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Monthly Archives: January 2022

Lamar W. Hankins :
CRIMINAL JUSTICE | Can’t see past the blue

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

How prosecutors and judges let cops get away with murder, or at least with criminally negligent homicide. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | January 31, 2022 The two or three nationwide instances that we have seen recently … Continue reading →

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JONAH RASKIN :
INTERVIEW | Why do men keep making war?: An interview
with scholar Michael Klare

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

Michael Klare has had war on his mind for the past 60 years. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | January 20, 2022 Michael Klare has had war in all its many ignominious manifestations on his mind for the … Continue reading →

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Robert C. Cottrell :
BOOKS | ‘Making History Making Blintzes’

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

A memoir by New Left veterans Mickey Flacks and Dick Flacks. By Robert C. Cottrell | The Rag Blog | January 20, 2022 As a historian who has concentrated extensively on American radicalism, I attempt to keep abreast of newly … Continue reading →

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JONAH RASKIN :
BOOKS | Alice Walker’s ‘Gathering Blossoms Under Fire’:
Journals as autobiography

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

The book reads like a peremptory strike meant to deter future biographers. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | January 13, 2022 Before the advent of Black Lives Matter, Me Too, and the most recent generation of Black writers, … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
THE VOTE | Voting by mail in Texas

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Alice Embree

Voting rights and voting access are fundamental to democracy. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog |January 13, 2022 It’s time. If you are eligible to vote by mail in Texas, send in your application, mark “annual,” and be aware … Continue reading →

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JONAH RASKIN :
FILM | ‘Don’t Look Up’: Apocalypse, again

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Don’t Look Up’ is apocalyptic science fiction, but it’s also biting satire. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | January 6, 2022 I had heard about Don’t Look Up (Netflix, 2 h 18 m) the new apocalyptic science fiction … Continue reading →

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Larry Piltz :
VERSE | The Christmas Keys, a True Carol in Limericks

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

The Christmas Keys, a True Carol in Limericks On Christmas Eve I lost my keys then dreamt of a very high bridge that spans a river fast and wide that flows below a ridge and on that ridge a town … Continue reading →

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