Bradley Wright's Blog

Cathy and I celebrate our sixteenth wedding anniversary today. How long is sixteen years? Sixteen years is longer than: - Alexander the Grea...

What better way to celebrate the holidays than gallows humor ? In my last post, I used gallows humor in discussing my sons' accident. Ch...

Part of teaching is keeping an eye out for good illustrations. I'm teach methods, and this Christmas season has given me a great example...

Good statistical presentation makes a point clearly, accurately, and sometimes even memorably. Here's a story from The Onion that illus...

In keeping with my rule of thirds , here are the three things I want for the new year: World peace, an end to global warming, and a sociolog...

Okay, I admit to having a rather bah-humbug attitude toward Christmas, but compared to Susette Kelo, I'm Santa Claus. She was a homeown...

Here are the remaining rules for gift giving. Make sure not to violate them! 5) Money is an appropriate gift from senior to junior family me...

Sociologists will an analyze anything people do, no matter how taken-for-granted the activity. ( I suppose that's why I like it so much-...

It's a sad fact of life that song lyrics are only meaningful if you know the tune. (This is never learned until *after* the teenage year...

If you only do one thing this Christmas season, buy me a present. (E-mail me if you need ideas). But... if you do a second thing, go to thi...

(This summarizes a series on Christian divorce rates that starts here ) Many people believe that Christian marriages end in divorce just as ...

(Post 14 of a 14-part series on Christian divorce rates) How much, if at all, can statistics tell us about the validity of Christianity? I h...

One of the many joys of parenthood is watching your children do things that you can not. Having spent the weekend attending my sons' va...

We're coming up to one of the most important days of the year for me: December 23rd. No, I'm not mixed up about Christmas, rather th...

(Post 13 of a series on Christian Divorce Rates) In a previous post, I critiqued Ron Sider’s use of statistics in his acclaimed book, “The S...

Our local high school, which is right next to UConn, has a student club: “Students for International Socialization.” (Yes, this is a college...

I love "small world" moments. Perhaps because my family moved frequently when I was growing up, but anything that makes me feel co...

I have just come back from giving a final, and I'm reminded of the cycle of affect that I feel for my students each semester. The first ...

(Post 12 of a series on Christian Divorce Rates) In 2005, well-known Christian author Ron Sider wrote, “ The Scandal of the Evangelical Con...

(Post eleven of a series on Christian divorce rates) In examining divorce rates among Christians, George Barna measures “born-again” Christi...