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    Mr. Obama told us that he intended to "fundamentally transform the United States...

       

    But the Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts -- the very...

    A preliminary response to today's 5-4 SCOTUS ruling on same-sex "marriage":   From...

    I've had some peak experiences with seeing plays of which I'd previously known...

    I'm not sure how long the exchange between Dr. Jenkins and Dr. Hamblin...

    “Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following...

    It will soon be July, and, at that time of the year, my...

    Luke 10:38-42 Compare John 11:1; 12:1-3   Mary and Martha, and their brother...

    Today's installment of my weekly Deseret News column has now appeared:  

    A new proposal for the early history of our Solar System that might account...

    Further evidence of Hollywood's tender respect for the sensibilities of religious believers:  ...

    "There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done...

    Luke 10:29-37   This is one of the most beloved and memorable of...

    There are two big double-chapel LDS meetinghouses that share a single parking lot...

    The nihilistic death-cult calling itself the "Islamic State" (aka ISIS or ISIL) has...

    In response to my recent defenses of Brigham Young (for which, see here and...

Doug Ealy brings this interesting item to my notice from the Harvard Business Review:  ...

    In response to something that I posted last night, some critics have eagerly...

    The discussion continues between Professor Phillip Jenkins, a reputable non-LDS scholar who, it...

    Luke 10:25-28 Compare Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34   τοῦτο ποίει καὶ ζήσῃ.  ...

    It seems very likely that, within a few days, a lawyer by the...

    "We sit by and watch the barbarian. We tolerate him in the long...

    Well, truthfully, I'm not sure that they're all that important.   But they're...

    If it can't be archaeologically proven, it didn't happen!      

    Technically, it's considered a "dwarf planet":      

    I think Franklin Graham has summed up the traditional or orthodox Christian position...

    This brief article summarizes the glorious past and current dysfunction of one of...

    A really interesting item from the Washington Post:   http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/06/22/what-mormon-problem-more-would-vote-for-a-mormon-than-an-evangelical-christian/?wpisrc=nl_pmpol&wpmm=1   Latter-day Saints...

    This is a wrenching story.  I can't think of many situations that would...