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Christianity Today has posted a new article, Survey: Frequent Bible Reading Can Turn You Liberal,which details the surprising survey results pertaining to attitudes about consumption, social justice, terrorism, etc. The article suggests that consistent Bible reading pushes people leftward on some issues. For example: Some of the most interesting findings relate to moral attitudes. How [...] Read more »
In “Parents Caught Spanking Children on Audiotape Real Time,” what should have been a straightforward report on the somewhat surprising (to the researchers) results of placing audio recorders in families’ homes to study “Real Life Mother-Child Interaction in the Home” was somehow transformed into a piece against corporal punishment chock full of misinformation. Susan Donaldson [...] Read more »
Interesting how things can work in today’s soundbite culture. (I should preface this with a disclaimer that this post does not not advocate O’Donnell as a candidate. For one, I think it would be better to have representatives who didn’t fudge their academic backgrounds, as she is alleged to have done.) That said, I just [...] Read more »
Susan Wise Bauer over at The Well-Trained Mind Blog has put together an excellent post on how many decent folks are asking the wrong questions when looking for a university or a department (either for their kids or for themselves), trying to avoid being barraged with a “liberal agenda.” I’ve heard similar sentiments myself—”I just [...] Read more »