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Norms
The gene, atom, and molecule of sociology
Jan 4
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Rod Graham
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December 2024
'Tis the season to be bonding
Eventually, I will get to talking about Christmas game nights and holiday cook-offs.
Dec 26, 2024
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Rod Graham
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The difference between free speech and academic freedom
One is about elevated collective knowledge and the other is about personal, individual opinion.
Dec 10, 2024
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Rod Graham
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Shared realities of DEI under a Trump Administration
A prediction: the Trump administration and many Republican-led state legislatures across the country will be enacting a range of diversity, equity, and…
Dec 5, 2024
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Rod Graham
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The Simple Math of Toxicity
Some sociology of the family for the holiday season
Dec 1, 2024
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Rod Graham
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November 2024
Structural Politics, Personal Agency
We get the opportunity to develop progressive practices
Nov 26, 2024
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Rod Graham
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A Sociologist and a Stranger
Tomorrow morning, your Neighborhood Sociologist will toss a few pieces of luggage into the back of his beat-up Kia Soul and begin a six-hour drive down…
Nov 25, 2024
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There is no such thing as a low information voter.
Unless it's you.
Nov 9, 2024
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Rod Graham
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October 2024
The Evil of Banality
"The Banality of Evil" refers to the idea that people can do very bad things to others without having malice towards them or some deeply rooted…
Oct 31, 2024
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Rod Graham
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Should academics endorse political candidates? No. But to do their jobs properly, they may end up doing so.
A title from a recent article from Inside Higher Ed reads, “Faculty Overwhelmingly Back Harris in November.
Oct 25, 2024
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Rod Graham
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Should academics endorse political candidates? No. But to do their jobs properly, they may end up doing so.
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The reason why Republicans are weird (and Trekkies too)
When now vice-presidential candidate then governor of Minnesota Tim Walz called the Republican Party weird it was, albeit not known to relevant parties…
Oct 6, 2024
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Either apartheid is right or it is wrong
Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks with clarity about Israeli oppression of Palestinians
Oct 2, 2024
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