The situation is very fluid and uncertain at the moment, so that, by the time you read this, something decisive may have happened.  Or it may not.   “Israel election exit poll suggests Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to win majority | ITV News”   It may be that Israel’s longest serving prime minister, something of a political legend and a phenomenon, is nearing the end of his premiership.  But then, he’s lost the prime ministerial office before and… Read more

    I hate to break it to you, but news reports in the media can’t always be trusted to be entirely accurate.  Here is an example of what I mean:   “Not Only Didn’t We Find Water On An Earth-Like Exoplanet, But We Can’t With Current Technology”   But don’t imagine that such foul-ups occur only in controversial areas like science.  They can also happen even with regard to more tranquil and settled subjects, such as politics:   CNN:… Read more

    For what it’s worth, I will be speaking at the September meeting of the Cotton Mission Chapter of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers.  That meeting will be held on Wednesday, 18 September 2019, at the Holmstead Ranch. Meet and greet at 5:30pm, dinner meeting starts at 6pm. Dinner is $15 per person.   President Russell M. Nelson delivered a fairly brief but, in my judgment, a rather remarkable address in the Marriott Center on the Provo, Utah, campus… Read more

    This story includes a link to a video showing, among other things, the interior of the new Lisbon Portugal Temple:   “Elder Neil L. Andersen Dedicates Lisbon Portugal Temple: Temple is the 14th in Europe, 166th worldwide”   If you want to watch the same thing in Portuguese, here it is:   “O Elder Neil L. Andersen Dedica o Templo de Lisboa Portugal”   I confess that Portuguese mystifies me.  I mean no disrespect at all, but, since I’m… Read more

    I would like to call attention to three public speeches that will be delivered later this month by my friend Hany Tawfeek (pronounced roughly HAH-nee taw-FEEK), who is one of the leading tour guides in Egypt.  My wife and I have known him for years now, and have shared several tours of Egypt with him.   He will be speaking on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday, 23 September 2019, at… Read more