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I just had a nice piece of news from Lexington Books. The first small printing (200 copies) of Good Science has sold out. Previously, I have not experienced this level of initial interest in my books and, as a result,…
Download Citation Abstract As Bob Dylan once sang, times they are changing. Finally it does appear to be that way. The Middle East has boiled over with grass roots, ground up revolution! It’s too soon to tell what’s going to…
Download Citation Choices, choices, choices Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good all the time –…
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Understand the importance of evidence and reasoned assessment to working with the social reality. 2. Identify several different research methods used by sociologists to study the social…
Download Citation Abstract In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his ability to prognosticate on post-secondary education seems questionable…
As of 1903, the Wright Brothers transcended the environmental limitations that had previously prevented heavier-than-air flight. As a result, the Wright Brothers created new facts (e.g., flying machines), new truths (e.g., humans had become aviators) and reality has never been…
Download Citation Abstract History is written by the winners, that is certainly true. Living in a nation of “winners” we never hear the stories of those who lose. We exalt those who are triumphant, tell their stories, and forget the…
Download Citation Abstract There’s something wrong in the world today, and Sociologists know what it is. We live in a system that privileges cash value over everything else. If you can’t lay a dollar value, and if you can’t generate…
What is family… Really? The paradox is, that the answer to that question, in all self-honesty, for most people, is a shock to discover, yet at the same time so univocally familiar. The word, originating from c.1.400 is said to…
Download Citation Abstract Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s days as Libya’s overlord are fast coming to a close. For an astonishing 41 years the people of Libya have been subjected Gadhafi’s abusive reign. However, seizing upon the revolutionary fervor that is sweeping…
