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DeSantis Airlines and a Theory of Justice

19 Sep 202219 Sep 2022
WHAT A CRAVEN AND CRUEL POLITICAL STUNT TELLS US ABOUT THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SPECTRUM I mentioned in the last post that I've been thinking about Karl Popper and John Rawls…
Economics…

Beyond the Nation State

20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019
WHAT IF THE NATION STATE NO LONGER MATTERS? The implications of Peter Phillips book, Giants: The Global Power Elite, have really been rolling around in my mind of late. I…
American Empire…

Teachers March on Emancipation Ave, for Immigrant Rights:

13 Jul 201913 Jul 2019
AND I WAS THERE. HERE'S WHAT I SAW. On July 4 of this year, in Houston, Texas, teachers, educators and educational support personnel attending the NEA National Representative Assembly joined…
Immigration…

Lowering the Holocaust Bar

26 Jun 201926 Jun 2019
WHEN IS IT THE RIGHT TIME TO POINT OUT THAT THINGS LIKE DETENTION CAMPS AND MASS ARRESTS ARE COMPARABLE TO THE HOLOCAUST? Note: I've been away on vacation, the best…
Immigration

Why Not Open Borders?

24 Jan 201915 Nov 2019
OPENING OUR MINDS TO OPENING OUR BORDERS It started out as a simple exercise in playing Devil's Advocate. Students in my Principles of Sociology course were engaged in a discussion…
Immigration…

The Refugee Caravan: An Invasion?

19 Nov 201819 Nov 2018
OR A PROBLEM REQUIRING REASON, INNOVATION, AND EMPATHY This video can be viewed in terms of the ideas that were elaborated in the MS-13 report. The patterns are the same.…
American Empire…

On Caravans and Conservatives

24 Oct 20181 Nov 2018
EXERCISING BASIC HUMANITY TAKES A KIND OF COURAGE THE RIGHT JUST DOES NOT HAVE I knew it! I just knew it! I've been working on a video project and, hence,…
Immigration…

Views from a Rally to Reunite Families

30 Jun 201830 Jun 2018
MY SON'S FIRST EXPOSURE TO DIRECT DEMOCRACY Today I had the opportunity to participate in one of hundreds of rallies to Reunite Families. Over the years, my direct activism has…
Immigration…

We Protested Obama’s Immigration Policies

21 Jun 201821 Jun 2018
BUT THIS IS A NEW LEVEL OF INHUMANITY The right-wing love affair with President Obama never ceases to amaze me. To be specific, conservatives like to justify their insane and…
Immigration…

MS-13 and Representations of Immigrants as The Other

19 Jun 201822 Jun 2018
HOW DO WE JUSTIFY INHUMANE TREATMENT OF REFUGEE CHILDREN? The Trump Administration's police state tactics against immigrants and refugees should come as no surprise. He ran on such a cruel…

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The Banality of Book Banning

The Banality of Book Banning

Perpetuating fear is in many ways a banal act of people just doing their jobs by impartially administering the law.

by Mad Sociologist 5 Jun 2023
When They Really Came for the Teachers

When They Really Came for the Teachers

Teachers went from heroes to villains, thanks to right-wing counter narratives.

by Mad Sociologist 31 May 2023
A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 10

A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 10

Chapter 3: Methods of Research Section 1: Positivism and Quantitative Methods Introduction It’s time to talk about methods of research! No, look. We have to talk about methods of research. We have to get an understanding of how sociologists know what they know. Sociologists don’t just sit around thinking about society and writing whatever pops…

by Mad Sociologist 17 May 202317 May 2023
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