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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin on Mark Rudd : Underground, Again
Underground, AgainMark Rudd’s ‘Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen’ A charismatic individual with very little sustained radical organizing, he came out of nowhere at a crucial moment in the 1960s and was instantly catapulted into the national spotlight. … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Mark Rudd, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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Thomas Good : An Interview With Mark Rudd
Mark Rudd speaks at the West End Bar in New York last week. Photo by Thomas Good / NLN. Beneath the gray beard and the wrinkles I could clearly see the boyish face of the 20-year-old SDS leader. By Thomas … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Interview, Mark Rudd, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, Weathermen
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Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 90
Photo of Lawrence Ferlinghetti by Deanne Fitzmaurice / SF Chronicle.Catching up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti ‘Oldies such as myself talk about the good old days with nostalgia since that was when they were young and beautiful (and full of testosterone).’ — … Continue reading
Bryan Burrough : Still Dissin’ Texas: The Fall From Power
Texas will rise again, of that I have no doubt. I don’t know when, and I don’t know who, but it will. Remember Santa Anna. He thought he’d stomped the Texans at the Alamo, yet it took barely two media … Continue reading
Paul Krassner on The Virtues of Irreverence, Indecency and Illegal Drugs
The Right Irreverent Paul Krassner. ‘In the wishful-thinking corner of my mind, pushing the limits and fostering social change are inextricably connected, but I don’t have any delusions that I’ve inspired an epidemic of epiphanies.’ — Paul Krassner. By David … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Media, Authors, Drug Legalization, Journalists, Paul Krassner, Political Activists, Political Satire, Sixties
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Bill Ayers : Lawmaker Calls for His Ouster; Graphic Memoir to be Published
University of Illinois at Chicago professor Bill Ayers talks to a reporter in 2008. Illinois State Sen. Larry Bomke wants Ayers removed from his university post under a proposal that says anyone who has committed an act of violence against … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Educators, SDS, Weather Underground, William Ayers
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The Passing of John Updike : Baseball, Misogynism and Literary Brilliance
Called ‘kaleidoscopically gifted’ and ‘an American Balzac,’ John Updike died Tuesday, Jan. 27, of lung cancer at the age of 76. Many have tagged him the most important literary figure of our time. By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Baseball, Deaths, John Updike, Literature, People, Writers
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Coulterman : Spandex Annie Eats Her Dates
Ms. Coulterman has never married and her housekeeper reportedly was kept employed mainly to sweep up the dried husks of dessicated paramours who mysteriously died after their first date with the self-promoting madwoman. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Books / Ann Coulter’s ‘Guilty’ : Offensive as Charged
Coulter: ‘Liberals’ hysterical obsession with the “Republican Attack Machine” turns Democratic primaries into a contest of: “Who’s the Biggest Pussy?”‘By Greg Lewis / January 4, 2009 As Media Matters for America has noted, author and syndicated columnist Ann Coulter recently … Continue reading
New Years Day : J. D. Salinger Turns 90
Still Paging Mr. SalingerBy Charles McGrath / December 31, 2008 On Thursday, J. D. Salinger turns 90. There probably won’t be a party, or if there is we’ll never know. For more than 50 years Mr. Salinger has lived in … Continue reading
BOOKS / Thoreau’s Worst Nightmare : Self-Denial as Self-Promotion
Illustration by Maurice Vellekoop / Mother Jones. The most notorious neo-Thoreauvian might be Colin Beavan, a 45-year-old New Yorker better known as No Impact Man, and even better known as The Man Who Doesn’t Let His Wife Use Toilet Paper. … Continue reading
