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Robert Jensen : The Job Formerly Known as Teaching

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Delivering educational products:The job formerly known as teaching By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2011 Hi, I’m Robert Jensen, a provider of educational products to consumers at the University of Texas at Austin. I used to … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Consciousness Rising, World Fading

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from photobucket.Accepting the reality of decline:Consciousness rising, world fading By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / March 1, 2011 Our stories of awakenings — whether moral, intellectual, religious, artistic, or sexual — are tricky. Honest self-reflection doesn’t come … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : When Humans Play God

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

“Human ignorance.” Photo by Lindstol / Crestock.Technological fundamentalism: Why bad things happen when humans play God By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / February 8, 2011 If humans were smart, we would bet on our ignorance. That advice comes … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Machines Change, Our Work Remains the Same

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Early computer. Image from Corbis-Bettmann.The limits of internet activism:Machines change, the work remains the same By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2011 When I first got involved in left/radical political organizing in the 1990s, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : ‘Greatest Nation’ Rhetoric Comes Roaring Back

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The burden of being exceptional. Captain America graphic from Statue Marvels.American exceptionalism:‘Greatest nation’ rhetoric roars back By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2011 My greatness as a writer is simply a fact. You don’t agree? Well, … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Radical Change Isn’t on the Ballot

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Graffiti art by Banksy.Making real choices:Radical change isn’t on the ballot By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / November 1, 2010 November 2 is going to be a big day in our political lives. But November 3 will be … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Saving Soils and Souls

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Top, 2009 Prairie Festival. Image from landlogics. Below, Prairie Festival 2010. Image from The Land Institute.Soils and souls:The promise of The Land By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2010 Stop me if you’ve heard this one: … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : The Cooperative Alternative

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Art by Joseph Bau / Fearless Fathers.The cooperative movement:Doing business as if people mattered By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / October 6, 2010 There’s no shortage of political blather in this year’s mid-term election campaigns, but most of … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Glenn Beck’s Redemption Song

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

rial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 28. Photo by Alex Brandon / AP / Christian Science Monitor.‘Restoring honor’ in DC:Glenn Beck’s redemption song By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / August 30, 2010 About halfway through Saturday’s “Restoring Honor” rally … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Coping With Anguish

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from toonpool.Struggling to be ‘fully alive’:Reports on coping with anguish By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / July 12, 2010 I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t been said many times over the centuries. That may have … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Emotional Reactions to Collapse

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Anguish. Image from Fixing My Life.The anguish of the age: Emotional reactions to collapse By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2010 We live amidst multiple crises — economic and political, cultural and ecological — that pose … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : The Vultures and the Hawks

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

And the empire was off and running: The first atomic bomb (“Little Boy”) on trailer cradle in pit. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Think outside the bomb:No nukes? No empire. By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2010 [A … Continue reading →

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