Category Archives: RagBlog

ALLEN YOUNG / BOOKS / ‘A Prince of a Boy: How One Gay Catholic Helped Change the World’

By Allen Young / The Rag Blog / February 20, 2025 As I sat down to write a review of Brian McNaught’s memoir — knowing Iwould praise and recommend the book — I wondered what some of my friendsmight think. … Continue reading

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ALICE EMBREE / THE RAG AND THE RETROGRADE / History Repeats Itself

By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / February 14, 2025 This article was originally posted to Alice Embree’s Substack. “UT-Dallas students launch alternative newspaper after class with administration,” was the headline above a Texas Tribune article on February 7, … Continue reading

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LAMAR HANKINS / POLICE ABUSE / How the police deny us our constitutional rights

BY LAMAR HANKINS / The Rag Blog / February 13, 2025 [Lamar Hankins discusses this subject on Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer Friday, February 14, at 2 p.m. on KOOP at 91.7-FM in Austin or streamed at KOOP.org.] While I … Continue reading

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BRUCE MELTON / ESSAY / Resist the illegitimate administration: Why this happened and the climate change connection.

By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / January 23, 2025 SUMMARY: Americans did not change their views causing the Big Lie to be elected. Their views were bastardized by the unprecedented number of lies and the Fascist oligarchy dictator … Continue reading

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MARY MANTLE | REMEMBRANCE | Early Austin activist has died: Tom Mantle was a founder of ‘The Rag’ in 1966

By Mary Mantle | The Rag Blog | August 28, 2024 When I was a 17-year-old girl in Corpus Christi, Texas, then a small city at the bottom of America, Naval cadets came for ROTC training at the Naval Air … Continue reading

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CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS AMERICA / SCIENCE / Bruce Melton

East Coast Filming 2024 Forest kill from salt water intrusion, Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina. By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | July 26, 2024 [Listen to Bruce Melton discuss the issues raised in this article on … Continue reading

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THORNE DREYER / REMEMBRANCE / Kinky Friedman 1944 – 2024

Kinky Friedman. Image from Wikipedia. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | July 4, 2024 Kinky Friedman, a singer, songwriter, humorist and sometime politician who with his band, the Texas Jewboys, developed an ardent following among alt-country music fans … Continue reading

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ALICE EMBREE | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS | Second anniversary of Dobbs

By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | July 2, 2024 This article originally appeared in Alice Embree’s Substack and was cross-posted to The Rag Blog. AUSTIN — It was 8:30 a.m., June 24, at the Texas Capitol when the … Continue reading

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LAMAR HANKINS | REFLECTIONS | An old lawyer’s thoughts on Trump’s 34 New York convictions

By Lamar Hankins | The Rag Blog | June 13, 2024 [Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s interview with Lamar Hankins on Rag Radio, Friday, June 14, 2024, 2-3 p.m., on KOOP 91.7-FM in Austin, and streamed at KOOP.org.] I followed Trump’s … Continue reading

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RICHARD CROXDALE | REMEMBRANCE | Doyle Niemann

Photo by Alan Pogue | The Rag Blog. By Richard Croxdale | The Rag Blog | June 2, 2024 [Originally posted May 28, 2024, in the People’s History in Texas Substack and cross-posted to The Rag Blog.] Doyle Niemann passed … Continue reading

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ROBERT COTTRELL | ALTERNATIVE MEDIA | Looking Back at ‘The Village Voice’: ‘The Freaks Came Out to Write’

By Robert Cottrell | The Rag Blog | May 8, 2024 [Robert Cottrell will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, May 10, 2-3 p.m. on KOOP-FM 91.7-FM in Austin, and streamed on KOOP.org, where they will discuss the … Continue reading

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ALICE EMBREE | AUSTIN HISTORY | Save University Junior High

Portion of ‘Heart and Soul’ mural by Raul Valdez. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | May 6, 2024 This article originally appeared in Alice Embree’s Substack. AUSTIN — I attended University Junior High (UJH) as did my mother-in-law … Continue reading

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