• The Sociology of Gay Marriage and Children

    A Response to Justice Antonin Scalia   I was camping for a few days and unable to blog, but upon returning from vacation and getting caught up on current events the first thing to really catch my attention was Justice Scalia’s claim that there was “considerable disagreement” among sociologists with regard to the harm done Read more

  • The Debt Ceiling Will be Raised. Period.

    No matter how much the conservatives in Congress and pundits across the spectrum want this to seem like some kind of colossal showdown, the bottom line is—as always—the bottom line.   Why do I seem so confident in the prediction that the debt ceiling will be raised? First, raising the debt ceiling is what the Read more

  • Oh, My! Adventures in Blogging!

    Yeeeesh!   All right! So I’ve received a bunch of e-mails labeled “trackback” and associated with the Mad Sociologist Blog. Of course, I really don’t know what a trackback is, but I’m pretty sure they are bad. So I went to my site to see what was going on. Well, WordPress has updated my account…which Read more

  • Ninety Percent of us Absolutely Know, Know, Know that Federal Spending is Out of Control!

    Which Means that 90% of Americans Don’t Know What They are Talking About!   Most of this data comes from those left wing hippies at the St. Louis FED. Click Here for Source for Chart Above Guy Who Doesn’t Know How To Read Data: “Look, the federal deficit is going up!” Guy Who Knows How Read more

  • Senator Rand Paul: Credit Where Credit is Due

    Kudos to Senator Rand Paul for Standing Up for What is Right and Standing Up in the Right Way   Now that I actually have a few minutes with an well rested mind to sit down and offer some insights, I find that there is so much to comment on and so little time. Where Read more

  • An Old 9th Grade English Notebook…

    …and What we Think We Know About Education These Days   Everybody knows that our schools are in crisis. It’s common knowledge the quality of our schools has been declining since…well…since we were younger (whenever that was). Over the years, the curriculum has been watered down, or dumbed down, to make it easier for “those Read more