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Yearly Archives: 2011
Peter Finn : Drone Used in Austin Raises Privacy Issues
Wasp III drone — the kind used by Texas DPS in 2009 Austin police operation. Grab from KVUE.com / Austin.Drones over Austin:Law enforcement use of aerial dronesraises issues of privacy, civil liberties By Peter Finn / CommonDreams / January 24, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial Drones, Austin, Civil Liberties, Law Enforcement, Privacy, Surveillance
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Ted McLaughlin : Americans Don’t Want to Gamble With Social Security
Cartoon from Donklephant.Americans aren’t buying thelies about social security New polls show that idea of cutting Social Security is not popular with the American public. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January 24,2011 During the Great Depression one … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Public Opinion, Social Security, Ted McLaughlin
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Patricia Vonne Headlines Rag Blog Benefit Sunday at Jovita’s in Austin
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Please join us this Sunday at Jovita’s Please join us Sunday, January 23, from 6:30-10 p.m., at Jovita’s, 1619 South First Street in Austin, for the Rag Blog Benefit featuring Latina rocker Patricia Vonne and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Gina Chavez, Jovita's, New Journalism Project, Patricia Vonne, Rag Radio, The Rag Blog
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Jim Simons : Sargent Shriver and the Forgotten War Against Poverty
Sargent Shriver. Photo from Time/Life. Sargent Shriver, warrior against poverty (1915-2011) R. Sargent Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose career included directing the Peace Corps, fighting the War on Poverty, ambassador to France and, less successfully, running … Continue reading
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Tagged JFK, Jim Simons, LBJ, Peace Corps, Sargent Shriver, Sixties, War on Poverty
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Lamar W. Hankins : The Bowdlerizing of Huckleberry Finn
Huck and Jim. Image from Teachers.ash.org.The bowdlerizing of Huckleberry Finn By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / January 19, 2011 A recent commentary by Leonard Pitts in the Miami Herald explained a significant problem with publication of a … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Censorship, Education, Fiction, Huckleberry Finn, Lamar W. Hankins, Mark Twain, Racism, Slavery
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Thorne Dreyer : Journalist, Author, and ‘Investigative Poet’ John Ross (1938-2011)
The late great John Ross.Farewell to our great friend John Ross See “Los Muertos,” a poem by John Ross, Below. By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / January 18, 2011 Yesterday I received an email with the following message: … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Beat Generation, Cancer, Deaths, John Ross, Journalists, Mexico City, Poetry, Poets, The Rag Blog, Thorne Dreyer
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Joshua Brown : Life During Wartime: Data Overload
Political cartoon and verse by Joshua Brown / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2011.The Rag Blog
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Joshua Brown, Military, Poetry, Political Cartoon
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Ed Felien : Words Have Consequences
Words have consequences:Political rhetoric and the attemptedassassination of Gabrielle Giffords By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2011 Gabrielle Giffords had just won her reelection in a race so tight it took three days to count the … Continue reading
