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Vince Bell : The Life and Times of a Texas Songwriter
This is a fine book about Texas music, the singer-songwriter tradition, and a personal journey that ends triumphant in the here and now. By Joe Nick Patoski See ‘From Euphoria to Tragedy and Back’ by Michael Corcoran and ‘The Making … Continue reading
Texas: Doing What’s Right to Protect Its Citizens
The Texas-U.S. border wall will protect Texans from foreigners who do not share their beliefs and customs.Texas Constructs U.S. Border Wall To Keep Out Unwanted AmericansMay 19, 2009 WICHITA FALLS, TX—Calling it an essential step toward securing the Texas border … Continue reading
Mesmo’s Meanderings : Bud Shrake, Acapulco Gold, Mad Dogs and the Raw Deal
Texas literary legend Bud Shrake, 77, passed away on May 8, 2009, in Austin. Photo from The Texas Observer. Bud Shrake, 77, a seminal literary figure (“a lion of Texas letters,” according to the Austin American-Statesman) and an Austin underground … Continue reading
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Tagged Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Authors, Bud Shrake, Journalists, Literature, Sixties, Texas
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Bud Shrake, 77 : This Texas Tall Tale is a Literary Legend
Bud Shrake speaks at Texas Book Festival in November, 2008. Photo by Bob Simmons / The Rag Blog. Edwin “Bud” Shrake died Friday, May 8, of lung cancer, at the age of 77. A towering figure in Texas literature — … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Richards, Austin, Authors, Bob Simmons, Journalists, Literature, Texas
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Houston : Rape Victims Dunned for Hospital Costs
Rape victim. Photo from The Sun, U.K. The price of justice? Sounds more like the cost of doing bidness. Since when does one get billed for being a victim of a violent crime? Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog May … Continue reading
Dick J. Reavis : The Narco Republic of Texas
Cool beard, chief. David Gouverneur Burnet was the first president of the original Republic of Texas. The Rag Blog’s Reavis has some ambitions of his own. Photo from Daughters of the Republic of Texas. If Texas were an independent nation, … Continue reading
Austin Metro Policies Are Creating Fewer Riders and More Pollution
Capital Metro and the EnvironmentBy Glenn Gaven / The Rag Blog / May 7, 2009 As EPA clean air requirements become more stringent, Texas’ Travis County is poised to enter a new phase of its non-attainment status. For the first … Continue reading
Texas Gov. Perry : Secessionist With His Hand Out
Tea partiers in Denton, Texas. Photo by josh Berthume / The Texas Observer.‘According to FEMA’s website, Texas has been the site of 13 “major disaster declarations” since Perry took office… since FEMA’s record-keeping began, Texas has received federal disaster assistance … Continue reading
Dana Cloud : Identifying the Real David Horowitz
David Horowitz, a prominent neo-conservative writer, activist and founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, claims that UC Irvine’s Muslim Student Union supports terrorism against Jews. Photo: Sandra Lee.The McCarthyism That Horowitz Built: The Cases of Margo Ramlal Nankoe, William … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Freedom, Conservatives, Neocons, Red-Baiting, Texas, UT-Austin
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Jim Hightower : Texas’ Governor Goodhair is One Pandering Goober
Texas’ Panderer-in-Chief, Gov. Rick Perry, covers his lovely locks with a gimme cap at the Texas tea party rally April 15, 2009 at the state capitol. With him is Michael Quinn Sullivan of Texans for Fiscal responsibility. Photo by Harry … Continue reading
Bob Simmons on Austin’s Jack Jackson : History’s Cartoonist
Jack Jackson. Painting by Scout Stormcloud / The Rag Blog. Jackson left a large body of work behind that will assure that people will be reading and looking at his handiwork for as long as we have a world that … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Austin, Bob Simmons, Cartoonists, Comix, Historians, Texas, Underground Comix
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Perry to Limbaugh : ‘Ya’ll Come On Down, Y’Hear?’
Mr. Hospitality his own self: the Hon. Rick Perry, Governor of Texas. Photo by Harry Cabluck / AP. Gov. Rick Perry: ‘I think Austin would be an awesome place for Rush Limbaugh. You know, keep Austin weird.’ By Eric Zimmermann … Continue reading
