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Yearly Archives: 2011
Louis Bergeron : A Practical Vision for Global Sustainable Energy
L.A. Cicero Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering At Stanford University. Photo from L.A. Cicero.It will take concerted effort:A practical vision for alternative energy By Louis Bergeron / Stanford Report / April 7, 2011 A new study … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Clean Energy, Environment, Future, Stanford University, Sustainability
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Jonah Raskin : Michael T. Klare on War and Terrorism
Michael T. Klare. Still image from Klare’s Blood and Oil.A Rag Blog interview:Author Michael T. Klare on terrorism,paper tigers, Vietnam, and the Pentagon: By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2011 He grew up singing the lyrics … Continue reading
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Tagged Interview, Jonah Raskin, Michael T. Klare, Pentagon, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Ted McLaughlin : Can an All-White GOP Win in 2012?
Electoral College breakdown for 2008.Can the GOP win in 2012with only white votes? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2011 This country was generally controlled by the Republican Party in the years between 1980 and 2008. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Economics, Electoral politics, Racism, Republican Party, Tea Baggers, Ted McLaughlin
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Ed Felien : Obama and the Lies About Libya
Political cartoon by Mike Keefe / Denver Post / inToon.comWhat’s really up in Benghazi?Obama’s lies about Libya By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / April 5, 2011 Barack Obama tried to explain the U. S. war against Libya on … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Felien, Foreign Policy, Libyan Intervention, Muammar Gaddafi
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Marc Estrin : Pea of the Month
Image from OB Rag.PEA OF THE MONTH “Keep your eye on the pea.” “What pea? Where?” “The one under the shell, this shell, here. Got it?” “Yeah.” “OK. Now watch carefully.” By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Libyan Intervention, Marc Estrin, Middle East, Obama Administration
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Stacy and Bunni: A Montrose Love Story
If Stacy Sutherland of the 13th Floor Elevators were alive he’d be celebrating his 65th birthday this May. By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2011 HOUSTON — On the corner of Pacific and Hopkins streets … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Montrose, Popular Music, Psychedelic Rock, Sixties, Stacy Sutherland
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Ellen LaConte : Garden As If Your Life Depended on It
Digging in for the future. Image from Civil Eats.Because it will:Garden as if your life depended on it By Ellen LaConte / The Rag Blog / March 31, 2011 Spring has sprung — at least south of the northern tier … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Ecology, Ellen LaConte, Environment, Peak Food, Peak Oil, Sustainability, Urban Gardens
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Garden as if Your Life Depended On It, Because It Will By Ellen LaConte Spring has sprung—at least south of the northern tier of states where snow still has a ban on it—and the grass has ‘riz. And so has … Continue reading
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care and the Congress from Bedlam
Birth of the Republican Congress: “The Interior of Bedlam” (Bethlem Royal Hospital), from A Rake’s Progress by William Hogarth, 1763. Image from McCormick Library, Northwestern University / Wikimedia Commons.The Congress from Bedlam:Health care and American prioritiesBy Dr. Stephen R. Keister … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannabis, Congress, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Drug Law Reform, Health Care Reform, Republican Right
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Tom Hayden : Samantha Power Goes to War
Samantha Power. Image from The 46.Obama’s ‘humanitarian hawk’:Samantha Power goes to war By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / March 30, 2011 Barack Obama’s war in Libya bears the intellectual imprint of Samantha Power, the Dublin-born human rights author … Continue reading
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Tagged Libyan Intervention, Obama Administration, Samantha Power, Tom Hayden, U.S. Foreign Policy, Women
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David Bacon : Iraqis Call for Real Democracy
Unemployed men demonstrate outside the office of a contractor who had promised them work. Photo David Bacon. Image from Truthout.Eight years of occupation:Iraqis take to the streets, call for real democracy By David Bacon / The Rag Blog / March … Continue reading
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Tagged David Bacon, Democracy Movements, Iraq Occupation, Labor Unions, Social Action
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EIGHT YEARS OF IRAQ’S OCCUPATION – EIGHT YEARS OF MISERY Iraqis Take to the Streets, Call for Real Democracy By David Bacon / The Rag Blog / March 29, 2011 The war in Iraq is supposedly over. The U.S. administration … Continue reading
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