The General Social Survey (GSS) is a long-running, mostly cross-sectional survey of the non-institutionalized adult population in the US (since 1972). Since the beginning, the GSS has asked people about…
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Continue readingDuring my spring break I went to the Cherokee Nation to volunteer with students. During that trip we had several people come talk to us about Cherokee culture. One of…
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Continue readingI wrote this while waiting to serve on a jury selection panel: I’m sitting in the courthouse just outside a courtroom waiting to be part of a jury panel to…
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Continue readingI don’t get out much. It’s kind of sad, especially considering I’m a sociologist (meaning I study people), but I attribute it to the fact that Debi and I are…
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Continue readingIn case you were wondering what effect Obama’s health care legislation (Affordable Care Act) will have on Medicare (’cause I’m sure everyone was wondering this), I have some visual aids…
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Continue readingOur neighbors to the east of us recently moved out (they were renting). In the last couple of months before they moved out, we think they adopted a young cat….
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Continue readingI received an email from the director of PR at my university last week looking for an expert on religion to comment on a news story the local Fox affiliate…
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Continue readingAnother relative (not my uncle this time), sent me the email below, but (I think smartly) asked me if it was accurate. My response follows the email: This was written…
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Continue readingSo, I got another email from my uncle (well, Debi got it and forwarded it to me). Here it is: JOSE LEGAL VS. JOSE ILLEGAL You have two families: Jose…
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Continue readingMy university did a little write up about one of the articles I published recently: It’s a nice summary of the paper and the picture isn’t half bad either. 621 total…
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