Before Robert Putnam there was Patrick Moynihan, the social scientist and later Democratic Senator from New York, who pointed to the dire social and economic consequences when children are not raised by intact families. His research to this effect came out 50 years ago. He
There is probably a way to set up an online pool for your NCAA basketball tournament predictions, complete with interactive brackets and monetary awards, but that goes beyond the scope of our Patheos software. So let’s just keep it simple: Give your projections for the
Several decades ago, sociologists were writing about how modernization was accompanied by the rise of secularism. Today, so-called “secularization theory” has been abandoned, including by its former advocates such as Peter Berger. I came across a trenchant quote from him that defines the new issues.
I blogged about the death of M. Stanton Evans, one of whose accomplishments was to draft “The Sharon Statement” articulating 12 principles that would serve as rallying points for the conservative movement in the 1960s. The Intercollegiate Studies Institute has published them in an attractive
Americans are taking advantage of streaming and on-demand-video to indulge in “binge TV,” watching a series’ entire season in a few sittings. Norwegians, though, are watching television in a completely different way. They are watching real-time renditions of train rides and ocean voyages. Or twelve
Today is “Pi Day,” the 14th day of the 3rd month (3.14). Not only that, it is “Super Pi Day,” with the rest of the date giving the next two numbers: 3.14.15. Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
The blog Mission Work, which focuses on faith, work, and economics, is hosting a series on the Lutheran perspective on these issues, also known as the doctrine of vocation. Every few days for several weeks, it will post some reflections by Rev. Adam Roe, a
There is a growing chasm in our society. It isn’t so much between the wealthy and the middle class, though it does have to do with social classes, a major demarcation seeming to be between the college educated and those who just finished high school.
Google is putting some of its gazillions of dollars into a venture capital fund. Its goal is to fund research that will let us live for 500 years. (more…)
An essay in the Intercollegiate Review explores J. R. R. Tolkien’s political views. He said in a letter that his “political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs).” Also, “The most improper job of
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