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Ideologies in the News: How Powerful Ideas Become Common Sense
Thursday, May 23, 2013
By Wayne Mellinger Instructor, Antioch University A “dominant ideology” is a way of looking at and understanding the social world that reflects the perspectives of the rich and powerful. British sociologist John B. Thompson aptly describes ideology as “meaning in...
The Myth of the Self-Made Person
Thursday, May 16, 2013
By Peter Kaufman What do the alleged Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have in common with Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, J.K. Rowling, Jimi Hendrix, and Ben Franklin? The answer: All of these individuals are said to have become...
Honoring Parents
Sunday, May 12, 2013
By Sally Raskoff How do you spend the two days of the year that we honor the challenging and important job that parents do? Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are celebrated in the U.S. in May and June, respectively. Both...
Benefitting from Housing’s Burst Bubble
Thursday, May 09, 2013
By Karen Sternheimer I recently purchased a home in Los Angeles, something I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to afford. When prices started skyrocketing in the mid-2000s, like many other people I chose not to buy and saved my...
Thinking Critically About Statistics and Their Sources
Monday, May 06, 2013
By Sally Raskoff In the sciences, we use theory and methods to empirically assess “reality”. While we can often play with data to explore the relationships between our concepts(our variables), it is important to frame what we’re doing with good...