Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
RECENT POSTS
Tag Archives: James McEnteer
:
Chained together in Hell: Manuel Noriega and George H.W. Bush
No one was blinder to the criminality of Noriega, who was on the CIA payroll, than George Herbert Walker Bush. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | June 19, 2017 QUITO, Ecuador — Manuel Noriega, former president of Panama, … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged American History, CIA, George H. W. Bush, James McEnteer, Latin American History, Manuel Noriega, Rag Bloggers
2 Comments
:
VERSE | Mourning Again in America
Mourning Again in America “I could never throw roses to Hitler” * Or shake Henry Kissinger’s hand Or embrace a place whose bombs leave children Bleeding to death … Continue reading
:
Why Ecuador is choosing to sabotage its
top universities
Above all, it is a move by Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa to consolidate his power. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | January 9, 2017 QUITO, Ecuador — On December 13, Ecuador’s National Assembly passed a law compromising the … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Ecuador, Higher Education, James McEnteer, Rafael Correa, Rag Bloggers
Leave a comment
:
Vultures over Havana
Fidel Castro and the Castration of U.S. Latin American policy. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | November 28, 2016 When Fidel Castro died in his sleep at 90 on November 25 in Havana, American news consumers might have … Continue reading
:
Look ma, no wheels: Weak end at Bernie’s
Political bites and random nibbles. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | June 8, 2016 On September 11, 2001, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, et. al., were either negligent about or complicit in the terrorist attacks … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged 2016 Elections, James McEnteer, Presidential Politics, Rag Bloggers
Leave a comment
:
The geopolitics of generosity
For the USA, offering little help to Ecuador’s earthquake victims, political calculation takes precedence over compassion. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | May 11, 2016 QUITO, Ecuador — On April 16, Ecuador suffered an earthquake registering 7.8 on … Continue reading
:
Wall-to-wall deja voodoo
Walls can’t stop ideas. A wall itself is an idea, or rather, an admission that the builder of the wall has run out of ideas. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | October 27, 2015 QUITO, Ecuador — From … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged Border Wall, Donald Trump, James McEnteer, Rag Bloggers, World History
Leave a comment
:
Blasts from the past in Buenos Aires
Omnipresence of Beatles offers counterpoint to hall of horrors at Museum of Memory and Human Rights. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | September 9, 2015 QUITO, Ecuador — On a visit to Buenos Aires last month, it took … Continue reading
:
The Tardy Boys and the Secret of the
Haunted Castle
After a while the castle lifted off from the planet and we shot into the galaxy. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | February 9, 2015 The spring of 1967 was gorgeous in Connecticut. We’d been going crazy the … Continue reading
:
Dog days in Quito
Terrified by the noise of the fireworks, Suki had panicked and bolted over the fence and down the street. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | January 21, 2015 QUITO, Ecuador — Our dog ran away on New Year’s … Continue reading
:
The age of compromises and the compromises
of age
Chastened by her exhausting persecution as First Lady, HRC apparently decided as a member of Congress to go along to get along. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | July 10, 2014 Once upon a time, Hillary Rodham, the … Continue reading
Posted in RagBlog
Tagged 2016 Elections, Electoral politics, Hillary Clinton, James McEnteer, Political Compromise, Pragmatism, Rag Bloggers
4 Comments
