2016-03-19 18:53
Sure, there are a few other things you need to know if you want to be an effective activist! These seven principles are also goo dthings to keep in mind when you plan a campaign or think ab… Read More
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Essays on human behavior, social institutions, and social problems written by a sociologist who lives in the real world.
2016-03-19 18:53
Dungeons and Dragons, Vampire: The Masquerade, and other games that have players act out the adventures of fictional characters are all sinister tools of the devil that produce maladusted, s… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
By the time you read this short post Hussein will probably be dead. What is the broader social meaning of the execution? That's the question of the moment.
You may think that his execution… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Why is Christmas such a big deal? Santa Claus? Holiday shopping? What are the cultural and economic functions of Christams? Does Christmas have a political function as well? (Sidenote: Polit… Read More
2006-12-03 16:22
Most people about webcam girls, so you'll get either a blank look or a denunciation of moral decline in American society should you ask someone about them. I think you'd mostly just get bla… Read More
2006-11-26 16:09
Do you love McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's? If so, why? If not, why not? Is fast food bad for you or not? Is the heavy consumption of fast food a social problem? A public health proble… Read More
2006-11-18 15:12
I'm not sure if you could do a valid study this way. Ditto for working underover as an escort. Please correct me if I'm wrong about either of those things. Today's topic is the escort servic… Read More
2006-11-07 02:29
Thank God the campaign ads are going away soon. I'm sure that I am not the only one who is relieved about this. My original ideas was to write about escort services, but election day interve… Read More
2006-11-04 15:14
Ever been to a grocery store or supermarket? I thought so. Maybe you never paused to think about why grocery stores have the features that they have. And why do we have grocery stores at all… Read More
2006-10-31 02:42
That's not really a sociological question but it does raise some sociological questions.
According to an article I read in last week's Time magazine, 37% of Americans believe that houses can… Read More
2006-10-29 15:32
Solving the world's problems will require some new ideas and some effective selling of many ideas. Taking advantage of opportunities to improve things that are okay now will also take new id… Read More
2006-10-28 13:12
Macy's, Hechts, Sears, "cool" specialty stores, Christmas sales, model railroad shows, baseball card shows, and so much more! This is why people love going to the shopping mall. Or maybe the… Read More
2006-10-25 01:45
Exercise, YMCAs, gyms, health clubs, rock climbing gyms (like the Sportrock chain here in the DC area) raise bunces of questions about culture, organizations, economics, relationships, and p… Read More
2006-10-20 01:21
I could have titled this post "The Sociology of Walking" but that isn't terribly interesting. So, now you know the actual subject of my post - the sociology of walking. (If this were a thesi… Read More
2006-10-18 00:52
So, what does this mean sociological, economically, and ecologically? Economically, it means there are more potential buyers of my books :-) For the environment, well the meaning of this mom… Read More
2006-10-06 02:00
How does one answer that question in a short blog post, or even several short posts? Such a feat is not really possible. I can offer a few random thoughts on why some carelessly selected and… Read More
2006-10-04 02:22
Voters, politicians, consumers, activists, managers and the rest of us all make choices regularly. We make choices about legislation (Shall I vote for it or against it?), where to live, what… Read More
2006-09-30 16:12
I was rereading Edward De Bono's book Serious Creativity and got some ideas. De Bono describes many techniques for generating new ideas, and some techniques for introducing creativity into o… Read More
2006-09-30 15:13
Last time I went on and on about how the mass media, peer groups, and childhood experiences lead us to making bad decisions. These bad decisions are bad for individuals and they add up to re… Read More
2006-09-27 01:41
This isn't really a question for my readers. This post is about decisions we make in our personal lives, decisions about finances, jobs, education, relationships, and many other things. Deci… Read More
2006-09-22 02:22
Yes, this post is about sex. And biology. And genetics. Think for a few minutes and I bet you can identify some of the wasy that sex, biology, and genetics each influence society and culture… Read More
2006-09-20 01:20
What explains party politics, campaign promises, broken campaign promises, smear campaigns, political scandals, imaginary political scandals, voting behavior, and public policy? Sociology ex… Read More
2006-09-15 01:50
I was inspired to address this subject by a question someone asked me last night: Why are there so many rude drivers? You probably thought that some people were just selfish and/or stupid… Read More
2006-09-13 01:54
The political answer is that terrrorism is caused by evil people who want to kill Americans or at least destroy our democratic, capitalist way of life. That's the sort of garbage that makes… Read More
2006-09-09 15:08
Money, office politics, biology, sex, genetics, greed, and powerful organizations are the reasons that things happen in society. Hmmm...
How does society really work? I'm hoping you've wonde… Read More
2006-09-06 00:16
Election season has officially started. The advertising season started a bit earlier than the Labor Day weekend opening of "election season." You probably know that if you watch television o… Read More
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