Category Archives: Sociology

It’s About Trust

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Jay

Via Glenn Reynolds, an interesting look at what we think of adultery in politicians, and in general, given the Mark Sanford political suicide. I’d never really thought about it, but it makes sense that we elect people based on integrity … Continue reading →

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Gloucester Girls

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Jay

By now, you’ve probably heard about the 17 pregnancies at the high school in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where apparently a bunch of girls decided it would be cool to get pregnant together and raise their babies concurrently. My thoughts are perhaps … Continue reading →

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Zoo Humans

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Jay

Seeing the news of the uncontacted Amazon tribe, and the fact that there are both more of them than I might have imagined had I even considered the possibility of it being non-zero, and that lack of contact is carefully … Continue reading →

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Everything is class, even if class isn’t everything.

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Deb

Via this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists, an article on professionalism for salespeople that talks about why folks don’t think of sales as a profession. He touches on something that’s dreadfully important, which is that the respectability of a given … Continue reading →

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The atheists aren’t the problem. Hell, they’re not even a problem.

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Deb

Via J-Walk, an interesting take on the godless among us. As one of said godless, I really appreciate any article that fails to demonize (I’m supposed to resist?) folks like me. Nice change of pace. Being an atheist might not … Continue reading →

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Another lovely quirk some folks seem to have…

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Deb

Is a belief in time machines. I’m all for personal responsibility, but there’s a difference between wanting folks to have to work forward in their lives from a bad spot with minimal or no government hand-holding (a thing which is … Continue reading →

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We’re barely more than a century removed from the year an entire town in South Dakota nearly starved to death.

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Deb

Giggle at me if you will for referencing Laura Ingalls Wilder, but really? This is important. History is taught as though those members of the human race who came before us are somehow less than human. We sit here and … Continue reading →