The answer is simple: $$$$ The St. Petersburg Times ran a good story this morning looking at donations to politicians in the state of Florida by… Health insurance companies and…
Category: sociology
Given that it’s my chosen profession, I should write about it more than I do…
that wiley evolution!
I posted Debi’s and my newborn photos a while back and asked people to vote for who they thought Toren looked the most like. Turns out, 2/3 of those who…
The cost of a baby
One of the ideas I talk about every semester in my Introduction to Sociology classes is the declining birth rate in developed countries. There are several factors that help explain…
Namesake Photos
One of my former students sent Toren a very thoughtful gift – Capital: Volume I (1st US edition to boot). Capital (or Das Kapital) is perhaps Karl Marx’s most famous…
big government vs. little government
For all you fans of reducing government out there, maybe you should reconsider. This NYTimes article gives a good illustration of situations when small government doesn’t make sense. For years…
science is amazing!!!
Here’s a great NYTimes article this morning summarizing some recent genetic research on the origins of humans in Africa. We’ve known for quite some time that humans originated in Africa,…
breathing earth
A student found this site and showed it to me the other day: http://www.breathingearth.net/ Spend a few minutes perusing it. Disturbing.
letter to the editor of the St. Petersburg Times
I caught this story a couple of days ago about a wealthy chiropractor trying to change Florida legislation on childhood vaccines. I was so annoyed by it that I wrote…
age vs. cohort in voting behavior
I’m preparing a lecture for one of my classes in which we are discussing Robert Putnam’s book Bowling Alone. In the 2nd chapter on political participation he claims, “The distinction…