If you do want public attention, and more readers, you might have to do some things that make you uncomfortable, especially promoting yourself.
How a Population Ages or Grows Younger: Classic Ansley Coale paper finally updated
A lot changed since 1960, but this old article is still good for teaching -- with some updates.
Jonathan Turner is the new co-editor of Theory and Society and his latest diatribe won’t surprise you at all
Breaking: Great sociologist says activism is ruining the discipline.
Quick update on American Sociological Review’s failure to meet current social science standards
Four complete replication packages for 20 quantitative data analysis articles. Ten of the 20 quantitative papers provide nothing.
Review of Melissa Kearney’s The Two-Parent Privilege (long version)
This is much too long. In the next few days I will cut it way back and submit it to Contemporary Sociology.
Untangling Kearney’s single parenthood / teen birth knot
Society is not moving in two different directions, it's just moving in the same direction at different speeds.
Ethical fault lines and empirical assumptions in Israel/Gaza
For 'proportionality,' most people treat the issues as ideological, but they are also empirical.
Researchers: Which one of your skills do you think can’t be done by a machine?
Replacing us as researchers has already begun.
2023 book (reading) report
This year I finished writing two books -- the 4th edition of my textbook (not out yet), and Citizen Scholar (coming next year from Columbia University Press, a few chapters posted as preprints). But I read 27 book so far, so I'm a net consumer. This year reading increasingly meant listening. It's much easier for…
Biden to Jews: You will never be safe in America
Biden offers a Chosen People fantasy and exceptionalism that has no place in a modern democracy.