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Marc Estrin : Tea For Two
Image from Twin Towers New York.Tea for two:Peradventures in duopoly capitalism By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 20, 2010 Many voices on the left complain about our “one-party” system, the Replutocrats, the entrenched and ubiquitous party of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipartisanship, Capitalism, Democracy, Marc Estrin, Political Philosophy, Two Party System
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Marc Estrin : The Devil Can Quote Scripture
Image from ChernobylBob / Flickr.THE DEVIL CAN QUOTE SCRIPTURE By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 14, 2010 I am involved in Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel, a group made up of Jews, Palestinians, members of … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Slaughter of the Innocents
Image from picsdigger.SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / June 6, 32010 Toward the end of Bread & Puppet’s marvelous Christmas Story, after the news spreads of Jesus’s birth, King Herod picks up the phone: … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Night Dreams of Another Life
Photo by Eric Pouhier / Wikimedia.Listening to our local Leiermann:Night dreams of another life By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 31, 2010 Every now and then — and again last night — I am awakened at 3 … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Wagner — Oi!
The giants seize Freya. Illustration for Wagner’s Das Rheingold by Arthur Rackham (1910).WAGNER — OI! By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 24, 2010 I didn’t begin “getting into” Wagner till I was 30ish. Who had the time … Continue reading
Sorcerer’s Apprentice : Tipping Points and Paradigm Shifts
Conducting the planets:Tipping points and paradigm shifts By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 16, 2010 We’ve all become tutored in the past years about “tipping points”: the warming of the ocean releasing more CO2 into the atmosphere, … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : The Mathematics of Mother’s Day
A novel approach:Happy Mother’s DayBy Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 8, 2010 Novelist and Rag Blog contributor Marc Estrin will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Tuesday, May 11, 2-3 p.m. (CST) on KOOP 91.7 FM … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : M’aidez! M’aidez!
Cartoon by R. Crumb from Motor City Comics.M’aidez! M’aidez!The revolutionary and the stinking idolBy Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2010 SOS was the Morse Code signal requesting aid. Mayday became the oral radio code, probably a … Continue reading
Culture Got a Boo-Boo? : Put a Band-Aid® on It
Health care system black and blue?Cover it up with a Bacon Strip! By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 24, 2010 When was the last time you saw a white band-aid? White — as in the color of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Consumer Culture, Health Care Reform, Marc Estrin, Sociology
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Marc Estrin : Endgame (Sam-I’m-Not)
Endgame. Image from Wired.SAM-I’M-NOT By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 20, 2010 Endgame — that’s us. At every level, checkmate threatens — political, environmental, cultural. Samuel Beckett’s 104th birthday last week brought to mind a chapter I … Continue reading
Marc Estrin : Survival Tips for the Bailout Challenged
Photo by Donna Bister / The Rag Blog.Gotten your bailout yet? By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2010 No? Unemployment insurance running out? Mortgage under water? Yes and yes? Well, fear not. Since the war on … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Crisis, Homeless, Marc Estrin, Poverty, Satire
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Marc Estrin : George’s Messiah
Happy Easter,But crucify him first By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 3, 2010 This morning, the cheery NPR voice announced that today was Good Friday — but not for the Catholic Church, which was reeling from you … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Classical Music, Easter, Judaism, Marc Estrin, Ritual
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