The Mad Sociologist Blog

  • Principal Networks and School Choice

    Parents aren’t the only ones who make choices   The calculus justifying the school choice movement is rather simple. Parents have the ability to select the schools their children attend, so of course they will choose the schools that offer them the qualities they are looking for. Presumably the best way for parents to make… Read more

  • It’s not News that Fox News Lies!

    So when are we going to learn that lesson?   It is my sincerest hope that the current fracas over Shirley Sherrod will lead people, especially the current Administration, that Fox News is not a news organization. Fox “Noise” is, at best, a collection of commentators who are do not hesitate to lie, distort and… Read more

  • Happy 4th! Let’s remember all those who make our country great

    The 4th of July is an important holiday to remember just what it means to be an American. Our nation was conceived in a radical concept of liberty based on the philosophy of natural, individual rights and limits on government. Albeit, by current standards, the early conceptualization of this ideal was less than perfect, but… Read more

  • What was ACORN guilty of?

    Apparently…Nothing! A preliminary report by the Government Accountability Office was assigned by congressional conservatives to review the case against ACORN and found that this organization, though flawed, did nothing illegal. It mostly exonerates the organization of all wrongdoing. It does highlight that some individuals working for ACORN either plead guilty to attempts at voter fraud… Read more

  • Agitate: Oily Capitalism

    How did we get here? The picture to the right has become an icon of corporate malfeasance, greed and profound ambivalence for the stewardship of the commons as well as the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. So as we watch the billowing columns of crude flowing uncontrolled into one of America’s greatest (and… Read more

  • Immigration, Crime and Hypocrisy in Arizona

    Just in case there are folks out there who still believe that Arizona’s now infamous “paper’s please” law is a rational response to the influence of illegal immigrants on the state’s crime rates, here’s a report by the Immigration Policy Center. It demonstrates that, contrary to popular opinion, the crime rates in Arizona have been… Read more

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