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How to Analyze Mormons in the GSS

Posted on September 1, 2016February 9, 2022

The General Social Survey (GSS) is a long-running, mostly cross-sectional survey of the non-institutionalized adult population in the US (since 1972).  Since the beginning, the GSS has asked people about…

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an interesting conception of love

Posted on May 21, 2012

During my spring break I went to the Cherokee Nation to volunteer with students.  During that trip we had several people come talk to us about Cherokee culture.  One of…

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jury duty and bias

Posted on November 7, 2011

I wrote this while waiting to serve on a jury selection panel: I’m sitting in the courthouse just outside a courtroom waiting to be part of a jury panel to…

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What if I’m gay?

Posted on July 12, 2011

I don’t get out much. It’s kind of sad, especially considering I’m a sociologist (meaning I study people), but I attribute it to the fact that Debi and I are…

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Something Interesting

Posted on February 21, 2011

In case you were wondering what effect Obama’s health care legislation (Affordable Care Act) will have on Medicare (’cause I’m sure everyone was wondering this), I have some visual aids…

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cat problem and innate morality

Posted on November 21, 2010February 25, 2020

Our neighbors to the east of us recently moved out (they were renting).  In the last couple of months before they moved out, we think they adopted a young cat….

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On TV again – as an expert on “heaven”

Posted on October 5, 2010

I received an email from the director of PR at my university last week looking for an expert on religion to comment on a news story the local Fox affiliate…

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RE: Joys of Muslim Women – more debunking

Posted on July 23, 2010March 11, 2023

Another relative (not my uncle this time), sent me the email below, but (I think smartly) asked me if it was accurate.  My response follows the email: This was written…

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new email from my uncle: Jose Legal vs. Jose Illegal

Posted on July 19, 2010

So, I got another email from my uncle (well, Debi got it and forwarded it to me). Here it is: JOSE LEGAL VS. JOSE ILLEGAL You have two families: Jose…

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UT highlights my research

Posted on June 29, 2010

My university did a little write up about one of the articles I published recently: It’s a nice summary of the paper and the picture isn’t half bad either.  621 total…

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