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Don’t dunk that cookie!
As Nabisco ships 600 jobs out of Chicago to Mexico, maybe it’s time to give up Oreos. By Marilyn Katz | The Rag Blog | August 11, 2015 CHICAGO — I may have to give up one of my longest-standing … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Cities, Marilyn Katz, Nabisco, Offshoring, Oreos Boycott, Rag Bloggers
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The Republican debate and the raw ego of
Donald Trump
The most glaring problem was how little this group understands the world in which we now live. By David McReynolds | The Rag Blog | August 10, 2015 NEW YORK — My assumption is that most of you watched the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, David McReynolds, Donald Trump, Rag Bloggers, Republican Debate, Republican Party
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What the big debate tells us about a
Republican presidency
Here’s my instant two cents on the first GOP ‘debate’: put your money in the body bag business. By Carl Davidson | The Rag Blog | August 7, 2015 First, if any of the top people here win the White … Continue reading
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Propaganda and the atomic bomb 70 years later
The government, with the cooperation and collaboration of the media, used propaganda to justify the use of atomic bombs against Japan. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | August 6, 2015 I was only nine months old when … Continue reading
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Tagged Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima, Lamar W. Hankins, Military Atrocities, Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, Propaganda, Rag Bloggers, World War II
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TELEVISION | ‘Wentworth’ is a dark, dramatic Australian TV series set in a women’s prison
An excellent cast, clever, and gripping story lines, and an oppressive milieu make this a top-notch, thinking person’s entertainment. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2015 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews some of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Australian Television, Criticism, Prison Drama, Rag Bloggers, Wentworth, Women's Prisons
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Donald Trump: From here to obscurity
Trump may imagine himself as president, but what he can’t imagine is the perception of himself as a loser. By Bill Freeland | The Rag Blog | July 27, 2015 Here’s a first: the entire U.S. media, from the most … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, Bill Freeland, Donald Trump, Presidential Campaign, Rag Bloggers, Republican Primary
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Loving the bums, another march on Washington, bonding with my kids, and the White Sox lose to the Orioles, 1983
The season was done and I was a sad boy, one ‘mizzable bastard,’ to use my dad’s expression. But I jumped into the cooling waves and was rejuvenated. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | July 22, 2015 [In … Continue reading
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We are the New Union Army!
It’s time to wear our colors as we work to help finish the Civil War. By Dick J. Reavis | The Rag Blog | July 12, 2015 In a recent book about the Southern Civil Rights Movement, professor, SNCC veteran, … Continue reading
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METRO | Jefferson Davis has no place on
UT’s Main Mall
Students and the public are making their voices heard at forums on the UT campus. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 7, 2015 What: University of Texas at Austin Public Forum Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Time: … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Confederate Symbols, Jefferson Davis, Metro, Rag Bloggers, UT-Austin
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Community between the anvil and the hammer
Police violence against African-American communities continues to be a commonplace feature of national life and must be seriously addressed. By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog | July 7, 2015 The Black Panthers: Early proponents of Black Lives Matter … Continue reading
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Racial violence, history, and the debate over
the Confederate flag
The Confederate flag symbolizes a sanitized and historically inaccurate version of the Civil War. By Vikki Bynum | The Rag Blog | July 6, 2015 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s July 3, 2015, Rag Radio interview with Victoria Bynum about issues … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Confederate Flag, Dylann Roof, Racial Violence, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Slavery, Southern History, Victoria Bynum, Vikki Bynum
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