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Author Archives: David Hume
Jason Richwine on immigration
Some readers have wondered about the specific policy positions which contributors to this website might hold. In regards to immigration, I am in broad sympathy with Jason Richwine’s recent article in The American. Quality, not quantity. I understand the logic … Continue reading
Women at war
The New York Times has a piece up, G.I. Jane Breaks the Combat Barrier as War Evolves, which details the shift over the past 8 year of women into combat roles. I’ve read and heard about this dynamic for years, … Continue reading
Are secular conservatives more libertarian? Yes
There were some comments below to the effect that secular conservatives tend to be more “libertarian” than religious conservatives. Anyone who has moved in libertarian circles knows that atheists & agnostics are well represented; after all, many libertarians are strongly … Continue reading
The great polarization
Occasionally we at Secular Right receive emails as to the agenda or manifesto behind this website. Since this is a collective of varied opinions we can not naturally offer a creed or statement of beliefs which is very thick. In … Continue reading
Regional differences in voting for Barack Obama
I’ve been playing with quantitative data and mapping recently (numbers & maps are two things I’m rather preoccupied with). I was curious as to geographic variation in support for Barack Obama as a function of the % of a county … Continue reading
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Convictions matter
Tom Rees reports on data which suggests that people with firmer convictions, atheists and theists, tend to be happier. The methodological issue is that since sample sizes are small for those who are not religious in the United States those … Continue reading
European dreams, a uniquely American pastime
Americans are rather stupid people, as is the norm among humans. This stupidity is manifest in a general lack of knowledge or understanding of the goings on in the rest of the world. And just as dull elementary school age … Continue reading
Socialized medicine, numbers are of the essence?
I don’t know if there is some context to this Bill O’Reilly assertion that Canadian life expectancy is higher because of fewer people, and so fewer absolute fatalities (e.g., he got turned around on the words?). But it got me … Continue reading
Intelligent Design as philosophy
The most recent Bloggingheads.tv features Ronald L. Numbers, author of The Creationists, and Paul Nelson, a Creationist and Intelligent Design advocate. The discussion is civil and well-informed, but as noted by some of the commenters on the Bloggingheads.tv site, it … Continue reading
12 questions for John Derbyshire
In The Economist. John is promoting his new book, We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism.