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November 2020

November 09, 2020

The Voice of Scientific Authority Is Aghast…and Clueless

It took four days after the 2020 U.S. presidential election for the country to identify...

July 2019

July 16, 2019

Free energy, the brain, and religion

Karl Friston, one of today's foremost neuroscientists, thinks that all brain processing boils down to...

July 31, 2018

A Theory of Why Academics and Educated People Are (Getting More and More) Liberal

A curious thing has happened over the past few decades in American higher education. The...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Yes, religion is connected with morality. Here’s how

One of the most common ideas about religion is that it’s somehow intrinsically connected with...

August 2017

August 15, 2017

Science Is Classist. Here’s a Solution

Science is an incredible thing. But classism and prejudice against working-class people are endemic in...

August 03, 2017

Science and democracy go hand-in-hand – and democracy is in danger

Science and democracy are mutually entwined. Both require independent thought and reasoned consensus. When democracy...

February 2017

February 14, 2017

Why colleges need (a few) more conservative professors

Liberals can teach students about the bad side of hierarchy – oppression. Conservatives can teach...

February 04, 2017

Is college too liberal?

A recent article in Boston Magazine argues that colleges are too liberal. This is true,...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

White American ethno-nationalism is on the rise. Why?

According to historian Peter Turchin, the white American ethnicity arose out of protracted military struggles...

August 2016

August 04, 2016

Religion builds self-control and excludes outsiders – simultaneously

A new model suggests that religion may benefit mental health by building adherents' self-control. The...

July 2015

July 03, 2015

Newsflash: Elite universities are supposed to produce elites. That’s their job.

What is elite education for? Academics’ self-image as noble rebels – more prominent in Ivy...

June 2015

June 12, 2015

The culture wars come for public higher education

The evangelical Christian governor of Wisconsin is about to enact a set of laws that...

May 2014

May 05, 2014

Internet comments: the poisoned well

Highly negative comments inspire readers to react in polarized ways to news articles, forcing splits...

March 2014

March 12, 2014

Big changes are coming to politics in America. Here’s why

Libertarians and social conservatives are headed for divorce. So are liberal Democrats and working-class minorities....

February 2014

February 04, 2014

Holden Caulfield and the Super Bowl

Is the Super Bowl stupid? Sure. But let's stop the Holden Caulfield Syndrome of mocking...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Why conservatives hate Obamacare

Conservatives worry that offloading social responsibilities to an impersonal, systemic platform will corrode the collective...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Calling an End to the Culture Wars

Connor Wood argues that conservative and liberal thought are both invaluable: conservatives are experts on...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

Why IS liberal Protestantism dying, anyway?

Liberal Protestant churches are losing members left and right, while conservative churches are doing just...

July 03, 2013

Why aren’t religious people as creative as unbelievers?

Let's be honest: religion and creativity don't always mix. The world's fashion designers, rock musicians,...

May 2013

May 05, 2013

Exploring your religion

Check out ExploringMyReligion.org to learn how your religious beliefs and commitments shape up against orthodox,...

April 2013

April 11, 2013

Religion, Ideology, and Environmentalism: A Tale of Morals

I believe the study of religion and ritual in human cultures argues compellingly for the...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

How WEIRD are you?

New research from the University of Virginia and China shows a surprising finding – liberals...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

An evidence-based rethinking of the religion-science conflict

Research by sociologist John Evans (University of California, San Diego) concludes that (1) Christians know...

October 2012

October 20, 2012

Religious conservatism may be driven by the disgust response

New research shows that religious conservatism may be a product of our natural disgust response,...

September 2012

September 30, 2012

Not conservatives, but religious people, more charitable

Sociologists Brandon Vaidyanathan, Christian Smith (both University of Notre Dame), and Jonathan Hill (Calvin College)...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Political views may affect how we pray

Jonathan Morgan On the brink of election season, it's sometimes easy to imagine that liberals...

March 13, 2012

Liberal Buddhism: at the boundaries

Connor Wood In Europe and North America, most religious people are Christian. This means that...

March 05, 2012

Religious Americans: science is mostly okay

Connor Wood To believe the hype around science and religion, you’d think that nearly all...