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Hillary Clinton: The Conservative Candidate
CONSERVATIVES WHO REJECT DONALD TRUMP’S NATIONALISM DO HAVE SOMEONE TO VOTE FOR Okay, look. Progressives are almost certainly going to vote for Hillary Clinton. They don’t want to, but they will because–Trump. Bottom line. It’s frustrating to have to be in this position when there was a candidate who represented our interests for the first… Read more
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What’s Wrong with Our Country?
LAW AND ORDER, TRUMPISM AND “US AGAINST THEM” Protests in the streets, mass shootings, police shootings, political gridlock. What in the world is wrong with our country? I hear this all the time. It’s hard for a sociologist to answer. We have so many variables running through our brains, all of which we are, by training, locked… Read more
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Notes from Vacation
In a society in which racism is imbued in our history, incorporated into our institutions and woven into our identities, Black Lives are “perceived” as being more threatening than are white lives. That’s why Black Lives Matter. Read more
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Elie Wiesel
HUMAN BEINGS CANNOT BE REPLACED What can be said about Elie Wiesel that he cannot say himself? Wiesel was the perfect example of a human being who experienced profound dehumanization and yet maintained his humanity and hope in his fellow human beings. At a time when it seems that the panderers of hate and anger… Read more
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Brexit, Neoliberalism and Empire
BREXIT IS JUST ANOTHER SYMPTOM OF A DISEASED GLOBAL SYSTEM Yesterday I sat down to make sense of the Brexit vote. This was asking a bit much as the “leave” vote seemed such a clear folly that it is mind-boggling that it happened at all. So I sat behind my computer and tried to concentrate… Read more
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Me!
DISCUSSING THE 2016 PRIMARIES AT THE KAMINSKI CODE PODCAST With Joseph Kaminski and Elliot Declet. And they were good enough to edit out my colossal sneeze about half way into the discussion! It was great fun sitting down with serious students of the political scene and sharing my wisdom and having a few laughs while… Read more
The Mad Sociologist Blog 