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Some Initial Thoughts on the Death of Roe

3 May 202217 May 2022
Some Back of the Envelope Thinking I HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO I just have some quick, back of the envelop thoughts on the impending death of Roe…
2016 Election…

Fascism and the Bleeding Edge of Occam’s Razor

21 Mar 202229 Mar 2022
THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION IS...THEY'RE FASCISTS Or Why So Many of us Didn't See Fascism Coming As a sociologist, I have a love-hate relationship with Occam's Razor. On one hand, as…
Personal Message…

Holy Sh*t! Steve Really is a Nazi!

22 Jan 202222 Jan 2022
AN UNCOMFORTABLE REALIZATION It's a simple rubric. If you're at a rally and the guy to your right is waving a Swastika flag, and the fella to your left is…
Afghanistan/Pakistan…

Say Goodbye to Afghanistan

21 Dec 2021
REFLECTIONS OF AN AFGHAN WAR PROTESTOR This post is coming a bit after the fact. Life intervened on my blogging of late. But I wanted to get this out mostly…
2016 Election…

Sympathy for Idiots

27 Jul 2021
RETHINKING MY POLITICALLY INCORRECT TYPOLOGY Back in August 2016 when I was watching the inexplicable rise of an ego-bloated, narcissistic, man-baby, an obvious and artless flim-flam and a proto-fascist wannabe…
Culture…

Napoleon, Robert E. Lee and the Cult of Past Personalities

7 May 20219 May 2021
MAYBE WE SHOULD STOP EXALTING PEOPLE AND START EXALTING IDEAS I wanted to take just a few minutes to offer some thoughts on the brouhaha over Napoleon on the bicentennial…
Personal Message…

No Unity with Nazis!

30 Jan 2021
YOU CAN'T REASONABLY UNITE WITH NAZIS WITHOUT CONDONING NAZISM It's really simple. If you are at a protest and the guy standing next to you is waving a Swastika, or…
Personal Message

The Mad Sociologist is Still Up and Running

28 Dec 202028 Dec 2020
I'VE JUST TAKEN A BIT OF A HIATUS I'm Recharged and Ready to Go! I know. I know. It's been a while since I posted last...and a lot has been…
2020 Election…

The F**king House is on Fire!

4 Sep 20205 Sep 2020
AND NOBODY'S DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT! This is just a quick observation about the American political scene after watching both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. To my knowledge, the…
Education…

A Rally in Tally

16 Jan 2020
Teachers Shut Down the Florida State Capitol Teachers Taking to the Streets...Again! In a sane society, teachers wouldn't have to protest. They would have everything they needed to do their…

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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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