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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…
Classroom

A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 8

13 Oct 2022
Chapter 2: The Sociological Perspectives Section 5: The Feminist Perspective Introduction So far, we’ve talked about the study of sociology as a positivist and an interpretivist science and discipline. We’ve…
Sociology

Society Exists…and It’s Miraculous!

6 Oct 20226 Oct 2022
ON THE "TAKEN FOR GRANTED" IMPOSSIBILITY OF THE SOCIAL WORLD In 1987, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously pointed out that there is no such thing as society. Specifically, she…
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…
Economics…

A Tale of Two Freedoms

22 Jul 2022
INVESTING IN PUBLIC GOODS VS. TAXES As a high school sociology and economics teacher, I often find myself in the unenviable position of advising seniors on how to prepare for…
Politics

The Democrats–and the United States–Need a Miracle

25 Jun 202225 Jun 2022
U.S. DEMOCRACY HAS TEN YEARS TOPS The Mad Sociologist Blog has now been around in some form for fourteen years. The mission of this blog is to use sociological principles…

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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 20237 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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