To my shame, on Monday I failed to note the anniversary of the brutal and unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan.   That attack killed 2403 Americans and wounded an additional 1178.  It destroyed much of our Pacific fleet.   In the wake of “a date which will live in infamy,” Americans were understandably indignant, enraged, and terrified.  They were especially afraid on the Pacific coast of the United States. There were rumors of... Read more

    An article that Bill Hamblin and I published last year seems urgently relevant right now:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865610336/Is-Islam-a-primary-cause-of-international-violence.html?pg=all     Read more

    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/nuos-mhb120415.php   There are no real differences between men and women!   There are no real differences between men and women!   There are no real differences between men and women!     Read more

    Peter Hollens sings all six parts of an arrangement of “Mary, did you know?” in this most recent addition to the social component of the “A Savior is Born” Christmas campaign:   https://www.mormon.org/christmas/peter-hollens   Merry Christmas!     Read more

    I’ve already posted this link once before:   http://www.theonion.com/article/man-already-knows-everything-he-needs-to-know-abou-17990   But that was quite a while ago, it seems exceptionally appropriate right now.  Thanks to Andrew Heiss for reminding me of it.     Read more

    And now for a change of pace:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugV6QGcafEE&list=PLD60B23A37F523BE3     Read more

    Matthew 26:47-56 Mark 14:43-52 Luke 22:47-53 John 18:2-12 Compare John 17:12; 18:20, 36   1.   The fact that Judas needed to identify Jesus (ironically, with a kiss) for those who had been sent to arrest the Savior demonstrates that Jesus didn’t have an unusual appearance.  He didn’t, for example, habitually levitate six inches off the ground, or glow, or wear luminescent white robes.   This is obvious, of course, when we think about it.  But I mention it... Read more

    From the Washington Post:   https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/12/08/donald-trumps-attacks-on-muslims-fit-a-pattern-of-persecution-just-ask-jews-catholics-and-mormons/     Read more

    http://thefederalist.com/2015/12/08/why-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-same-sex-mormon-family/     Read more

    For that cause, We decreed for the Children of Israel that whoever kills a person except for murder or corruption in the land, it’s as if he had killed all humankind.  But whoever saves a life, it’s as if he had saved the life of all humankind.  Our messengers had come to them with clear signs, but then, even afterwards, many of them committed excesses in the land.  (Qur’an 5:32, my translation)     Read more