THE ORE HOLE By Thaddeus Rutkowski During a school day, a science teacher took my class on a field trip. We hiked to a patch of trees growing in a crater in the ground. “This was an ore hole,” he explained. “Iron ore was dug here; then it was...
Szent János Kórház by Paul Sohar This July our yearly vacation in the family summer home on Late Balaton in Hungary started beautifully; the lake was smooth, the sun was pleasantly warm and so was the family atmosphere. I usually tried to do some work in...
HARD BIKING by Thaddeus Rutkowski It’s raining, and I’m on foot, heading for my parked bicycle, when I see a bike go by with two umbrellas attached to it. One umbrella is over the main rider, and the other is over the back wheel, as if to protect a small...
CRASH COURSE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE by Jim Palombo Politics Editor As a criminologist, and particularly given contemporary concerns, people often ask me questions about our criminal justice systems. Given the expanse of the information available as well as...
Protesters display signs at the National Day of Public Education demonstration against rising tuition costs at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 24, 2014. (Photo: Fibonacci Blue) *** Thinking Dangerously: The Role of Higher Education in...
The Austrian band, The Base *** No More Secrets! Seven albums to listen to this summer from some of the best new bands in Europe by Fred Roberts Music Editor The recent months in Europe have been filled with a number of prominent releases. Seven of the best are...
Father Louis: Gethsemani’s Creative Writing Teacher By John Smelcer and Paul Pearson Common knowledge has it that Thomas Merton wrote extensively during his nearly three decades at the Abbey of Gethsemani. His writing included poetry. What most people...
Trump Versus Comey: The Politics of Lawlessness, Lying and Fake News by Henry A. Giroux Contributing editor Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey as the director of the FBI has caused a firestorm around the country, but for the wrong reasons. Rather than see...
AAA As Ivanka Hits the Public Service Road… by Jim Palombo Politics Editor Ivanka Trump is having a difficult time detailing her seemingly duplicitous roles as corporate profit seeker and public service attaché. And particularly in terms of the latter,...
Jordan Blum holds an MFA in fiction, teaches at several universities, and is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Bookends Review, an independent creative arts journal. He’s also Associate Editor at Popmatters and a music and/or literature critic...
Through the “Door to the River” I See AAA no Brechtian “earthquakes to come,’’ only cool Coltranian chromatic riffs ascending/descending Giant Steps tween heaven and house, notes runnin-t-getha in clefs of black juice poured between strokes of the...
Maybe a pill… by Galanty Miller Columnist With all the horrible things going on in the world, it’s very comforting to know that at least Mr. Rogers is still alive./ Bisexual? Heck, I’m TRIsexual because I won’t try ANYTHING./ So much information out...
Unpredictable Pleasures You’re a shipwreck rusting into sand, but keep the wind’s sighing inside your tattered sails even when the world seems cold as a coffin’s white silk lining. Like the breathlessness of sparks, the unpredictable pleasures of love always...
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The name Ragazine was coined in the mid-’70s in Columbus, Ohio, as the title of an alternative newspaper/magazine put together by a group of friends. It was revived in 2004 as ragazine.cc, the on-line magazine of arts, information and entertainment, a collaboration of artists, writers, poets, photographers, travelers and interested others. And that’s what it still is.
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