Author Archives: Thomas Whitley
NC Pastor Advocates Punching Possibly Gay Children, Church Laughs
By now many of you have heard at least a snippet of the sermon preached last Sunday by Sean Harris, pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, NC. As part of an initiative by voteformarriagenc.com, pastors were encouraged to preach … Continue reading
Posted in News, Religion
3 Comments
Summer Plans
Since I know that some of you appreciate updates on what I’ve been doing and what I will be doing, I thought I share my summer plans with you. I have just finished my first year as a PhD student … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments
NC Gay Marriage Ban
Unsurprisingly, Southern Baptists have taken to pushing an amendment to the NC constitution to forbid same-sex marriage. Never mind the fact that NC already bans same-sex marriage. Richard Land, head of the SBC’s oddly named Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, had this … Continue reading
Posted in News
2 Comments
War on Education?
Jared Bernstein shares this chart by the OECD which shows how education levels have changed from one generation to the next. The US has made no progress. In other words, the percentage of Americans who are in the 55-64 age … Continue reading
Graduate School Is Not Your Job
Graduate School Is a Means to a Job: Never forget this primary rule: Graduate school is not your job; graduate school is a means to the job you want. This can be easy to do, admittedly. Most of us decide to … Continue reading
