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Category: sociology

Given that it’s my chosen profession, I should write about it more than I do…

domestic partner benefits report

Posted on December 19, 2008

Here’s another report I ended up putting together recently because I was interested in domestic partner benefits: Summary Report on Domestic Partner Benefits (DPBs) Ryan T. Cragun Assistant Professor of…

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healthcare wait times – US vs. Canada

Posted on December 19, 2008

In my Introduction to Sociology class I was discussing the various approaches to health care: private pay/insurance companies vs. single-payer or universal pay (government sponsored). During that discussion one of…

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The True Meaning of Christmas…

Posted on December 16, 2008December 18, 2021

I should really be doing other work, but after reading the news this morning, it dawned on me that what I really wanted to do was write a short blog…

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It was just a matter of time…

Posted on November 28, 2008

…before a Wal-Mart Employee was trampled to death in the mad rush of consumerism on Black Friday.  When shopping deals are based on a first-come, first-served basis, you can only…

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zodiac converter

Posted on November 26, 2008

A colleague of mine came to me with a problem a few weeks ago: A student in one of his classes wanted to test a hypothesis concerning Zodiac signs (which…

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last pre-election political post

Posted on November 4, 2008

A sociology colleague of mine sent me the following email last night.  I know I’ve been more political than usual lately (for obvious reasons), but I’m hoping this is seen…

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no trip to Iran, a puzzle game instead

Posted on October 29, 2008

I hadn’t mentioned it to many people, but I had a paper accepted to a conference in Iran over the summer and was supposed to travel there next week (I…

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A Publication! A Publication!

Posted on October 10, 2008July 26, 2020

I know I’ve been posting a lot about politics lately.  Sorry.  Not much else of interest going on.  However, I think some may find it interesting that Debi and I…

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a better post on the current financial shenanigans in D.C.

Posted on September 19, 2008

This post comes from fellow Sociologist, Dave Purcell, at Kent State.  I liked it so much I asked him if I could repost it here.  So, with his permission: I…

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Learning Styles

Posted on September 7, 2008

As we prepared for classes this summer, we were asked to prepare information in one of our classes on “learning styles” as well as Myers-Briggs personality tests.  I’ve long been…

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