The Mad (political) Science Lab

In order for people to be able to truly forgive, you have to allow them to first be angry...especially when that anger is connected to the death of nine people.

Not Ready To Make Nice... Forgive, sounds good Forget, I'm not sure I could They say time heals everything But I'm still waiting While doing some interviews for a story that i'm working on about the coverage of the shooting...

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"Stakes Is High" Everyone needs to keep their eye on the ball because the situation in Ferguson could happen anywhere...especially if you're not paying attention...

If you're filming a protest, here's some tips...

The FJP — 10 Tips for Filming Protests, Demonstrations &... 10 Tips for Filming Protests, Demonstrations & Police Misconduct Remember though, if you can’t run with it, probably best not to bring it. This and other timely filming tips are available here...

I'm watching people getting tear gassed on television.
In 2014.
Wait a minute...

Are You Watching What Is Happening In Ferguson? Because This Is Not America Insanity is unfolding right now before our eyes.

For some folks, the concept of a Black Jesus is a little too much to take.
Many of them are Black people...

"Lawd Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus... If you want to start a fight with Black folks, and you've grown tired of touching the Third Rail of Black Entertainment that is Beyonce', inferring that Jesus may have been Black will do ...

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This Woman's Worth... The NFL has got a whole lot of issues. In addition to the whole "One of our teams is named for a racial slur" thing, the NFL has a culture of sexism bordering on misogyny.

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With the help of Lesley Gore and Dusty Springfield, we're gonna talk about male entitlement...

You Don't Own Me...                 Nice car...for an as***le... You don't own me, I'm not just one of your many toys You don't own me, Don't say I can't go with other boys... Y...

i know, I know, it's been a while since I've posted on the M(P)S, but anything that makes a Supreme Court Justice kill 58 pages worth of trees demands my attention...

The Wrong Legacy Will the last student of color at the University of Michigan please turn out the lights? Thanks! It’s the weirdest things that jog your memory sometimes. For example, the latest pronouncement from ...

Over the last few days, a lot of writers have spent a whole lot of energy analyzing Beyonce's status as a feminist.

But there's another group of young women who could have used that attention....

What Becomes A Feminist Most? I'm going to start off by apologizing profusely to those readers of The Mad (political) Scientist that were hoping to see the 2013 People Who Need To Be Punched In The Face Awards as the first offi...

I have an announcement to make.

The Mad (political) Scientist has moved to WordPress.com. The reason for this is because Blogger kept eating my posts and I didn't feel like rewriting posts time after time.

Here is the first post on my new blog. The official premiere will be happening on Monday with the moment you've all been waiting for...The People Who Need To Be Punched In The Face Awards....

What About Your Friends? There's a saying: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend. That saying has played a pretty large part in the foreign policy of the United States since, well, forever. It's expected that if you're going...

Okay everyone! Last call for nominees for the People Who Need To Be Punched In The Face awards...

I have a few: the people who threw out a kid's breakfast because he was 30 cents short, the person who started the Rats215 Instagram account, the San Francisco-based sports-talk radio host who insulted every woman who knows her stuff about sports...

Tell me who you want to have a Sluggo...

Meanwhile, the minimum wage is about to go up in New Jersey starting Jan. 1...and every year afterward...

NJ voters approve increasing minimum wage New Jersey voters have approved a raising the state's minimum wage Jan. 1 and then every year.