I used Edward Said for something other than theory-heavy class discussions

So I wrote a reponse to the Times Online article on the effects of religion that I briefly ranted about in this post a couple of days ago. My article is more aimed against Gregory S. Paul's methodology than on the Times Online article itself, and there's also a whole lot of personal ranting somewhere toward the middle/end.

I sent it as a "hey, I wrote something, whaddaya think?" e-mail to my professor. He looked at it, liked it, and now it's published!

*squees*

Here it is -->
We Are the Others
"The generalizations used in the new 'Religion is bad for society' study are a step backwards for social science."

It's probably the most polemic published piece I've written to date. I realize that my own arguments are incomplete (thus problematic in their own way), but I'm happy for what thread of argument that remains after I cut 20% of what I initially wrote.

( On a different note, my kiddies... )

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