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Social Fissures and Social Schizophrenia
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCT BREAKS DOWN? Read more
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Back From Vacation
Rested and Ready to Rumble You may have noticed a paucity of posts in the last month or so. To be honest, after a long school year, I was exhausted. The family and I went away for about a month and now I’m back with a head full of ideas. I’ll be posting shortly. The Read more
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The Banality of Book Banning
Perpetuating fear is in many ways a banal act of people just doing their jobs by impartially administering the law. Read more
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When They Really Came for the Teachers
Teachers went from heroes to villains, thanks to right-wing counter narratives. Read more
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A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 10
Chapter 3: Methods of Research Section 1: Positivism and Quantitative Methods Introduction It’s time to talk about methods of research! No, look. We have to talk about methods of research. We have to get an understanding of how sociologists know what they know. Sociologists don’t just sit around thinking about society and writing whatever pops Read more
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Public School Panic: We’re Going Back to the ’90’s!
The data from our nationwide experiment in the value of public schools is coming in. Right on cue, the media is drawing the wrong conclusions. Read more
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