Monthly Archives: December 2008

When Ghosts Walked the Earth

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Bradlaugh

From this morning’s New York Post: More than one-third of Americans believe that UFOs are real, and many think that witches, ghosts and angels are among us, according to a Harris poll released yesterday. The survey also found that belief … Continue reading →

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“There aren’t any serious voices …clamoring for religion to be tied to government”

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Walter Olson

We are discussed by Erin Manning at Rod Dreher’s Crunchy @ BeliefNet. Manning starts out by talking about this site but her piece soon finds itself back in a well-worn groove, railing at the “new secular morality” with its supposed … Continue reading →

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“Churchgoing” candidates who aren’t

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Walter Olson

Isaac Chotiner in the New Republic “Plank”, on revelations that Barack Obama isn’t actually a regular churchgoer despite carefully managed efforts to give the impression that he was: “If politicians want their religious lives to remain private, then they can … Continue reading →

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Behind the Sharon Statement

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Walter Olson

If you’ve been around organized conservatism for long, you’ve almost certainly heard of the 1960 Sharon Statement, long cited as a declaration of principles around which the then-burgeoning conservative movement could rally, much as the Port Huron Statement later served … Continue reading →

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Learning what we already knew

Posted on December 9, 2008 by David Hume

Forbes has a piece up, America’s Healthiest And Unhealthiest States. But you could predict the list from Albion’s Seed. Sometimes things never change….

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Darwinian & Postmodern Conservatism

Posted on December 9, 2008 by David Hume

At Culture11 Ivan Kenneally asks, Is Darwinian Conservatism Postmodern?: Larry Arnhart is surely the best proponent of Darwinian Conservatism, and not just because he has a blog with the same name. In his view, an evolutionary biological account of nature properly … Continue reading →

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Using the General Social Survey interface

Posted on December 9, 2008 by David Hume

My post, Who prays more, Democrats or Republicans?, has gotten a little link love. First at Daily Dish, and later at Kevin Drum. That’s great; in fact, a fair number of my GSS based charts get picked up around the … Continue reading →

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Secular Right feed on Twitter

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Walter Olson

If you’re on Twitter, you can now follow an automated feed of Secular Right posts, complete with David Hume icon. (You can also follow me or feeds of my sites Overlawyered and Point of Law if you’re so inclined, though … Continue reading →

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Heliocentrism Dethroned!

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Bradlaugh

Given that their church is fairly sensible on evolution, I guess Catholics have to compensate somehow.

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Great American history book recommendations

Posted on December 9, 2008 by David Hume

This is a thread for suggestions.  I’m looking here for works which focus on social & economic changes, as opposed to personal biography and diplomatic history.  The latter was important, but my personal impression is that they’re easy to bone … Continue reading →

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