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LITERATURE | To cancel or not to cancel Jack London
Reflections on an American writer and a controversial movement. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 22, 2021 Jack London’s ashes, which are buried under a rock on Sonoma Mountain in Northern California, must be calling wildly to … Continue reading
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Tagged Film, Jack London, Jack London's Martin Eden, Jonah Raskin, Literature, Martin Eden, White Supremacy
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LITERATURE | Larry McMurtry: The Houston years and beyond
‘I had two novel manuscripts in my drawer, which meant that I had options my fellow graduate students just didn’t have.’ By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | April 1, 2021 HOUSTON — Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Academy … Continue reading
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Tagged American Literature, American Writers, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Larry McMurtry, Rice University
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THE VOTE | Voter suppression in Texas
It’s all wrapped in a thin white sheet called ‘voter integrity,’ but you can call it Jim Crow Revisited. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2021 AUSTIN — Texas is one of the hardest states to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Rag Bloggers, Texas Voter Suppression, Voter Suppression
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POVERTY | We need a federal solution to homelessness
Austin Mayor Steve Adler has been ordered by Gov. Abbott to make the homeless camps under the Austin freeways go away. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2021 AUSTIN — The following is from an article … Continue reading
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RACE | On anti-Asian racism: The historical record abroad and at home
With the election of Joe Biden, the shift in the direction of escalating tensions with China has continued. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2021 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Why is the United States returning to … Continue reading
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RED SCARE | The Communists are everywhere: Reflections from childhood
I don’t recall ever discussing the incoming Communist hordes with my parents. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2021 SAN MARCOS — When I was about 10 years old in the mid-1950s, I had a … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Communists, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Red Scare
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POETS | Tongo Eisen-Martin: A poet with genocide
on his mind
A story for National Poetry Month. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2021 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — English Department purists might complain that Tongo Eisen-Martin doesn’t write “real” poems, that is poems about birds and flowers, … Continue reading
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JUSTICE | Saudi murder and American murder: An
ethical equivalence
While Khashoggi may have had no legal rights under Saudi law, Anwar al-Aulaki was a U.S. citizen and entitled to due process. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 4, 2021 SAN MARCOS — I am as … Continue reading
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Tagged Anwar al-Awlaki, International Justice, Jamal Khashoggi, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Saudi Arabia
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OBITUARY | Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)
He was an insurgent poet, feisty publisher, lover of the written and spoken word. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 23, 2021 SONOMA COUNTY, Calif — He was a poet, a painter, a publisher, and a bookstore … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Movement, City Lights Bookstore, Jonah Raskin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Obituary, Poets, Rag Bloggers
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POLITICAL CRIME | Ken Paxton and the Three ‘Enemigos’
Charting the flagrant abuse of power by Texas’ indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | February 13, 2021 AUSTIN — Indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is getting star billing in the crime genre, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Dan Patrick, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Political Crime, Rag Bloggers, Texas Politics
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VERSE | Bernie Sanders’ Victory Tour 2021
By Larry Piltz | The Rag Blog | February 11, 2021 It’s as if Bernie’s lifelong journey of devotion to betterment of all, and becoming over time a beloved benign dogged pursuer of equality and fairness, almost the coming to … Continue reading
