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The Absurdity of Standardized Testing
JOHN OLIVER DESTROYS THE CASE FOR STANDARDIZED TESTING There is so much absurdity surrounding standardized testing that it is…well…absurd! What’s more, it simply doesn’t work. Go, John…Bring on the Monkey! Read more
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Smashing the Foundations to Build a Democracy
ON THE POLITICAL WILLINGNESS TO TEAR IT ALL DOWN I’m a bit behind on my journal reading, but I’ve endeavored to catch up in the last couple of weeks as the school year is winding down. Among the first studies I read was Joshua Bloom’s analysis of the Truman Administration and the Civil Rights Movement Read more
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The Iraq War was not a Mistake in Hindsight
IT WAS A MISTAKE IN FORESIGHT I don’t like to post on arguments that are already well made by others, in this case, Greg Sargent, John Marshall, Paul Krugman, and David Corn, among others. When it comes to attempts by the political elite, in league with their media lap dogs, to whitewash the lead-up to Read more
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The Mad Sociologist on Social Media
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION EVERY DAY For those who are interested, and I know you all are, the Mad Sociologist posts commentary just about every day on Facebook and Twitter. See the footer to participate in sociological social media. Sometimes it’s hard to organize, write, edit and post blogs every day, but Facebook and Twitter resolves Read more
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Racism is More Complicated Than That!
BREAKING THE MYTH OF THE RACIST “BAD APPLES” If the Black Lives Matter movement does nothing else, at the very least it, and associated movements, forces us to discuss race. In many regards, race and racism has been a silenced issue for about a generation. We have the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Read more
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When did the violence in Baltimore start, again?
THE DISCOURSE OF STATE VS. CIVIC VIOLENCE Discourse is a foundational principle in the sociology of knowledge. It could be described as the genetics of knowledge. On the one hand, discourse is the way we share our knowledge, through discussion, of some aspect of the world in which we live. However, our discourse is shaped Read more
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