i don't like what Frank Luntz does with his data, but his methods and his approach to collecting and utilizing data are really good. i am showing a clip from,...
We live in vicious times. A federal jury has acquitted one man and deadlocked on six others for supposedly trying to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago. The...
Actually there's nothing new about due process and civil liberties being trumped in the US by a mob, a prosecutor with political or other ambitions, a...
Hi there, I'm working with a non-profit that provides mentorships to troubled kids. one thing they could really use is a review of the research literature on...
Hi all CASRO (Council of American Survey Research Organizations) just developed a job board. http://jobboard.casro.org/ They invite employers and job seekers...
seems like this is the kind of work (analysis) that sociologists should be doing... "President George W. Bush and seven of his administration's top officials,...
Hi group, I'm relatively new here, and am only a lowly student. :-) From some of the great professors I've had, this would seem to be something that a...
Stacey, Some of us are, and find that battles often extremely costly -- and sometimes you just wear down over time. Some sociologists aren't involved in...
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Jan 23, 2008 5:33 pm
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hi, Stacey first, there is no such thing as a lowly student -- despite what you may have been lead to believe by people calling themselves professors, so feel...
Thank you Dave and John for your insights, I agree with you both! John, you mentioned something that's a curiosity to me: that the "younger" folks haven't...
First we would likely not find much agreement as to what a better world is. There are also many like Ken Boulding who wore other labels who did work for the...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Jan 24, 2008 12:28 am
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I really believe sociology should be the study of how to make a better world. I think the "Change the World" conversation is the proper domain of sociology. ...
speaking of positive social change, what about this year's presidential election? Corporate Hillary is a drag. Barrack Obama is in bed with the Big Coal...
hi, Stacey i am not convinced that my brain is worth picking, but nevertheless... not having the benefit of hearing the specifics of what was said publicly and...
Stacey, One of the main reasons I eventually chose sociology (prior interest in psychology and economics) was I really enjoy sociologists - - and 35 years...
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I believe John and the others who've addressed the topic of what sociologists should be doing to change the world are well intentioned. But as I've said...
hi, Ken i understand why you reference me in your statement about "changing the world," but neither of my most recent posts have much to do with that. both of...
Is it really that difficult to determine things that can make a better world? I am not talking about knowing and constructing "Utopia" - - - but in a world...
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The idiots who run this country are at it again. With the economy set to take a nose dive due to corporate greed, they're passing an "economic stimulus" plan....
i have always been curious about the evidence for tax cuts stimulating the economy MORE than creating jobs, improving infrastructure, etc. anyone aware of any...
Thank you for that eloquent stating of what many of us are thinking! Susan Chizeck, Ph.D. Director of Internships office GR 2.310 Editor, NSEE Quarterly...
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Jan 28, 2008 8:43 pm
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FDR's "New Deal" was based almost entirely on the latter. It seemed to work fairly well. But it did have at least two downsides. One, it created a...
Agree with Ken that the neocon position is "natural manure" !?! ha! Also liked what you said about improving the infrastructure being a better stimulent than...
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Jan 29, 2008 7:42 pm
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This is truly an inspiring video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbcmPe0z3Sc...
I LOVE This! Thanks for sending it! It will now be part of my classes this semester. Kathy To: applyingsociology@...: dubois@...:...
Kathy Stolley
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Feb 5, 2008 12:33 pm
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Thanks for the video link. I also came across another video that might be good for a class about elite deviance or medical sociology. It's a song by the Austin...
What percent of boys who grow up in homes of domestic violence will later become batterers themselves? What percent of girls who grow up in homes of domestic...
Most of the data I have seen on this is flawed by analysis using categories of the dependent variable...... homes with (reported) domestic violence. The GSS...
Del Thomas Ph D
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Feb 14, 2008 3:23 pm
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Thanks, Del, but that's not what I'm interested in. What I want to know is of children who grew up in homes where their mother was battered, what percent then...
hi, Bill as Del mentioned, the data are not clean enough to be able to predict with any degree of accuracy. having left the field, i have not kept up with the...
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