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Guest Contribution: The First Measured Century

7 May 20257 May 2025
Note Note: I'm delighted to be sharing the Underground Classroom's very first Guest Contribution. This lesson focuses on the history of polling and public opinion and the impacts of "being…
Current Events…

What’s This Stuff About the GDP Numbers…Should We Be Worried?

2 May 20252 May 2025
When the Data is Noisy An Economics Class Explainer of GDP Curriculum Specifications Course: Social Studies, Specifically Economics Educational Level: High School Reading Level: 6.46 12 Minute Read The other…
Current Events…

[Fort Myers News-Press] For Over Thirty Years American Education Has Stagnated

31 Mar 2025
I find it hard to believe that most of our community, regardless of politics, is not dedicated to progress Note: This essay appeared in the Fort Myers News-Press on Sunday,…
Current Events…

Are Tariffs Good or Bad?

14 Mar 202514 Mar 2025
I Keep Hearing Different Things That is a good question. Reality is often lost in political rhetoric and bantering. Sometimes we find ourselves supporting policies because they are the policies…
Sociology

Chapter 4: Society and Human Behavior

20 Feb 202520 Feb 2025
Section 1: The Anatomy of a Society Introduction What is a Society? This is a sociology course. Sociology is, basically, the study of society. So far, we’ve covered the major…
Current Events

You Have a Right to Remain Silent!

10 Feb 202518 Feb 2025
A PRIMER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY FACE I.C.E. OR POLICE INTERROGATION My last blog post generated some excitement on social media. Here in the Free State of Florida and…
Current Events…

What if ICE Comes Knocking on the Schoolhouse Door?

30 Jan 20252 Feb 2025
ADVICE FOR SCARY TIMES On the day the new president took office he signed a whole slew of Executive Orders and rescinded even more. Among these executive orders was one…
Uncategorized

Why Can’t We Just Balance the Budget?

20 Dec 2024
Explaining Current Events A PRIMER ON THE FEDERAL BUDGET There's a lot of talk these days about cutting "wasteful government spending" and making the "hard choices" for balancing our nation's…
Economics…

On Political Finger Pointing and Cognitive Bias

12 Sep 202412 Sep 2024
How to think about the issues in an election year This election year is hotly contested and emotional. Emotionalism tends to shut down our reason centers, motivating us to react…
Economics

Prices Are Not Going to Come Down…And That’s a Good Thing

14 Aug 202414 Aug 2024
Current Events Explainer On Inflation and Why Prices Go Up The so-called "expert" economists keep saying that inflation is going down, but I can see prices continuing to go up.…

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Sociology Links

  • Association for Critical Socioloyg committed to providing both a space for critical analysis and an opportunity to have an open dialogue that can examine the consequences of capitalist development and the potential for resistance.
  • Comparative Historical Sociology Love history? Love sociology? Now you can have both!
  • Council on Contemporary Families Keep track of the latest data on families.
  • Everyday Sociology
  • International Social Science Review For Social Science Research
  • Marxists Sociology Blog Blog of the Marxist Section of the ASA
  • Open Culture
  • Qualitative Sociology Review
  • Racial Dot Map Interactive data on the racial make-up of the United States
  • Realtime Inequality Data on the beneficiaries of economic growth.
  • Revise Sociology (Important for AICE!)
  • Social Science Space
  • Social Theory Rewired
  • Social Theory Rewired
  • Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism
  • Sociology Group
  • Sociology Guide
  • Socius: Open Access Journal An open access sociology journal put out by the American Sociological Association
  • The Society Pages
  • The Sociological Eye
  • The Sociological Mail
  • The Sociologists' Dojo
  • Twynham Sociology for A Level AICE
  • Understanding Society
  • Ways of Thinking

Current Events

  • Media Bias Fact Check

Economics Links

  • American Economic Association
  • Beat the Press
  • Brad DeLong Grasping Reality (Keynesian)
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis A U.S. government agency tasked with compiling economic data used worldwide.
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Cafe Hayek
  • Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  • Consumer Reports
  • Conversable Economist
  • Economic Policy Institute
  • Entrepreneur
  • Equitable Growth Non-Profit founded to promote policies in the interests of strong, stable, and equitable economic growth
  • Federal Reserve Economic Database FRED
  • Haver Analytics For economic data
  • Intelligence Economist
  • Investopedia
  • Nerd Wallet
  • Paul Krugman (Keynesian)
  • Realtime Inequality Data on the beneficiaries of economic growth.
  • Richard Wolff
  • The Dangerous Economist
  • The Street The latest economic news.
  • The Undercover Economist
  • Top 100 Economics Blogs
  • Washington Center for Equitable Growth
  • Washington Times Econ 101 Simple economic explanations for complex current events
  • World Inequality Database Research on the worldwide historical distribution of wealth and income

Fact Checking

  • FactCheck.org
  • Media Manipulation Casebook
  • Politifact
  • Snopes
  • Washington Post Fact Checker

Philosophy Links

  • A Philosopher's Blog
  • Aeon
  • Blog of the American Philosophy Association
  • Journal of the History of Ideas
  • Khan Academy on Ethics
  • Love of All Wisdome
  • Phil Notes
  • Philosophy: The Basics For a comprehensive overview of philosophy
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  • Rocking Philosophy
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On This Date in 1492

On This Date in 1492

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[Fort Myers News Press, October 10, 2025] The Rights and Responsibility of Teachers

[Fort Myers News Press, October 10, 2025] The Rights and Responsibility of Teachers

Maybe everyone should be held to the same standard as teachers.

Guest Contribution: The Vaccine “Debate?”

Guest Contribution: The Vaccine “Debate?”

There really is no debate on vaccines. They work. They are safe. You should get them. Listen to your doctor. Don’t listen to RFKJr.

My Comments to the Lee (as in Robert E…) County School Board

My Comments to the Lee (as in Robert E…) County School Board

How Do We Convince Voters That We Are Addressing Teacher Compensation Without Actually Paying Teachers More

A Brief Course on States, Rights, and Power

A Brief Course on States, Rights, and Power

A complete minicourse on States, Rights, and Power in just over a half-hour.

Recent Posts: The Mad Sociologist Blog

Obamacare: A Brief, Depressing History of

Obamacare: A Brief, Depressing History of

The ACA didn’t go far enough, but it was an improvement. We can’t go back to the bad ol’ days before Obamacare. The best course is to go forward and resurrect the Public Option

Schools of Hope–Just Another Market-Based Scam

Schools of Hope–Just Another Market-Based Scam

CO-LOCATION IS JUST ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO REPLACE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONE SQUARE FOOT AT A TIME

The Four Pillars War

The Four Pillars War

The Right-Wing Assault Against Liberalism and Reason

There is No Military Solution to Crime

There is No Military Solution to Crime

What are the Real Solutions?

A “Conversation” with a Robot on the Absurdity of the Algorithm

A “Conversation” with a Robot on the Absurdity of the Algorithm

A revealing conversation with my Robot Assistant

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