Processes of enclosure and imagining our way out
By limiting the ways we move about our world, we also limit our ability to imagine alternatives. But by remembering how to move differently, we can begin to remember that we can live differently too.
Ideas for sale
Why maintain a "marketplace" of ideas when you could have a playground? Or perhaps a community garden?
Natural Law and the Supreme Court: Catholic Metaphors in Judicial Reasoning
Next time: How do non-Catholic justices reason about abortion, and can we point to a moment where that reasoning was usurped?
What's so "hard" about science?
When different voices and experiences are included in scientific research, a broadening occurs - we ask new questions and contextualize old facts. Is this "softening" or progress?
The Extended Case: Burawoy’s Vision of Sociology in Motion
Dedicated to Tyler Leeds, a kind friend, colleague, and Michael Burawoy's last student.
Corporate personhood and corporate people: an analytic addendum
If corporations are people, what type of people are they?
Violence by and against corporations
Shooting someone in the back is violence. But what about denying someone healthcare? In a world where the actions of corporations harm individuals, what counts as "violence" becomes unclear.
Judicial Independence Is the Crown Jewels of American Democracy
...according to US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (and Rehnquist before him).
Breaking containers and extending our journeys in 2025
Thinking about time as space is one of the most basic and pervasive metaphors out there. As we enter 2025, it is worth thinking about our movements through and in the new year.