Ryan Burge, a pastor who sidegigs as a data-based writer, has a new piece trying to track down exactly who is losing religion. He runs through various age groups and finds nothing surprising. In general men are less churchy than women, but this gap is closing and even crossing over lately. Young women are now…

An extremely vague old memory popped up. We have lots of high-IQ cult leaders running around now, from Balaji to Jordan to Tate. High-IQ “scientific” cults were rampant in the 70s, with varying purposes and flavors. Synanon, EST, Rolfing, Ecumenical Institute, Fritz Perls, etc. (Scientology was the biggest player, but it operated behind the curtains.…

Mollie Hemingway at TheFederalist offers an interesting point at 27:00 in this podcast. She’s discussing the low threshold for Repoof candidates, versus the absolute refusal of all debates and primaries by D. She thinks this gives an advantage to R, since people who want to see a functional “democracy” are seeing it on the R…

The Strippers Union is joining in the Hollywood writers strike. Picket signs include ‘Sex workers are storytellers too” and “Seize the means of seduction!” If unions in earlier decades had included this type of picket, the membership drives might have been more successful.

Enid Buzz asked what’s the best part of getting older, and most answered Medicare. I’d agree, at least for external or economic aspects. Just before turning 65 I was facing unaffordable medical “insurance” which was required by Obamacare. I paid it for a year but couldn’t have managed it for long. After 65, the “insurance”…