10 Articles

Sunday, August 31, 2008
The Real McCain
McCain's veep pick exposes how empty his claim to be a man of principled judgment actually is.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Gays Are Winning: Why That Spells Doom for the Religious Right
(8 comments) Despite setbacks gays and lesbians are winning the culture war as American's tolerance for homosexuality soars to levels never imagined in the last century. This social change bodes ill for traditional religion, which cannot thrive in a gay friendly nation.

Saturday, March 1, 2008
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: The Big Picture, Part 2
Clearly something is very wrong in America compared to the more secular western countries when it comes to the health of the society. At the same time religious belief and worship is imploding in the western democracies, including the USA. Can the social and economic factors behind these historically unprecedented trends be explained by sociological science? The answer is yes.

Thursday, February 21, 2008
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America? The Big Picture, Part 1
(5 comments) Clearly something is very wrong in America compared to the more secular western countries when it comes to the health of the society? Is this an accident of history and circumstances? The evidence says no.

Thursday, February 14, 2008
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America? Raising the Kids
(9 comments) If raising kids American style in the context of the devout nuclear family with the Bible as the moral guidebook and the rod to keep the tykes in lines, then why are European children brought up by unmarried, secular parents banned by law from whacking their charges enjoying lower levels of dysfunction?

Friday, February 8, 2008
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America? A Look at Marriage and Divorce.
(8 comments) If marriage born-again evangelical style is God's plan for all humans, and if secular marriages are relationship disasters waiting to happen, then why is divorce rampant among conservative Protestants, and why does Christian America suffer from one of the highest marriage failure rates in the 1st world?

Friday, February 1, 2008
Why is Secular European Society Doing so Much Better Than God-Fearing America?
(2 comments) If staying celibate until marriage is an important component of a healthy society, then why are sexually open-minded Euro teens catching fewer STDs, getting abortions less often, and having fewer kids out of wedlock than their more religious American counterparts?

Friday, January 18, 2008
Why the Claim that Progressive Secular Values and Policies Are Bad For Societies is a Great Big Lie
(3 comments) According to the churches, especially the right wing ones, a secular world view is harmful for a society. The sociological research shows that if anything, the reverse is true.

Thursday, January 3, 2008
revisions for The Real Reason the Religious Right is Losing America
(3 comments) This is the revised version with the more consistently formatted citations

Wednesday, January 2, 2008
The Real War on Xmas
The religious and social right want us to think that it is liberal secularists who are waging war on the holy day. As the release of this year's disappointing retail sales figures help reveal, the real enemies of Christmas piety are the allies of the right, the merchant capitalists, as well as their loyal helpers, the American consumer.