[zook]

Well, not really. The late James S. Coleman, for example, is considered one of the greatest social science thinkers of all time. And yet his research focused on a number of conservative issues: anti-busing for racial deseg., pro private schools and school choice, etc. He was also a supporter of Reagan, Bush 1, and the first Iraq war (he died in 1995).

His "Coleman Report" of 1966 broke the hearts of liberals when it found that differences in student achievement had little to do with differences in per pupil spending.

At one point in the late 1970's, some disgruntled members of the American Sociological Association attempted to have him thrown out of that organization on grounds of racism (because of his opposition to busing). He defeated them and eventually became president of the ASA. He was a great man and I'm proud to say he was my teacher!

[reg45]

I saw your web site. Outstanding!

Some of the links about ZT are really fun. What are they going to do about the Time "Man of the Year - 2003". Will kids be thrown out of school for possessing a Time magazine with a photograph of men with guns on the cover!!