I’m interested to hear what you think about President Obama’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. I understand some of the criticisms of Obama’s decision: we are getting more deeply involved in an endless quagmire; we can’t afford to spend trillions fighting — for what, exactly? — when there are so many desperate problems [...]
Also tagged Afghanistan, ObamaFrom 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 [...]
Also tagged music, sociologyFor fans of The Wire – The Big Issue in Scotland – Features – Dominic West http://bit.ly/BqANh # RT @lukasneville: A (co)citation graph of the 50 most-cited papers in the past 10 years of AJS, ASR & SF: http://bit.ly/11sGXL #sociology # Krugman was right. Hopes of post-partisanship were foolish. Trying to work with conservatives is [...]
Also tagged Akron music, sociology, The Wire, wingnutsI used to post news stories with commentary on a regular basis, but lately I’ve been too busy for that. I’m going to try using Delicious to post the daily news stories that I find interesting. Let me know if dig it. These are my links for January 2nd: As if Things Weren’t Bad Enough, [...]
Also tagged future of US, globalization, Iceland, Iraq war, race, social change, Southern strategy, violence…ignorant, angry, hateful, pitiful, embarrassing… From a McCain/Palin rally in Bethlehem, PA on October 8, 2008, via AmericaBlog:
Also tagged angry white peopleI received some very cool news yesterday that I wanted to pass on. A movie group called The Franklin Gang is releasing a a new documentary called “Bleeding Ohio” about Ohio being a battleground state in the 2004 election. The director saw my band, Pike 27, play at the “Sound Off For Kerry” benefit at [...]
Also tagged Bleeding Ohio, music, personal, Pike 27Bill Clinton is one seriously classy dude. He derailed the only Democratic presidency of my adult years thanks to blow jobs and his inability to tell the truth. The turmoil of his administration doomed Al Gore’s bid and paved the way for the Reign o’ Dubya. He made unacceptable statements about the role of race [...]
Also tagged Bill Clinton, Obama(I’ll write more about public sociology soon, but until then…) Tonight is a watershed moment in American history. 43 years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act and 40 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, an African-American has won the right to represent one of our two major parties in the [...]
Also tagged Hillary Clinton, Obama, ridiculousness- Some friends emailed to ask how the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes march turned out. Amy has pictures and a summary here. The Akron Beacon-Journal and Canton Repository also did nice stories on the event (I’m in the Canton paper’s slideshow). My friend Ann said she couldn’t decide it I looked more like [...]
Also tagged activism, Akron, feminism, jazz, maps, spaceAs Joe Feagin notes, Rev. Jeremiah Wright was correct in his descriptions of racism and racial inequality on the Bill Moyers show. Wright’s appearance on the Moyers show (I didn’t see it, but scanned the transcript) appeared to be a mostly positive development, a way to further national discussions of race by explaining his ministry [...]
Also tagged Obama, race, Rev. Wright, sociology