a black man in Dixie as … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment