A Replacement for Obamacare will look a lot like Obamacare
Republicans have accomplished something in health care. They’ve made Obamacare more popular than ever!
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What is Beauty?
HOW TO EMBRACE PERSONAL BEAUTY AND REJECT COMMODIFICATION When I teach my class on body image and the media I break up the lecture by asking, “what is beauty?” At first, this question seems to be a common sense notion. After all, everyone knows what beauty is. It’s… Well, it’s…you know… Sociologists are forever at […]
Read More What is Beauty?Aetna the Blackmailer
ON WHY WE NEED A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM In case you were looking for yet another reason to create a single payer health system I give you Aetna. According to Forbes Magazine, Aetna is the third largest health insurance provider in the nation, with a net worth of over $50 billion in 2015. As such, […]
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“ANTI-ABORTION” IS ABOUT CONTROLLING FEMALE SEXUALITY It always has been, and remains, my thesis that the rampant Trumpaphobio among the right-wing establishment has little to do with the Donald’s actual policy positions. That is clearly not the case, as Trump is a stalwart defender of the corporatocracy. The problem that the corporate elite have with […]
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AN ADDENDUM TO THE FLUFFY WHITE DOG The post, Fluffy White Dog Sociology was and remains the most popular post in Mad Sociologist history. While I was writing that post, however, there was a second narrative playing in my mind. That narrative became this post. I’m not sure if John Wayne remains popular, or if […]
Read More John Wayne, a Fluffy White Dog and Life’s last DignityHow Can We Achieve Single Payer?
WHAT BERNIE SHOULD HAVE SAID So presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced his health care plan last week with significant response. Those like myself, who have been advocating for a single payer plan, rejoiced. We finally have an candidate who is speeking our language. More practical liberals, on the other hand, had characteristically well thought out […]
Read More How Can We Achieve Single Payer?Planned Parenthood and the Fruits of Terror
A PERSONAL CONFRONTATION WITH TERRORISM Okay, the bi-line may sound a bit hyperbolic. Perhaps it is. But only a little. I don’t put advocacy stickers on my vehicle. It’s just not my thing. I have, however, made an exception as a result of the terror attack against Planned Parenthood and my father’s response to this form […]
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