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RIP: Muhammad Ali–Activist
ALI’S MOST DARING FIGHTS WERE OUTSIDE OF THE RING Ali the Athlete All right. I have to admit to a singular guilty pleasure–boxing. I love boxing. I love the visceral intensity of this most brutal of all sports. Two men enter the ring, each having been trained to do three things and three things only:… Read more
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A Mad Sociologist Prediction Dangerously Close to Fruition
BEING RIGHT ISN’T ALWAYS A GOOD THING I was going through some old posts on the Original Mad Sociologist Blog. I’m planning on publishing some retrospectives and I’m compiling some of my work. That’s when I stumbled upon this post from December 2014. The post is a response to a Facebook conversation that I had… Read more
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Rachel Maddow Recaps the GOP Primary 2016
YES, IT WAS THAT BAD Rachel’s recap of the 2016 Republican Primary shows the Keystone Cop influences on the party. Read more
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Twilight of the Superdelegates
A SANDERS AND A CLINTON ARGUMENT FOR DEMOCRATIZING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY This election cycle has really been a lesson in American politics. The most significant lesson comes with an awakening and clarifying awareness of how delegates are selected in both parties’ nominating process. We’ve always known that delegates played a role in selecting presidential nominees, but… Read more
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Testing Season
HOW PUNITIVE HIGH STAKES TESTING DUMBS DOWN THE CLASSROOM An edited version of the following essay appeared in the Fort Myers News Press. It’s mid-April, so let the testing season begin. This is the time of year when parents watch helplessly as their children become increasingly anxious. Teachers lose valuable instruction time as students are… Read more
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Conservatism v. Liberalism/Fascism v. Socialism
A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY PRIMER Bernie Sanders’ campaign has brought quite a bit of political energy to the surface. Turns out, there is considerable passion and anger in the progressive community. It is also clear that the word “socialist” doesn’t pack quite the punch that it used to. Who would have thought that someone openly campaigning as… Read more
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