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Yearly Archives: 2011
Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Political Idiots and Economic Dementia
Aldous Huxley: the “dogmatism and proselytizing zeal… of religious or political idiots.”Huxley’s ‘political idiots’ andpublic health in America By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / April 13, 2011 “At least two thirds of our miseries spring from … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Medicare, Medicine, Public Health, Republican Party
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John Aloysius Farrell : The Koch Brothers’ Web of Influence
Koch Inc., headquartered in Wichita, Kan., spends tens of millions of dollars to lobby Congress and federal agencies on issues ranging from oil and gas to the estate tax. Photo by Larry W. Smith / AP.The Koch brothers’ web of … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Power, Global Warming, Koch Brothers, Lobbyists, pollution
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Ed Felien : Malalai Joya is a Champion for Afghan Women
Malalai Joya. Image from antiwarcommittee.com.A champion for Afghan women:On hearing Malalai Joya By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2011 MINNEAPOLIS — I met the bravest person in the world Friday night, April 1, at St. Joan … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Ed Felien, International Women's Day, Malalai Joya, Taliban
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Ted McLaughlin : U.S. Military Spending Way Out of Whack
Hogging the pie:U.S. military spending gone wild By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2011 The chart above shows just how much out of whack the United States spending on its military really is. The U.S. has … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, Military Industrial Complex, Military Spending, Ted McLaughlin, U.S. Military
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SCIENCE / AFP : Brain Structure Differs in Liberals, Conservatives
Illustration by Yakobchuk Vasyl / The Independent.It’s all in your head! New study shows liberals have more gray matter in a part of the brain related to understanding complexity, while the conservative brain is bigger in the section linked to … Continue reading
Larry Ray : Donald Trump and the Two-Headed Cow
The Great American Sideshow! Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.The Great American Sideshow:Donald Trump: See the two-headed cow! By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / April 11, 2011 America has always had a fringe element of nuttiness … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Larry Ray, Mainstream Media, Popular Culture, Spectacle, Television
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Marc Estrin : Light Unto the Nations
Israeli “Agronomic (sic) flashlight grip (T-GRIP).” (Get ’em while they’re hot. Image from IsraelMilitary.comLight unto the nations By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 11, 2011 What is it? It doesn’t seem to be a bird. Definitely not … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Marc Estrin, Military, Palestinian Occupation, Weaponry, West Bank
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The Neurotic Northamerican Presidential Security By Leonardo Boff / The Rag Blog / April 10, 2011 Many of us have known what the ideology of national security meant under the Latin American military dictatorships. The security of the State was … Continue reading
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BOOKS / Karen Lee Wald : Cuba From the Other Side
Voices From the Other Side:Keith Bolender’s oral historyof terrorism against Cuba By Karen Lee Wald / The Rag Blog / April 10, 2011 [Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History Of Terrorism Against Cuba by Keith Bolender (Pluto Press, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Cuba, Karen Lee Wald, Oral History, Terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy
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John McMillian : For Manning Marable
Manning Marable. Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images. Renowned African-American scholar, Dr. Manning Marable, 60, died April 1 of complications from pneumonia, three days before the publication of his long-awaited biography of Malcolm X, a book he had been … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Authors, Black History, Colombia University, Deaths, John McMillian, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, Scholars
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BOOKS / Lewis Wallace : Jordan Flaherty Chronicles Post-Katrina Resistance
Jordan Flaherty’s Floodlines:Community and resistance in New Orleans By Lewis Wallace / The Rag Blog / April 7, 2011 See ‘Jena Six activist convicted, faces decades in prison’ by Jordan Flaherty, Below. [Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Community Organizing, Jena Six, Jordan Flaherty, Katrina, Lewis Wallace, New Orleans, Racism
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Lamar W. Hankins : Libya and the ‘Humanitarian Intervention’
In 2009, Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to meet face-to-face with Libyan president Moammar Gadhafi. Photo from AP.Libya and the dilemma ofhumanitarian military interventions By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 7, 2011 The debate … Continue reading
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Tagged Libyan Intervention, Muammar Gaddafi, U.S. Foreign Policy
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