Month: September 2007
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sad, sad, sad
What has the world come to? I saw this story in the local paper today and it made me want to cry and kill the perpetrators at the same time. Basically a guy who is a bit slow but who is an avid walker in his neighborhood was jumped by a couple of young thugs…
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2 great sociology articles today in the NYTimes
I generally don’t post links to these anymore on here (though I do include what I’m reading in the widget to the right), but these two articles were too good not to post. The first is by Paul Krugman, who does a great job illustrating that race still matters in the U.S. The second is…
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something you never thought you’d hear from us 😉
Debi and I went to a professional football game yesterday – Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints. In fact, we even had $250/seat tickets for club seating. Here are a couple pics (from my crappy cellphone camera) as evidence: Here’s Debi at the game: Here’s a shot of the famed pirate ship: And here’s…
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hard-wired politics?
I caught this article in the LA Times today about some recent neuroscience studies illustrating differences between conservatives and liberals. Turns out, there are actual biological differences: conservatives don’t respond well to ambiguity and don’t take kindly to change; liberals, on the other hand, are very accepting of change and tolerate ambiguity well. Like the…