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Tim Russert; public sociology; HRC & sexism

By now, you have surely heard the sad news about Tim Russert’s passing yesterday. There is not much I can add to all of the wonderful tributes that have poured forth from his friends (here’s video of Tom Brokaw breaking the news), colleagues, and competitors (CBS’ Bob Schieffer and ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, the hosts of [...]

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2008 06 14 Dave politics
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Dr. Paul Farmer and public sociology

My last post was about Tracy Kidder’s fantastic book on Dr. Paul Farmer. If you didn’t follow the links or watch the 60 Minutes clip, the short version of the story is this: Farmer is a doctor and medical anthropologist (M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard) who has been working in a severely impoverished area of [...]

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2008 05 29 Dave sociology Comments (3)