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Education…

When They Really Came for the Teachers

31 May 2023
Impact of the Pandemic on Teaching Teachers went from heroes to villains, thanks to right-wing counter-narratives. I'm working on a more in-depth piece for another publication that explores the relationship…
Mad Sociologist in the News…

Making Sense of this Mess

19 Mar 2023
How did we get to the point where the fascists are back! I've been away for a while, but now I'm back. I'm hoping to do Mad Sociologist in the…
Politics

The Paradox of Compromise

19 Jan 202320 Jan 2023
COMPROMISE IS NECESSARY...AND A NO-WIN PROPOSITION Twelve years ago I found myself in an ideological conundrum. I was (and remain) an ardent proponent of a single-payer healthcare system. In 2008…
Education…

Not One Inch Toward Fascism!

21 Nov 202221 Nov 2022
THERE'S ONLY ONE REASONABLE APPROACH TO FASCISM--DISOBEDIENCE! The Free State of DeSantis, previously known as Florida, is no place for teachers...at least not for teachers who wish to encourage critical…
2022 Election…

Quick Thoughts on the Non-Schellacking!

12 Nov 202212 Nov 2022
AND WHY IT'S NOT TIME TO CELEBRATE The 2022 Midterms are nothing to celebrate! The exhausting 2022 midterms are almost over and I wanted to offer just some surface observations…
2022 Election…

Tyrants do not Rise…They are Lifted

4 Nov 20226 Nov 2022
AND THIS IS WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST As readers may know, I live is Southwest Florida, right smack dab in the middle of the garden where Neo-cons go to die.…
Politics…

Silencing, Abusiveness, and Political Discourse

26 Oct 202227 Oct 2022
WHEN YOUR ARGUMENT CAN'T STAND AGAINST SCRUTINY, SILENCE THE SCRUTINY! I had an interesting encounter the other day. As a Florida resident and a teacher, I have a special investment…
Immigration…

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…
Politics

Popper’s Paradox and Biden’s “Divisive” Speech

10 Sep 2022
NO UNITY WITH FASCISTS! I teach a high school philosophy class. My rules are simple: Everyone will be treated with basic human dignity. Everyone will be heard. Anything expressed in…
Education…

A Quick Note on Biden’s College Debt Forgiveness

30 Aug 20222 Sep 2022
A LAZY POLICY FOR A BURDENSOME PROBLEM The latest debate about President Biden's long-awaited forgiveness of up to $20,000 in student debt reveals the depth to which Capitalism, or American…

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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
Public School Panic: We’re Going Back to the ’90’s!

Public School Panic: We’re Going Back to the ’90’s!

The data from our nationwide experiment in the value of public schools is coming in. Right on cue, the media is drawing the wrong conclusions.

by Mad Sociologist 13 May 202313 May 2023
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