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Yearly Archives: 2013

Alan Waldman: ‘As Time Goes By’ is a Timeless British Comedy Classic

Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Dame Judi Dench and deadpan Geoffrey Palmer head a very clever cast in this long-beloved series. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | August 12, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan … Continue reading

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FILM / Jonah Raskin : Reviewing ‘Fruitvale’ and Remembering the Panthers

Reviewing Coogler’s Fruitvale Stationand reflecting on the Black Panthers Fruitvale Station shows how far we’ve traveled since the days of the Panthers, and how little we’ve traveled. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | August 12, 2013 The only … Continue reading

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Bob Wing : The Battlelines Are Drawn in the South

Demonstrator at Moral Monday protest, Raleigh, N.C. Image from newsobserver.com. The battlelines are drawn:Right-wing neo-secession or a third Reconstruction? In this war for the heart and soul of the U.S., the battle for the South stands front and center. By … Continue reading

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Jack A. Smith : What’s Up With the Egyptian Coup?

A man in Tahrir Square with his face painted in Egyptian colors. Image from CNN. Egypt’s coup:Progressive or regressive? It is ironic that the military — formerly loathed for upholding the dictatorship for decades, then further reviled during its controversial … Continue reading

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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : ChannelAustin’s 40 Years of Groundbreaking Free Speech TV

Linda Litowsky, Executive Director of ChannelAustin, in the studios of KOOP-FM, Austin, Texas, August 2, 2013. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Rag Radio podcast: Linda Litowsky, Stefan Wray & Anita Stech on Austin’s pioneering free speech cable … Continue reading

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From left: Linda Litowsky, Anita Stech, Rag Radio’s Thorne Dreyer, and Stefan Wray. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog.

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Lamar W. Hankins : Slipping Creationism into Texas Textbooks

Political cartoon by Kirk Anderson. Image from The Skeptical Teacher. How Texas’ Board of Education will slip creationism into textbooks Since a majority of the reviewers of the science texts are ‘creationists’ or proponents of ‘intelligent design,’ there can be … Continue reading

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Harry Targ : Academic Freedom and the Mitch Daniels/Howard Zinn Kerfuffle

Political cartoon by Gary Varvel / Indianapolis Star Academic freedom under fire: The Mitch Daniels/Howard Zinn kerfuffle If education at any level is to be shaped by the principle of academic freedom it must encourage student exposure to varieties of … Continue reading

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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Incarceration Complex: ‘Beyond Walls and Cages’

Incarceration complex:The desire to imprison Walls and Cages provides example after example of how central the business of incarceration is to the U.S. power elites in the twenty-first century. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | August 7, 2013 … Continue reading

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Michael James : ‘El Triumph’ in Tamaulipas, Mexico, 1962

Check Point, Tamaulipas, Mexico, June 16, 1962. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James‘ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul:El Triumph in Mexico,Check Point, Tamaulipas, 1962 I’m working hard to keep the … Continue reading

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Alan Waldman : ‘Inspector Lynley Mysteries’ Feature Aristocratic Police Detective

Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small are excellent as the mismatched-but-successful crime-fighting pair. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | August 6, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of … Continue reading

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