What will Pres. Obama say in his State of the Union address?

Gizmodo says this State of the Union will be “nontraditional,” and Pres. Obama’s chief of staff says the speech will be “a big optimistic generous view of the future.” The White House chief digital officer Jason Goldman, says there will be multiple platforms on which to experience the speech, which was first mentioned in our Constitution‘s Article II, Section 3, …

In an acknowledgement of the church’s true purpose:

Pope Francis has ended the benighted investigation into U.S. nuns — some of whom were known collectively as Nuns on the Bus. This makes sense, as the nuns appear to be at the forefront of doing precisely the kind of church work favored by Pope Francis. Funny how different news outlets have different takes on …

So how are the Nones doing with child rearing?

Not too shabby, according to Vern Bengtson, a USC researcher who recently added secular families to his field of study. The Longitudinal Study of Generations, which Bengston oversees, looks at religion and family life over generations. From a Los Angeles Times story, Bengtson was surprised by what he found: High levels of family solidarity and …