Tag Archives: Greg Moses

Mission Possible? : Visualize Skimmers and Booms

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Crude oil collects on the wrong side of an orange containment boom in Pass a Loutre near Venice, Louisiana, May 30, 2010. Photo by A.J. Sisco / UPI.Skimmers and booms:Keywords for victory on the Gulf Coast By Greg Moses / … Continue reading →

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Worse or Worser? : Barrier Grief in Louisiana

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

An oil soaked brown pelican attempts to takes flight on Louisiana coast. Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP.Worse or worser?Gulf grief, contractors, and media mania By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 29, 2010 Shock and awe, misdirection, … Continue reading →

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Creative Engagement : How About a Public Option for Jobs?

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Capitalism knows best? How about creating some jobs. Image from Beyond TV.Answering economic atrophy:A public option for jobsBy Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 16, 2010 Creative destruction is one way to say it. In order for capitalism … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : The Sound of Un-Hatched Chickens Crashing

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Generation Payback:The cash value of capitalism By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2010 Confronted on Tax Day by satellite visions of free market capitalism led by the American Tea Party, global investors began to exit the … Continue reading →

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Racial Profiling : What’s Up With the Mormons?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Early Onset of Night.Mormons for racial profiling?Unsustainable contradictions in immigration law By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 27, 2010 What’s up with the Mormons? Orem, Utah legislator Stephen Eric Sandstrom last week pledged to follow … Continue reading →

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Tax Day Tea Party : Markets Overboard!

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Mike Konapacki / solidarity.com.Tax Day Tea PartyTosses markets overboard By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2010 Like so many chests of tea tossed overboard into Boston Harbor, world markets fell straight down Friday in … Continue reading →

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A King’s Easter : Reflecting on Jesus and Eggs

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A King’s Easter:Pausing to reflect on Jesus and eggs By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 3, 2010 This year — for the second time — the sad anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. falls … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : Operation Tiny Tim

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Operation Tiny Tim:Retired generals campaign for Health care equity for all children By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 1, 2010 A new association of retired military generals plans today to announce “Operation Tiny Tim” to secure the … Continue reading →

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Ride ’em Cowboy : Charley Pride, the Austin Rodeo, and the Health Care Horserace

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Charley Pride. Photo by Nikki Boertman / The Commercial Appeal.With Charley’s pride:American eagle on the limb By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2010 To really understand the day that the Democrats won the national health care … Continue reading →

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Joseph Stack and the Texas GOP : Murder-Suicide of the King’s English

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Art by Cindy Flynn / Clifton Studios.Murder-suicide of the English language:Stack, and the Texas Republican primary By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / March 9, 2010 Like fabled ruts gouged into dirt by heavy wheels, or war trenches widened … Continue reading →

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Fear in 2009: Year of the Bullet

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“Playing with Guns.” Photo from Mikesjournal.The fear stimulus:Year of the Bullet 2009 For every claim that the Obama landslide transformed American culture in 2009 we have ‘bullet points’ that document a grassroots prairie fire of gut fear… By Greg Moses … Continue reading →

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Avatar : Contradictions of Cameron’s Animation Masterpiece

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The contradictions of capital-intensive history:James Cameron’s animation masterpiece The stunning experience of nature, culture, and politics does achieve an important spiritual reversal of the Cowboys and Indians plot. By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / December 28, 2009 “I’ll … Continue reading →

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