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 fluMatt Taibbi’s excellent (and bitterly funny) analysis of the health care reform process so far: Rolling Stone – http://bit.ly/10Ccwd # Chronicle of Higher Education: Higher Ed admin salaries up 5%, 5.4% in last two years, faculty salaries up 4.1%, 3.4%. http://bit.ly/je1VH # Massive report of college class of 1999: class, race, gender disparities still a [...]
Tagged academia, good beer, health care, higher educationFor academics: outstanding post by @tenuredradical on departmental workload issues, w/ good advice on how to handle it. http://bit.ly/4j0ygd # Good news: Amy had a short story accepted by Third Coast, a great literary journal. You can read some of her work here: http://bit.ly/DJSxN # 67 excellent documentaries available through Netflix http://bit.ly/cjXRT # Excellent column [...]
Tagged academics, documentaries, literature, music, sociology, workAkron/Cleveland bummer: Bang and the Clatter Theatre defaults on loan, closes up shop. cleveland.com http://bit.ly/XHs3J # I love this. GOP strategists worry about effect of Palin, Beck, Limbaugh on party’s future. Reap what you sow. HuffPo: http://bit.ly/91oYm # Interesting question of taste vs. perception: craft brewers moving from bottles to cans. Akron Beacon-Journal: http://bit.ly/ZraRu # [...]
Tagged Akron arts, good beer, sociology, wingnutsCoffeeshops as proxy for gentrification: hoods with more coffeeshops see decreases in violent crime http://ow.ly/nzDv (via @praxishabitus) # Can’t make it, but – RT @HickoryinAkron Akron TWEET UP!! 7 p.m. Thursday 9.3.09 @ 746 Hickory – You are invited! Bring a friend or a group. # Taught my first Intro To #Sociology class ever this [...]
Tagged Gentrification, sociology, taxationRT @digiphile: 46 years ago today, MLK shared his dream from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial: http://bit.ly/1adE48 | “Free at last” # Seriously, these guys have no shame. Mike Huckabee : “Kennedy Would Have Been Urged To Die Earlier Under ObamaCare http://bit.ly/2TFAUk # Good preview of La Vuelta A Espana (Tour of Spain) from [...]
Tagged Chris McCandless, cycling, Krakauer, MLK, New Orleans, race, wingnutsVideo 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 KennedyRT @PIH_org: How Mountains Beyond Mountains and Paul Farmer led Tracy Kidder to write Strength in What Remains: http://bit.ly/obPUl # Absolutely wonderful book. RT @PIH_org: New edition of Mountains Beyond Mountains published today! w/ updated epilogue http://bit.ly/ob8V9 # RT @mtrobinson: RT @HopkinsCHDS: Unsafe urban neighborhoods linked to teen weight http://bit.ly/KAZXQ #sociotweet # Most takes on [...]
Tagged health, neighborhoods, Paul Farmer, race, Ted Kennedy, Tracy Kidder, violence