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Marc Estrin: Don’t Tase Me, Bro…
Killer Klowns. Image from Out of the Grave.Don’t Tase me, bro… By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2010 Another Taser-related death this past week, this time, not of an ancient great-grandmother in a wheelchair, but of … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Unholy Ground
UNHOLY GROUND By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2010 Here it is 9/11 again, and the world is all caught up in a debate on whether our “attackers” are being “insensitive” in demanding a presence at … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Conspiracy Theories, Fiction, Ground Zero, Marc Estrin
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Marc Estrin : What’s a Jew to Do?
Photo from the USHMM / National Archives / About.com.What’s a Jew to do (with you)… By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / September 4, 2010 …you, in this case, being the arch-conservative Catholic composer, Anton Bruckner, next to Wagner, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, Classical Music, Composers, Fiction, Judaism, Marc Estrin
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Marc Estrin : Cover Ups
Photo by Donna Bister / The Rag Blog.COVER UPS By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / August 28, 2010 Dionysus reigns! Our front porch is overwhelmed with grapes red and white, leaves bristling out like mad conductor’s hair, fruit … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : The Far-Reaching Effects of Child Abuse
Image from PsychCentral.Child abuse:Here, there, and likely everywhere By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / August 15, 2010 There have been several large studies on the effects of occupation — bombing, physical injury, house demolitions, tear gassing, house searches, … Continue reading
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Tagged Child Abuse, Marc Estrin, Military, Palestinian Occupation, Psychology, Science
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Marc Estrin : Awesome Days of Awe
The space between the pillars:Awesome days of awe By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / August 7, 2010 August 6th: Hiroshima. August 9th: Nagasaki. Three days in between. The days between close-set giant pillars take on special significance. Whatever … Continue reading
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Tagged Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima, Marc Estrin, Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons
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Marc Estrin : The F-35 and the NIMBYS of Death
F-35 helmet: “Cool” lid for flying our “national treasure.”NIMBYS of Death By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / August 2, 2010 BURLINGTON, Vermont — This week the Secretary of the Air Force selected the Vermont National Air Guard as … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Hingepoint of History
65 years and counting:Hingepoint of history By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / July 24, 2010 As I write, we are one week past the 65th anniversary of what may be the most important date in the history of … Continue reading
Baudrillard 3 : Breakaway and Inertia
Image by alexkess / RedBubble.BAUDRILLARD 3: Breakaway and inertia By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / July 20, 2010 [This is the last of a three part series on the philosopher and social critic Jean Baudrillard, who died three … Continue reading
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Tagged Jean Baudrillard, Marc Estrin, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Postmodernism
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Marc Estrin : Our Brawling General
General James Mattis, shown here at Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan, in 2001. Photo by Dave Martin / AFP.‘The lesson was learnt…’Our brawling general By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / July 12, 2010 So we have a new general … Continue reading
Baudrillard 2 : Postmodern Democracy and the End of History
BAUDRILLARD 2: Postmodern democracyand the end of history By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / July 5, 2010 “The Balance of Terror is the Terror of Balance.” (60) [This is the second of a three part series on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jean Baudrillard, Marc Estrin, Philospophy, Political Philosophy, Postmodernism
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Marc Estrin : The Genius of Jean Baudrillard
THE GENIUS OF JEAN BAUDRILLARD By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 29, 2010 [This is the first of three parts.] My last week’s posting on The Rag Blog, Tea for Two, led to several inquiries concerning the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jean Baudrillard, Karl Marx, Marc Estrin, Philosophy, Postmodernism
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