Belated happy new year everyone. I’ve had good intentions to blog more often, but all of my writing energy is going toward new songs, editing research papers for publication, and trying to land a letter in Penthouse Forum. Here is a bunch of things I’ve been reading/digging/thinking about over the last month, culled from my [...]
Tagged too many to list, twitterFrom my Twitter feed: Sociology/Social issues/Higher Ed Can you imagine the outrage that would ensue if dozens of white teens died in the Chicago suburbs every year? Chicago public schools in 2007-08 academic year: 34 deaths and 290 shootings. Not enough ppl care, certainly not ones in power. Sad. http://bit.ly/tI4nF # Thomas LaVeist does work [...]
Tagged music, politics, sociologyMJ = great player, not a nice guy. Sadly, people just go along with it. “Jordan’s night to remember turns petty” – Yahoo! http://bit.ly/EhbbJ # Incredible show – more thoughts later. “U2 Reinvent the Stadium Show as 360 Tour Launches in Chicago” – Rolling Stone – http://bit.ly/qKlL7 # It’s the beginning of the third week [...]
Tagged academia, music that matters, racism, sports, Swine fluNY’s Mercy College offers 1-on-1 mentoring for incoming frosh. Our students frequently complain to me about advising. http://bit.ly/23MfAo # Minnesota’s AD: Big 10 about business, MAC about educating. I feel the same way about research vs. teaching schools. http://bit.ly/16HO2L # GOP parents teach their kids an early lesson about partisan hatred. Nice work. NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cutwL [...]
Tagged twitterVideo of Biden’s emotional tribute to Ted Kennedy: “It Was Never About Him” http://bit.ly/3VFbxX # RT @brainsplittr: Strongly recommended. Jill Quadagno’s “One Nation Uninsured.” Details #hcr obstruction – http://tiny.cc/QhFvX #sociotweets # Jenn Lena with good advice for grad students on presentation of self. Students: take this seriously. http://bit.ly/RBw5 #sociology # New book on how and [...]
Tagged cold war, college football, grad student advice, health care, Ted KennedyWeird headline (Inside Higher Ed): “Gay Football Players Exist.” Of course. 70% of PAC-10 players know gay teammate. http://bit.ly/uWAxS # WTF?RT @digg_2000: “McDonald’s Has a Website for Black People” – http://digg.com/d211gcp?t1 # Everyone should own this. RT @largeheartedboy: On sale at Amazon MP3: The Faces’ classic 1973 album, Ooh La La for $2.99 http://bit.ly/EmxoJ # [...]
Tagged bureaucracy, cycling, music, sexuality, sports* Was in the jury pool for a high-profile trial, but got excused because I can’t be here for all of it. Here it is: http://tinyurl.com/pp7eyx * Good Atlantic article on evaluating the performance of CEOs. A handful of sociological studies are cited. http://tinyurl.com/qtgz9u * Shane McGowan has new teeth! http://tinyurl.com/pghzhb (Via Erin P.) * [...]
Tagged corporations, Gladwell, jury duty, music, race, sports, twitter* Very funny LeBron commercial. “Akron, Ohio, baby!” http://bit.ly/3x7EBB * WSJ: White House Czar Calls for End to War on Drugs. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124225891527617397.html * Malcolm Gladwell doesn’t know crap about hoops. He uses Pitino to make an argument, but ignores his Boston fail. http://tinyurl.com/dyzs2p * New live David Byrne EP to benefit Amnesty Int’l: http://tinyurl.com/p4o3l3 * [...]
Tagged LeBron, music, social policy, sociology, twitterA few reads on a Sunday morning when a foot of snowfall kept our Beacon-Journal and NYT from being delivered: * Five Things Google Could Do For Newspapers – Wired – While the New York Times was given an early death sentence this week by The Atlantic, Google CEO Eric Schmidt was asked by Fortune [...]
Tagged basketball, culture, Google, journalism, music, newspapers, sportsInteresting reads from the past couple days: Stores worry holiday sales may be permanent – MSNBC.com – Is there research on the social psychology of shopping? (I’m sure there is, but I don’t have time to look.) The question of consumers’ expectations on prices and sales is an interesting one. Amy often teases me about [...]
Tagged basketball, Bruce Springsteen, consumerism, health care, Kent State, recession, social psychology, US economy