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Prejudice and Obama’s Politics of the Possible
Thank God for those who ask for too much! This article in The Guardian highlights why it is so difficult for the left to support and sustain President Obama and the Democratic Party. It is the reason why liberals will often not show up for a party and a president who has clearly turned his Read more
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Framing and Unframing Prejudice
In fact, look here and there and everywhere. But whatever you do, don’t look at the larger, more entrenched, more complicated issues. Keep buying our papers, but don’t take what is revealed too seriously. Let us, the fourth estate, do the thinking for you. Here’s a nice, feel good, picture. Read more
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Ferguson and the Thomas Theorem
On Predefining the Ferguson Protests In 1928, sociologist W. I. Thomas (left) wrote, “If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.” This has come to be known as The Thomas Theorem. It is an invaluable maxim for understanding social forces and interactions. I fear that the Thomas Theorem may prove Read more
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Ahh, The Good Ol’ Days Before the EPA and its Socialist Meddling in Business Freedom
Who Doesn’t Want to go Back to That? Read more
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