EVolution
I am the proud new owner of an electric car, purchasing a VW e-Golf at a time when the company deserves to feel collective shame. Yet, no company is a monolith, and I would like […]
United States of America
The Pumpkin Riots
The Pumpkin Riots In the imagery of New Hampshire, Keene perhaps is not what one considers to be a quaint New England town. It is not particularly wealthy, and the advent of chain stores […]
Dick and Jane Go to the Homeless Shelter
The theme of this year’s ASA conference was “Hard Times,” specifically, the brutal inequalities that have resulted from the restructuring of power and economy in America. Many Americans have been feeling the pinch of […]
To Love One’s Country
One of my favorite professors at university was a fervent activist against the Vietnam War, and in one class he recalled the vitriol of many who saw the Vietnam protesters as unpatriotic. His words still […]
Throw the Bums Out!
In current American society, perhaps there is no mantra more prevalent as “throw the bums out.” The 112th Congress achieved dubious notoriety of passing a record low number of bills, and having the lowest approval […]
Hard Times
The core issue addressed at this year’s American Sociological Association’s annual meeting is economic injustice. To be clear, the conference is not simply addressing the demographics of inequality, but rather the profound hurt such inequality brings […]
Welcome Home
I just arrived home from my family and work in Ukraine to see the news on the chaos in Ferguson, Missouri. After experiencing both the protests in Kiev, and Russian suppression in the Occupied Territory […]
