What Do You Believe?
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert’s quote really speaks to me as I am in the process of learning a new kind of writing, […]
Then Don’t Write
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it. -Anais Nin This is […]
Nature Ballet
Perhaps humans are most brilliant when we engage our creativity in such a way that it is perfectly complementary to nature. In doing so, we can expand ourselves in harmony with the world we are […]
Sanitize and Simplify
In my blog post “Dick and Jane Go to the Homeless Shelter,” I wrote about the methods that educational publishers use to sanitize their books and articles, usually so as to not offend the […]
Being Home
Today I arrived home from Ukraine after a month-long journey that could only be described as a blessing. No place I have known can rival the wondrous harvest colors of Ukraine. I am proud to […]
In Honor of the Euromaidan Protestors
Today the Euromaidan protesters won the Lech Walesa Award for freedom. The award typically honors a person who has “the courage to fight for the peaceful development of the world, to challenge terror, and who by […]
The Power of Voice
Let’s be honest: when it comes to publishing, most academic specialties, sociology included, tend towards being dry. Papers, reports, charts, graphs, data, innumerable footnotes, and complicated academic vocabularies dominate. Granted, there are those people who […]
Don’t Worry, Kids, It’ll Only Be Hot for a Little While…
As I noted in my previous post (“Dick and Jane Visit the Homeless Shelter”), Texas is one of the largest purchasers of textbooks in the country, owing to its sheer size. And as a […]
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 […]
Gnostic Green 