Tag Archives: Lamar W. Hankins

Lamar W. Hankins : The Republicans and ‘Medicare As We Know It’

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Rep. Paul Ryan and ‘medicare as we know it.’ Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP.(but should be made ineffective…)Republicans agree that Medicare is essentialBy Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 13, 2011 This past week, House … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Ted Poe is the Bully with the Booming Voice

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX). Photo from zimbio.Politico Ted Poe:The bully with the booming voice By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 24, 2011 The recent article in The New York Times (picked up this past Sunday … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Alzheimer’s and Another Face of Elder Abuse

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from In Good Feather.Elder abuse is a complicated matter:Dementia and the issue of passive restraintBy Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 9, 2011 During my visits with Dad at the group home, I witnessed several people … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Budget-Gutting Protects the Rich

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Rio Grande Farm Workers: The Cortez family at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, 1979. Photo by Alan Pogue.We are all in this together:Republican budget-gutting protects the rich By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / February 22, 2011 … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Foreign Policy ‘By Any Means Necessary’

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Holding hands: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak welcomes U.S. President George W. Bush to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on June 2, 2003. Photo from AP.By any means necessary:U.S. foreign policy is about getting our way History is rife with examples of U.S. … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : America’s Gun Problem

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Guns in America. Image from Pics Ranch.America’s gun problem Gun regulation is an area where special interests control the Congress, preventing effective public policies that would benefit the welfare and safety of all Americans. By Lamar W. Hankins / The … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : The Bowdlerizing of Huckleberry Finn

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

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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Lamar W. Hankins : ‘Death Panel’ Hysteria Gets New Life

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Steve Sack / Minneapolis Star-Tribune / GoComics.Tales from the crypt, dept.A new attack on end-of-life counseling By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / January 5, 2011 Charles Krauthammer, the right-wing political columnist, ended 2010 with an … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : After Veterans Day, Business As Usual

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by John Gomez / AP.Now, back to Fox News…Veterans’ Day is over Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : 2010 Elections Without the Tea-Colored Glasses

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Shading the truth? Tea Partier at Tax Day Rally in Pleasanton, California, April 15, 2010. Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.Looking at the electionwithout the Tea-colored glasses To draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : 2010 Elections Without the Tea-Colored Glasses

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Shading the truth? Tea Partier at Tax Day Rally in Pleaston, California, April 15, 2010. Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.Looking at the electionwithout the Tea-colored glasses To draw grandiose conclusions about ‘demands of the American people’ is unsupported … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Obama Not Legally Bound to Appeal DADT Ruling

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A member of the military who was fired because of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, at a press conference on Capitol Hill May 3, 2010. Photo from Newscom.There is no legal reason to appealruling on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Clearly, the … Continue reading →

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