Monthly Archives: March 2009

Via the Independent… Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, the student journalist sentenced to death for blasphemy in Afghanistan, has been told he will spend the next 20 years in jail after the country’s highest court ruled against him – without even hearing … Continue reading →

The notion that a bright line can be drawn between ‘Science’ and ‘Politics’ is as often used to mislead as to enlighten. The stem cell controversy was always about more than the science and it was typically disingenuous of President … Continue reading →

Mr. Hume’s post on “Religion & Age”  left hanging the question whether there might be a general trend for individuals to get more religious as they get older. The Inductivist has taken up the issue.  He says no.

This report in Christian Science Monitor is getting some air time. It seems speculative & data-free to me, but I really don’t know much about evangelicals.

A follow up to Bradlaugh’s post. In the GSS you can look at religious identification as a function of age. Below the fold is a chart where each bar is a year from age 18 up to 88. 89 and … Continue reading →

From the news wire this morning: A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more … Continue reading →

Sadly this fascinating piece by Lydia Aran on how Tibetan Buddhism has been rebranded for western consumption is trapped behind Commentary’s subscription wall, but this extract gives a good flavor: Catering to the tastes of Western academics and New Age … Continue reading →

Interesting thread on abortion. Just a few at random. •  In Mr. Hume’s post and the comments threads we’ve so far turned up Ronald Reagan and Sarah Palin as having carried out legislative actions suggesting that, at the least, they didn’t/don’t … Continue reading →