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    My blogging has suffered greatly over the past few weeks from poor connections,...

    A new Hamblin/Peterson column has appeared in the Deseret News:   "Relics of...

    I continue with my brief response to a terrible 2012 Huffington Post article...

    This section of The Manuscript begins with a reference to the segment of...

    The manuscript goes ever onward:   Another of Arafat's achievements was his getting...

    The natural prospects of the Universe, and of life within it, aren’t good....

    Continuing with my hasty response to a lamentable 2012 article in the often-lamentable...

    Continuing with the manuscript:   Even with all of its many setbacks, Palestinian...

    In August 2013, I delivered the summer convocation address for BYU's College of...

    I continue with a few remarks about an unfortunate little 2012 Huffington Post...

    Yesterday, I introduced a famous political poem by the Syrian writer Nizar Qabbani,...

    A few years ago, a certain Ms. Eliza Wood posted an extraordinarily inept...

    I just found the following comment on my blog.  It was apparently sent...

    Another small dose of The Manuscript:   Since 1948, of course, there have...

    Another selection from The Manuscript:   The sense of loss among Arabs was...

    Sometimes, traveling in the Holy Land reminds me how very much I miss...

    “Humans think they are free, conscious beings, when in truth they are deluded...

    A few more notes:   On 14 May 1948, David Ben Gurion (after...

    It's a limited point -- it proves no point of anybody's religious doctrine...

    Some out there seem to hold to the notion, so far as I...

    Some years ago, I was irritated by a gratuitous insult to my faith...

    For various reasons, I've had a difficult time blogging over the last several...

    Still working through the preliminary manuscript:   Syria, too, is under the control...

    There are many who claim that science and religious belief are entirely incompatible....

    From his location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the irreplaceable Jeff...

    A bit more from The Once and Future Manuscript:   The Ba‘th Party...

    I've shared this comedic masterpiece with you before now, but that doesn't bother...

    Some Reflections on Being a Pin Cushion   I learn new things about...

    British troops took Mesopotamia away from the Ottoman Turks during the First World...

    I'm often challenged by certain critics to "prove" my fundamental beliefs.  I don't...