• 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

  • Framing and Unframing Prejudice

    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

  • 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

  • As Presidents Go—My Defense of My Defense of President Obama

    Or…Elections as Triage Some people have contacted me or talked to me about my most recent posts defending President Obama and the Obama Record. The critiques are summarized as, “don’t you think you will lose your radical credentials by defending a representative of the status quo and elite power like Obama and the Democratic Party?”… Read more