Matt 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 [...]
Also tagged academia, good beer, higher educationVideo 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 [...]
Also tagged cold war, college football, grad student advice, Ted KennedySome urban school districts are recruiting students (likely white students given segregation & white flight) – AP – http://bit.ly/MUChm # Is Obama close to moving on health care legislation w/o Republicans? Bloomberg – http://bit.ly/7Xqri #thisisaninfuriatingissue # Please fwd, especially to ppl who don’t know Pollan/Food Inc. Time: Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap [...]
Also tagged food industry, LeBron, urban schoolsOur land line (still need it for Amy’s work) has been out since Monday. AT&T sucks. So does Time-Warner net. Hate not having better options. # Going to see the House Popes & Peep @ Annabelle’s in Highland Square Friday night. Join us! #Akron #music # LeBron James documentary screens in Akron. Finished 2nd to [...]
Also tagged LeBron, music, publishing, wealthRT @eszter sociologists marginalize lots of work w/real-world apps RT @craigjcalhoun Why do sociologists marginalize communications research # Nate Silver @ FiveThirtyEight: “ample reason for Democrats to be worried — perhaps deeply so — about 2010.” http://bit.ly/10D8UK # Free e-book: GIS in the Social Sciences – http://bit.ly/2bmiYs (via @ssresearchnews @meoneogeo) #sociology # This seems to [...]
Also tagged Election 2010, GIS, Google, sociology, twitterThe aptly-named Dick Armey: ‘will my health be decided by some bureaucrat with a degree in #sociology?’ MSNBC video: http://bit.ly/4jCiMv # Facebook’s Purchase Is Bid to Own Social Media – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/1vtePp # Foghorn Leghorn = Michael Vick. RT @profgesser: Foghorn Leghorn Ass Whipping moments http://ff.im/-6GH7T # RT @craigjcalhoun: Are we going to get through [...]
Also tagged service, social mediaInteresting 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 [...]
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