Bradley Wright's Blog

I just noticed that my blog is now 1,000 posts long (or deep?). I started it on a bit of a lark, and who would have thunk, but it's sti...

This coming Thursday my book will be officially released (though Amazon is already shipping it).  I've been wondering how to help promot...

My book comes out this week,and my publisher has set up various publicity things, like articles and interviews. In two weeks I'm going t...

I don't study education, but I have seen these kinds of statistics before, and it always depresses me.... "Research indicates th...

Here's a nice article about my good friend and fellow sociologist Mark Edwards. He takes both his faith and teaching very seriously...

I've started working at home a lot more this last year, and it works out well for a number of reasons, but one problem has been my my di...

On a post last week, I got the following anonymous comment: "I believe that you have unwittingly touched upon one of the most signif...

This one is easy... among all people, who is most likely to get into heaven? (After Mother Theresa, that is)... you. When asked "Ho...

The poll that I've been posting about this week also asked respondents about the heaven-prospects for famous people (circa 1997). Specif...

The US News and World Report 1996 poll mentioned yesterday also asked questions about other people getting into heaven. Specifically, it as...

I just came across a really interesting poll collected by The US News and World Report in 1997 about who will get into heaven and why. On...

Well, I just got back from dropping off Gus at his junior prom... a proud moment with such a handsome young man. For reasons that I don...

Twice in the last two weeks, I've walked into a store and had a clerk (both young guys) shout out, as a greeting, "Hey buddy."...

This review, from Publisher's Weekly, is a nice summary of the book (and the publicist at Baker was really happy it's not negative)....

I just came across an interesting idea.... Karlyn Bowman has written that the typical number of meals taken together by parents and children...

Same lake, same sunset, just different perspective (to get the log in the foreground). 

If you've not seen it before, you should check out the Faces of Meth website. It shows pictures of people before and after meth addicti...

Well, I have switched from Flickr to SmugMug as my photography site. SmugMug costs an annual fee, but it looks so much nicer and has a more ...

I've recently read Methland , a story about the effects of methamphetamine use on a small town in Iowa. (I also assigned it to my crime...