Articles of interest April 27, 2010

I think we will try this one again as a means of getting back into writing online. 

Survey: 72% of Millennials 'more spiritual than religious'
This articles presents findings from a recent survey indicating the 18-29 yr old crowd tends to find themselves more spiritual than religious.  To me, reading this would be further proof of the ending of the latest religious revival in America.  Of note is that spirituality, the non-praxis based faith, still pervades. 

How Our Brains Make Memories
An article about how our mind creates memory, selecting events to create stories.  This is an old problem with narrative descriptions of events by people who lived through the event.

Obama isn't radical. His party is.
Pundit Michael Medved makes an interesting case for the problem, not with the president himself, but the Democratic party.  I think one of the difficulties with our current political culture is the parties.  Both parties, Democrat and Republican, tend to play political games with each other instead of working for the greater good.  Medved's piece is more about the blame game.  Those opposed to Obama need to look more carefully at the fact that the rest of his party is almost as far left as he appears to be.