November 2010
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When lying is outlawed, only outlaws will tell... →
In the classic sociological essay, “The Lie”, Georg Simmel observes that “The ethically negative value of the lie must not blind us to its sociologically quite positive significance for the formation of certain concrete relations.” The capacity to lie—that is, to deliberately deceive others about our true beliefs or opinions, fundamentally distinguishes humans from...
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Scenes from the Post-Racial Society →
Sociological Images shares a TV news report about a photograph of Tennessee state legislator Terri Lynn Weaver posing with a man in blackface dressed as Aunt Jemima. Weaver posted the photo on her own Facebook page, along with the caption, “Aunt Jemima, you is so sweet.”
Unapologetic, Weaver explained that the photo was taken at a Halloween party, and that the man in blackface...
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Rush Limbaugh is a boil on the ass cheek of... →
A big, fat, ugly, disgusting, fetid boil that should have been lanced years ago, before the infection had a chance to spread.
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Pittsburgh Ordinance Aims to Protect Nature... →
The City of Pittsburgh has come a long way from the days when it was dominated by corporate tycoons like Andrew Carnegie & Henry Clay Frick. An ordinance passed by the city council would prohibit natural gas drilling within the city, as a way of restricting the environmentally dangerous technique of “fracking”. The ordinance also extends legal recognition to the rights of nature,...
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In defense of wealth taxation →
Erik Olin Wright:
Production and wealth are the result of social interaction and interdependency, not isolated individual endeavors. A given person can become rich only because that person lives in a social world in which everyone benefits from the fruits of labor of people in the past and interactions in the present.
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Terrorist Catcher Gone Awry
As allegations of plagiarism surround the recently-published memoir of former President George W. Bush, an unidentified source has leaked an early draft revealing even more copied passages, including this ultimately-deleted opening paragraph:
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy presidency was like, and how my...
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Worker Management of the Barcelona Public Transit... →
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Surprisingly, Toledo is not Number One →
Greensboro ranks second on “Holiest Cities in the U.S.” list.
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Some rob you with a six-gun, some with a monthly... →
Cable companies are pocketing billions in user fees ostensibly dedicated to infrastructure enhancement.
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Baptistaliban's Flagging Faith in First Amendment →
A group of religious fanatics have been raising Cain for months over their right to display a Christian flag at a public veteran’s memorial in King, NC (not far from my home). Now these same zealots are objecting to a proposal that would allow their flag to fly alongside those of other religions recognized by the U.S. military, including Islam, Satanism, & Wicca. Because apparently they...
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Farbissener Paskudnyak →
Glenn Beck can kiss my socialistic Jewish tuchis.
Waterlog Magazine →
Demo 2010 student protests - guardian.co.uk →
If only US students had this much gumption.
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