Archive Index - Sic et Non

December 13, 2018

Of blindness and willful blindness

The latest installment of my bi-weekly "Defending the Faith" column appeared in the...

December 12, 2018

Of Colonial Memories and the Cambrian Explosion (Among Other Things)

There are, plainly, still some fundamentally important things left out there to be...

December 12, 2018

“White Christmas,” Irving Berlin, and Sir Winston Churchill

My wife and I have just finished watching Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary...

December 12, 2018

Muhammad, Jesus, and Mary

Matthew Wheeler kindly calls the following item to my attention, which reminds me...

December 12, 2018

Luke’s Jesus, and Our Lord

New, via the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "Luke's Jesus," an interview...

December 12, 2018

Thanks to those who have been offering technical and legal advice

I would like to thank all of those who, in response to my...

December 11, 2018

Some recent science stuff that I liked

"InSight takes its first selfie on Mars" "Hear the 'sound' of wind...

December 11, 2018

The Sublime and the Ridiculous

The 9 December 2018 program of the Interpreter Radio Show is now available...

December 11, 2018

Advice would be welcomed

I commented yesterday on a fellow -- I'm confident that it's a male...

December 11, 2018

Christ can transform darkness into light

I published this Christmas-related column in the Deseret News on 20 December 2012:...

December 10, 2018

Hatikvah

For some reason, the hauntingly beautiful melody of Israel's national anthem, Hatikvah ("The...

December 10, 2018

Question: “Who were the ‘wise men’?”

Bill Hamblin and I published the following column in the Deseret News on...

December 10, 2018

The Odd Couple (Part Two)

Nearly two weeks ago, I posted a brief entry titled "The Odd Couple...

December 10, 2018

Christmas with the Interpreter Foundation

A few years ago, we at the Interpreter Foundation decided that we didn't...

December 09, 2018

Christmas Stories from the Qur’an

The Qur’an on the Annunciation of Christ Behold! the angels said: “O...

December 09, 2018

False doctrine in a beloved Christmas carol?

I published an article in the Deseret News on 5 December 2012 under...

December 08, 2018

Islamic terrorism?

We had a very enjoyable evening tonight at our place, with our friends...

December 08, 2018

Some preliminary notes on “quantum entanglement”

I'm making some notes for myself here, in order to ensure that (as...

December 08, 2018

The Interpreter Radio Show, Light, and Goodness

If all goes according to plan, I will be one of the participants...

December 08, 2018

What really matters?

Late last night, I came across a passage in which someone I once...

December 08, 2018

High Culture and Fine Dining

We're just back from a Friday evening concert of the Utah Symphony at...

December 07, 2018

It might have been extraordinarily productive

BYU's Departments of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and of Philosophy had an...

December 07, 2018

“Let There Be a Famine in the Land”

New today, in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: "Let There Be a...

December 06, 2018

Second City

Before our actual tour begins in Egypt later this month , my wife...

December 06, 2018

More on counseling resources at BYU, in light of the recent suicide there

Brigham Young University and its sponsor, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

December 06, 2018

Son of “In Praise of Excommunication”

Back on 22 November 2018 -- roughly two weeks ago -- I posted...

December 06, 2018

Reactions to a Tragedy

By now, many of you will have heard the very sad story of...

December 05, 2018

An Egyptian historical chronology

I'll be accompanying a tour to Egypt later this month. For this occasion,...

December 05, 2018

Have I made any effort to “Light the World”? Have you?

Just in case you haven't already heard the story, here's an item from...

December 05, 2018

On “Science”

Our English word science derives, ultimately, from the Latin verb scire, which meant...

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