by Mike Sosteric (Dr. S.) | Jun 11, 2018 | Articles, Essential Reading, Survey |
The trouble with atheists is that they are fighting a battle with a delusion, which is not that surprising. Atheists pride themselves on being “not stupid,” after all, and they aren’t. Atheists can see the patent absurdity of God as a violent, abusive, and controlling...
by Mike Sosteric (Dr. S.) | Jun 8, 2018 | Articles, Commentary, Teaching Sociology |
Background Ann Landers was a character/pen name created by the Chicago Sun-Times and used to offer “advice” through their syndicated advice column throughout the United States. In December 27, 2001, in response to a question by an “inner city English teacher” who...
by Mike Sosteric (Dr. S.) | May 23, 2018 | Articles, Essential Reading |
In a widely cited confessional in the New York Times in 2014, former Wall Street trader Sam Polk outed himself as a recovering wealth addict. He intimated a toxic childhood and an abusive parent (a common theme in the biographies of addicts). He revealed the...
by Mike Sosteric (Dr. S.) | Apr 4, 2018 | Commentary, Current Events, Uncategorized |
I wrote my dissertation on the political economy of scholarly communication, and the transformative potentials of what were then emerging internet technologies. Ever since, I’ve been teaching critical courses on our always human, and sometimes religious, obsession...
by Mike Sosteric (Dr. S.) | Mar 28, 2018 | Articles |
Mike Sosteric, Athabasca University Growing up in a rinky-dink Canadian city, I was tortured a lot. Part of the problem was that I was stunted by an environment filled with second-hand tobacco smoke and devoid of nutritious food. Consequently, I was small and weak....
