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The Rag Blog Digest June 9, 2011 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381648/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/ ) Richard D. Jehn, founder Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor Roger Baker : Playing 'Peak-a-Boo' With the Earth ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381649/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/roger-baker-playing-peak-boo-with-earth.html ) by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. With rising fuel prices a constant reminder, it is getting harder for the public to deny thatwe're in big energy trouble. This is the first of three essays by Roger Baker on "Peak oil, peak driving, peak cars." In the first installment, Roger tells us that the USA has, in effect, squandered the decades since the energy crisis of the 1970s in denial of its growing dependence on cheap imported oil, which is now in global decline. Michael Meeropol : 'L'Affaire Kushner' at New York's City University ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381650/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/michael-meeropol-laffaire-kushner-at.html ) by Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog. The City University of New York has been the scene of what The New York Times called a "firestorm" over its handling of an honorary doctorate awarded to -- and temporarily withdrawn from -- celebrated playwright Tony Kushner.The tempest involvedsome controversialKushner comments on Israel.The Rag Blog's Meeropol, who teaches at CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was one of those who nominated Kushner, and he gives us the inside story. Jay D. Jurie : Orlando Cops in 'Feeding Frenzy' ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381651/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/jay-d-jurie-orlando-cops-in-feeding.html ) by Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog. In Orlando, Florida, local police have busted members of the anti-militarist and anti-poverty organization Food Not Bombs for the"crime" offeeding the homeless at the City's downtown Lake Eola Park. Jurie provides context for the incident and background onthe group, whose mission is "to graphically illustrate poverty in the face of bloated military spending, and to provide a direct service to those in need." Amanda Marcotte : Does Weinergate Mark an End to Sexual Privacy? ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381652/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/amanda-marcotte-does-weinergate-mark.html ) by Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet. Marcotte addresses the Anthony Weiner scandalfrom the perspectiveofsexual privacy issues involving public figures."Prior to this scandal," she asserts, "the media and political operatives had to at least pretend that a politician's sex life had some bearing on the public interest before they picked up the pitchforks." EVERY FRIDAY: KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381653/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ): Every Friday, 2-3 p.m. (CST) on KOOP 91.7 Austin. To stream online, go here ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381654/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/pages.item.86/stream-koop-listen-online.html ). Rag Radio features hour-long in-depth interviews and discussion about issues of progressive politics, culture, and history. Our guests include newsmakers, artists, leading thinkers, and public figures June 10, 2011: Aaron Hughes, Kyle Wesolowski, and Malachi Muncy of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). June 24, 2011: Eco-Outlaw Diane Wilson. Listen to Thorne Dreyer's June 3, 2011 ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381655/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-05-27 )interview with psychologist and populist author Bruce E. Levine ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381656/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-06-03 ). Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381657/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ). Peak-a-Boo: Now you see it, now you don't. Lamar W. Hankins : Medicare and the Corporatist Agenda ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381658/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/lamar-w-hankins-medicare-and.html ) by Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog. Ever since LBJ succeeded in getting Medicare enacted in 1965, "corporatist" politicians have done their best to makethe programbenefit America's health insurance and pharmaceutical corporations, "at the expense of the people." This has been especially true of the Congressional Republicans, but no one anticipated that their political calculations would backfire as they have in 2011. Ellen LaConte : A Really Scary Story for Stephen King ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381659/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ellen-laconte-really-scary-story-for.html ) by Ellen LaConte / The Rag Blog. Responding to a suggestion that horror writer Stephen King might be best equipped to address the "gloom-and-doom vision" about theimmediate future of our endangered planet, Ellenoffers thenovelist a plot line for a "really scary" story based on the premise thatour global economy has "gone viral" and is doing much the same thing to the planet's human and natural communities that HIV does to the human body. Ted McLaughlin : The Death of Juvenile Justice in Texas ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381660/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ted-mclaughlin-death-of-juvenile.html ) by Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog. Regular contributor McLaughlin, who spent decades working in law enforcement -- including 15 years with the Texas Youth Commission -- provides critical analysis of the "wild ride" that juvenile justice in Texas has been on in recent years. And his narrative goes somewhatcounter to what many progressives might expect. Robert Jensen : Toni Tipton-Martin and the Politics of the Kitchen ( http://e2ma.net/go/7095185000/208584658/223381661/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/robert-jensen-toni-tipton-martin-and.html ) by Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog. UT-Austin Journalism prof Jensen provides a fascinating and revealing portrait of African-American chef, nutritionist, writer, activist, social entrepreneur,and teacher Toni Tipton-Martin. One ofTipton-Martin's continuing projects is to crack the "Jemima Code,"and to replacethe Aunt Jemima caricature -- the"Mammy" figure from plantation life -- with the actual work and wisdom of African-American women in kitchens through thecenturies. Hey Stephen King : Here's a really scary story! The Rag Blog is a non-profit internet newsmagazine produced by activist journalists committed to progressive social change. The Rag Blog is published by the New Journalism Project, inc., a Texas non-profit corporation that has been granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This status is retroactive to Oct. 9, 2008. If you do not wish to receive further email from The Rag Blog, please click on the "opt out" button below. If you have received this newsletter at more than one address, please "opt out" at addresses where you don't wish to receive these mailings. The New Journalism Project, inc. P.O. 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