The Mad Sociologist Blog

  • Bailout Inaction

    The Mad Sociologist Blog applies to the sociological imagination to an analysis and interpretation of contemporary, progressive issues. Read more

  • Attention Students: If you can’t hit a ball with a stick you don’t matter!

    My home of Lee County, Florida, is a perfect example of what is wrong with American education as a whole.  The problem is that much of America doesn’t really give a damn about education. Media and public debate is a good measure of relative importance of social issues.  This being the case, Lee County indicts Read more

  • So Much for Democracy in Iraq

    If you wanted proof that the Iraqi/US government is not the least interested in “democracy,” the recent approval of continued American military presence by the Iraqi government is proof positive.  This decision can only mean trouble for American troops as well as American contractors, and further delegitimizes an already shaky government in the eyes of Read more

  • Agitate: November 2008: An Open Letter to President Elect Barack Obama

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  • Top Ten Worst Corporations

    According to the Multinational Monitor the following are the top ten worst corporations of 2008.  It’s too bad they don’t offer a top 20. AIG: Too big to fail, and they rub our faces in it. Cargill: Hey, let’s cripple third world food markets and make a profit from the subsequent starvation. Chevron: We don’t Read more

  • Agitate: October 2008: Free Market Myths Revealed

    v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} b:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} After taxpayers have put up the $700 billion to bail out irresponsible banks,  something that no bank would do for “irresponsible”  taxpayers, it is now time to call the so called free market experiment over. The irrefutable conclusion:    Economic policy that favors the wealthy and allows corporations Read more

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