Former professor, then sex worker, commits suicide

by | Jan 31, 2007 | Neoliberalism | 2 comments

I didn’t know Brandy Britton. But this was senseless.  I’m mildly surprised that Rachel or perhaps Bitch, PhD didn’t pick this up.  I was talking with my friend, an anthropologist about this.  Anthropologists have to deal with the possibility of “going native” as...

Precarious*

by | Jan 30, 2007 | NPR | 1 comment

I coined the phrase precarious* to reflect contemporary middle class life. Listen to my most recent NPR commentary to hear me talk about it.

The Obama ain't black meme continues…

by | Jan 25, 2007 | Democracy | 1 comment

This time with an article from the Washington Post entitled Obama’s Appeal to Blacks an Open Question. On the one hand the article gives blacks credit for being relatively sophisticated enough not to simply support Obama because he is black. And there are very real...