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Tag Archives: demographics
Does religion make you nicer or happier?
Well, it may depend on where you live — which in turn suggests that the answer may be more complicated than many assume, if not indeterminate. Paul Bloom in Slate last month, via Will Wilkinson: Many Americans doubt the morality … Continue reading
Not Enough Kids
Interesting piece here from Spengler in Asia Times Online. Spengler is commenting on a 1985 paper on ethics and the marketplace wiritten by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Spengler’s recurrent theme is “nihilism“: The Europeans are paying for their … Continue reading
2008 Presidential election, votes by income & education
How the Rich Are Different From You and Me: Places that went for Obama are richer and smarter than places that went for McCain. The subhead is critical here: And it isn’t just about politics. The division is also between … Continue reading
Learning what we already knew
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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Who prays more, Democrats or Republicans?
Heather’s post about Democratic prayers for the bailout made me wonder about differences between the parties. The photos in the article show a black church, so I was skeptical that Democrats prayed as much as Republicans overall. I looked at … Continue reading
Who reads the Secular Right?
This website has been around for a little over 2 weeks, and it’s already attracted a lot of attention. So I thought it might be fun to take the pulse of the readership with a few poll questions….
Atheism makes you a great scientist?
A reader asks, perhaps facetiously: Funny, but given the homage being paid to science in so many of these first threads, I was just wondering if there’s any actual evidence that, in practice, atheists make better scientists than believers. There … Continue reading
Young anti-abortion & pro-gay?
A commenter below asks if there is any data to back up Ross & Reihan‘s assertion that the young are more supportive of gay rights and more skeptical of abortion on demand. So I looked in the GSS as the … Continue reading
Is the Secular Right an oxymoron?
A comment: I wonder what the writer’s here have to say about my contention in the TAC thread that the idea of a secular right is virtually an oxymoron. Modern rationalistic secularism is clearly a product of the left. (Think … Continue reading
Who is scientistically inclined?
A comment below states: I don’t think that your ranking of appropriate degrees of skepticism really has much to do with conservative politics, however. In fact, the one object of faith that is most common among those skeptical of religion … Continue reading