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The Dr. Moreau Theory of Republican Politics
A SCARY THEORY THAT LOOKS LIKE ITS COMING TO FRUITION A couple of years ago I noticed a disturbing analogy between Republican politics and H. G. Wells’ brilliant novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau. In the novel, Wells’ titular character creates an isolated world in which human/beast, hybrid monsters serve him and his human followers. It should… Read more
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“America doesn’t have a gun problem. It has several of them.”
A POWERFUL ANALYSIS FROM JOSS FONG AT VOX.COM For another perspective, check out this analysis from MSB done back in October. Fong uses Idaho, I looked at Vermont as compared to Louisiana. What’s the difference? Read more
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John Wayne, a Fluffy White Dog and Life’s last Dignity
AN ADDENDUM TO THE FLUFFY WHITE DOG The post, Fluffy White Dog Sociology was and remains the most popular post in Mad Sociologist history. While I was writing that post, however, there was a second narrative playing in my mind. That narrative became this post. I’m not sure if John Wayne remains popular, or if… Read more
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Fluffy White Dog Sociology
Religion, Sociology and the Lived Experience Back in 2009, for the first time in my life, I had the aweful experience of having to put a dog to sleep. Her name was Nilla. She was my dog through marriage. I never thought I would have a fluffy white dog, let alone a little dog as… Read more
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Scalia’s Legacy was Awful
BY ANY STANDARDS OF ENLIGHTENED CIVILIZATION First, I want to be clear that this post is not an ad hominem attack against the deceased. Those looking for a good, ol’ fashioned character assassination or a raunchy, left-wing celebration of the death of an arch-conservative will be disappointed. No death should be celebrated. Justice Scalia was, first… Read more
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Sociology is Hard
ON A NONLINEAR SCIENCE When I’m introducing my discipline to college students I often quip that if sociology were easy, physicists would do it. After all, physics is guided by natural laws that do not deviate, for which there are no exceptions. A particle, being accelerated around a huge magnetic ring until collided with another… Read more
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