The Mad Sociologist Blog

  • Socializing the Young…to hunt terrorists, tackle "illegals" and raid drug sites?

    I have to admit that I’m considerably taken aback by the a recent article in the New York Times (Source of the Photo Above) about a new program offered by the Boy Scouts branch known as the Explorers.  This postmodernized version socializes children into paramilitary techniques. Kids are taught how to fight terrorists, take down Read more

  • Is America a Pro-Torture Culture?

    Naomi Wolf, in her article We are all Torturers in America, poses an interesting question.  Where were we the last eight years that we are suddenly all “outraged” about the prospects of torture now.  After all, it’s not like the Bush Administration hid their torture from us.  And, let’s face it, attempts to spin torture Read more

  • Open Letter to President Obama Regarding Job Opening

    President Obama: I’m writing this letter for consideration for the position of Supreme Court Justice. I will be unemployed by June 1st and available to fill another position.  The seat on the US Supreme Court is just what I am looking for.  I have a background in research and an interest in human rights activism.  Read more

  • Modern Hoovervilles

    Juxtaposing images of the Great Depression with modern images of Modern Hoovervilles.  Hoovervilles vs. Bushvilles. Notice the police presence in the last photographs. Where are the cops pulling banking executives from their undeserved penthouses?             Read more

  • WINK News on The Broach School

    http://www.winknews.com/v/?i=43697167 Read more

  • So where do "my" kids go?

    For many of my students, “my kids,” the was the only place where they could find the resources that they need to learn.  The large, bureaucratic test-prep centers we call public schools do not meet their needs and private schools designed around workbook schooling meet no needs whatsoever.  In Fort Myers, the Broach School was the Read more

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