Tag Archives: Michael Meeropol

MICHAEL MEEROPOL / ECONOMICS / Are there signs of serious problems in the economy?

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Thorne Dreyer

By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2026 The following is a version of a commentary delivered over WAMC-FM by Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western New England University on January 9, 2026. This version … Continue reading →

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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / ECONOMICS / Inflation, unemployment, and President Trump’s speech

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Thorne Dreyer

By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / January 1, 2026 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered over WAMC-FM on , by Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western New England University. It has been … Continue reading →

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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / COMMENTARY / Sleeping Giant: Thoughts on the results of the November 4 elections

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from  Pix4Free.org. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / November 18, 2025 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered over WAMC-FM on November 7, 2025, by Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western New … Continue reading →

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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / POLITICAL COMMENTARY / Virtually everything the Trump Administration has done to ramp up deportations has been illegal

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Thorne Dreyer

Honk for Trump Vance. Photo by Thomas Hawk / Flickr/ Creative Commons. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2025 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered by Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western New … Continue reading →

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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / POLITICAL COMMENTARY / Vice President Vance says people who fought in the Civil War have a larger claim to citizenship than people living here today

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Thorne Dreyer

J.D. Vance by DonkeyHotey. This caricature of J.D. Vance was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore’s Flickr photostream. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / August 5, 2025 The following is an expanded version of a … Continue reading →

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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / TRUMP / The war with Iran should not distract us from important domestic issues

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Thorne Dreyer

E. Jean Carroll, 2006. Photo by  julieannesmo. Creative Commons image. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / July 3, 2025 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered over WAMC-FM on June 27, 2025 by Michael Meeropol … Continue reading →

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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / ECONOMY / Is there a danger that the stagflation of the 1970’s is coming back?

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Thorne Dreyer

By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / June 4, 2025 (Michael Meeropol and Houston-based historian John Moretta will discuss this commentary and related material on Rag Radio, KOOP-FM in Austin, Friday, June 6, 2025, from 2-3 p.m. It will … Continue reading →

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MICHAEL MEEROPOL | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | First, they came for abortion, now they’ve come for in vitro fertilization

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Thorne Dreyer

Alabama Supreme Court. Photo by Jeffrey Reed / Creative Commons By Michael Meeropol | The Rag Blog | April 22, 2024 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered by Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western … Continue reading →

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Michael Meeropol : ‘L’Affaire Kushner’ at New York’s City University

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Tony Kushner. Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters.L’Affaire Kushner:Give and take at theCity University of New York CUNY awards honorary doctorate to playwright Tony Kushner, takes it away, then — after ‘firestorm’ of protest — gives it back. By Michael Meeropol / … Continue reading →

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Michael Meeropol : Islamophobia and the ‘Two Americas’

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Islam in Two Americas’: Times piece reflects pernicious xenophobia The implication… is that when Americans display anti-Muslim bigotry — as in the past they had been anti-semitic, anti-Catholic, anti-Mormon, anti-immigrant — it makes for a quick and more complete assimilation… … Continue reading →

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