Education and Socialization. Crisis and Confusion
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Education | No Comments »Formal education in schools is part of the larger process of socialization. We are constantly learning to fit into our groups and societies. This is a consistent part of what we know. School is merely a standardized sector in this ...
Whatever Happened to Adrienne Fidelin?
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Mystery, Concrete incident or process, Biography | No Comments »Adrienne Fidelin, nick-name Ady, was the love companion of Man Ray, American artist and photographer, in the latter half of the 1930s (circa 1936-1940) in Paris. Their relationship is celebrated in Ray's autobiographical memoir "Self-Portrait" (1963) ...
Law Enforcement. The Break Between Law and Crime
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Crime | No Comments »The law does not always fall on the miscreant. There is the possibility of the crime being matched with a not-punishment. The link might be crime and reward. In the old sociology as in the old movies the criminal as ...
Leaving Paradise in a Suburban Utility Vehicle
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Invention, Global Warming | No Comments »The social order of energy can be divided into component sectors like transportation, housing, machinery (including tools and gadgets), energy manufacturing. Each sector has its own order of suppliers and users, its own technology, its own culture and social ...
Cool It.
Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in Cadre, Invention, Global Warming, Mass Movements | No Comments »We want to stop and reverse the global warming trend. Our knowledge is limited, there is a risk with any decision, but our scientists, on strong evidence, support this way. The politics of freeing ourselves from the threats of the ...
A Long Slog to the End of Global Warming
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in The People, Sociology of Group, Global Warming, Mass Movements, Ideology | No Comments »There is no individual resolution of the global warming crisis. One person turning down the thermostat in an unused room is not enough. It is a case of hang together or burn separately. Man's effect on the heating pattern ...