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Patrick Haggerty on Being Gay and not Sneaking
A FATHER’S ADVICE TO HIS GAY SON IN THE 1950’S Storycorps.org has some interesting and enlightening animated shorts covering the real issues of real people. When I saw this video I was blown away by the historical context. I had to post it as a featured voice. Read more
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Everything You Know About the Gun Control Debate is Wrong
THE BASIC PREMISE FOR OUR NEED TO BEAR ARMS OR REGULATE ARMS ISN’T TRUE Every time there’s a mass shooting, or a noteworthy event that makes it into the mainstream media involving gun violence the response is almost visceral, but certain. First, the “gun rights” advocates and their NRA pushers take to the editorial pages… Read more
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Dalton Trumbo on the Big Screen
ONE OF THE GREAT BIG SCREEN WRITERS IS NOW ON THE BIG SCREEN IN HIS OWN RIGHT Dalton Trumbo wrote, what I believe to be, the greatest anti-war novel of all time, Johnny Got His Gun. When I was teaching high school literature, this was on my required reading list for both stylistic and intellectual reasons.… Read more
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The “Political Correctness” Smokescreen
THOSE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ARE MOSTLY JUST BIGOTED A##HOLES! That’s right. I said it. I used a swearword in my blog…um…almost! Take that PC Police! Okay. So I’m being a bit tongue in cheek here–but only a bit. In the last few months political observers have commented on the amazing rise of the Washington… Read more
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Elizabeth Warren Schools Our Representatives on Discussing Race
WE CANNOT MAKE PROGRESS ON CIVIL RIGHTS WITHOUT A REASONED AND INFORMED DISCOURSE Read more
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The Tea Party Omerta!
THE TEA PARTY IS THAT WHICH MUST NOT BE CALLED BY NAME I can’t help but notice one more interesting facet of the Boehner resignation that, I don’t believe, anyone else is really talking about. That is the unwillingness to mention the Tea Party, or the right wing of the conservative right, in its role… Read more
The Mad Sociologist Blog 