http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/ Applying Sociology Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:49:43 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/639 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/639 A Tribute to Dean Wright ? William Du Bois, 2008 from forthcoming book Getting the World You Want I first met my friend Dean Wright when I was splitting time Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:44:41 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/638 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/638 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQYHKILXD4k Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:12 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/637 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/637 Here are the numbers from the Urban Institute - Brookings Institute study using what the candidates advisors have said about each candidate's tax plans. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:59:33 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/636 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/636 ... Is borrowing money on the national debt to finance tax cuts a good idea? That's not populism. That's foolishness. I think the bigger question is about Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:42:38 GMT Brett Magill http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/635 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/635 In a pluralist society, why not appeal to what the pluralism wants? If pandering to tax cuts mobilizes that political slack...tax cuts it is. Is the problem Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:37:17 GMT Del Thomas Ph D http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/634 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/634 We never see the Tax cut clearly. But often these costs are transfered to state and local levels where they must balance the budget. Then there are the costs Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:38:03 GMT Kathy Stolley http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/633 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/633 Bill: I am sorry to hear this for you (as I know he was your friend) and for the world (as he gave us all much). Kathy To: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:28:26 GMT dwemhane@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/632 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/632 Please remove me from the listserv J. David Wemhaner, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology Liberal Arts Division, Metro Campus Tulsa Community College 909 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:31:26 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/631 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/631 Pandering has become the political way. Whether borrowing money to pay for tax cuts we can't afford isn't even part of the political discussion. An analysis Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:29:50 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/630 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/630 Dean Wright died Friday morning. _____________ http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008808160336 August 16, 2008 Fighter for social Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:01:01 GMT Gandhi, Valentine Joseph http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/629 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/629 Dear All, Sociologists without borders recently launched an exclusive space for sociologists, to interact, create blogs, hold discussions, upload photos and Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:09:17 GMT Del Thomas Ph D http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/628 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/628 And who was it who supported and armed the Taliban? Today on NPR I heard a person say ( an author interview) that we as a nation that has strayed from our Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:23:03 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/627 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/627 The miracle of South Africa should stand as our reference point. You would have thought that following years of the repressive white regime that when blacks Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:18:18 GMT dwemhane@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/626 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/626 Bill, Good points about Bush and the Taliban - - who can defend the actions of this current President and administration - - they do have one course of action: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:15:36 GMT William Du Bois http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/625 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/applyingsociology/message/625 Former South Dakota Senator Jim Aboureck is the founder of the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee. He frequently takes people to the Middle East to