facebook’s data scandal won’t make much of a difference: a comment on...
Right now, Facebook is under tremendous criticism because the firm inappropriately allowed a third party to use their data. There is much consternation and even Facebook’s stock price has taken a hit....
View Articlemy visits to wellesley college
Last week, controversy broke out over Wellesley College’s Freedom Project, a program designed to have students discuss the meaning of freedom through various activities. The program is run by...
View Articlethe iraq war, a forever war
On September 10, 2001, I never imagined that the US would be involved in an endless war in Iraq, a conflict that still takes thousands of lives each year. Even after the terrorist attacks in New York...
View Articleconsumerism: what’s the big deal?
People will often use “consumerism” in a pejorative way and, recently, I got into a discussion of why intellectuals are often so obsessed with critiquing consumerism. First, a definition, then a...
View Articleopen borders day 2018
Every year, I like to draw attention to Open Borders Day (March 16), the moment when we take time to think about legalizing all forms of peaceful movement. This year, you might want to take a moment to...
View Articlethree cheers for libby schaaf – ICE has no right to pick up and deport...
Last week, news organizations reported that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tipped off immigrants in Oakland about an upcoming ICE raid. I approve of this action. Why? There is no moral obligation to obey...
View Articledefending free speech the right way: three cheers for gabriel rossman
Recently, a UCLA conservative student group invited Milo Yiannopolous to speak at the campus. Then, UCLA sociologist (and former orgtheory guest) Gabriel Rossman wrote an open letter to the Bruin...
View Articlethe welfare objection to open borders: i don’t buy it
In discussion of open borders and free migration, you often hear the following: Wouldn’t open borders undermine the welfare state because natives would stop voting for social programs to prevent...
View Articlemarkets, opportunity, and justice
At the Winter commencement at Indiana University, one of our speakers, tech business leader Fred Luddy, made a very interesting comment. Basically, he said that life in a market isn’t fair, but there...
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why is it bad to retract non-fraudulent and non-erroneous papers?
It is bad to demand the retraction non-fraudulent papers. But why? I think the argument rests on three intuitions. First, there is a legal reason. When an editor and publisher accept a paper, they...
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third world world quarterly should not retract “the case for colonialism”
Third World Quarterly recently published an article by Bruce Gilley called “The Case for Colonialism (TCfC)” The article makes a few related claims, but it boils down to: Many anti-colonial movements...
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after charlottesville: the conversation continues
Contexts magazine is proud to bring you the second part of our Charlottesville symposium: “Setting the Record Straight on Confederate Statues,” Wanda Rushing “Defining Disorder Down,” Chris Uggen “The...
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the post-racist society vs. donald j. trump
The central tragedy of America is the treatment of non-whites. From Indian wars, to slavery, to segregation, to internment camps, to deportations, to Guantanamo, American society has often betrayed its...
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has trinity college gone too far?
Last week, Trinity College announced the suspension of Johnny Williams, an associate professor of sociology. According to Inside Higher Education: Williams last week shared an article from Medium...
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regnerus’ three mistakes
I was having a conversation a little while ago about scandals in sociology and the topic of of Regnerus’s article came up. That was the article in 2012 that claimed that children of same sex parents...
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tommy curry needs free speech. keeanga-yamahtta taylor needs free speech....
Last week, Johnny Williams, a professor at Trinity College triggered a nation wide controversy when his statements about White supremacy made national news. The issue isn’t the statement itself, but...
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the ironic cowardice of hypatia’s editorial board
A few decades ago, the scholarly and scientific study of gender was considered taboo. But, starting in the 1970s, various movements popped up in academia to change the situation. In philosophy, one...
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fdr and the unjust incarceration of japanese americans
Another reason to hate the 32nd president. On his Facebook account, historian David Beito posted this excerpt about how FDR ignored the FBI’s recommendation that Japanese Americans be left alone: FBI...
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don’t make ethnography anonymous – new article by jerolmack and murphy
In Sociological Research and Methods, Colin Jerolmack and Alexandra K. Murphy ask if we should use people’s names in quantitative research. We’ve discussed this idea before and now you can read the...
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super secret ethnography
Thomas J. Roulet, Michael J. Gill, Sebastien Stenger and David James Gill have a new article in Organizational Research Methods about the possible value of covert field work.The abstract: In this...
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