It seems to me, that the only folks who care a damn about morality today are those with faith in a "higher power"

Did you actually read the item linked in the opening post? It contains the views of 20 people who have no faith in a higher power but do seem to care about morality. They are just a sample. There are millions of others I can assure you. What I realised years ago is that most people are intrinsically good. It is the bad ones, of whatever faith or otherwise, who make the news because they are the exceptions.

DtG